1. 2017-11 Hanns-Georg Rybak hgrybak@mmm.com
Closing a Wave
Hanns-Georg Rybak

2. What to do with open tasks?
3M Preset: keep the task open
Missing cartons usually follow the next day and find the open task. Keep it open to get this automatically finalized.
Customer might require to get a partial delivery
Use „Partial Delivery“ to close the task, receive the packing lists and the Transport Summary Sheet.
Missing cartons will not follow
Use „Partial Delivery“ to close the task, receive the packing lists and the Transport Sheet.

3. Why and when closing a wave
Closing the wave finishes the workload of the wave
Records of the scanned SSCCs are removed from the PDAs
For tasks missing cartons, decide whether to keep open or close
Messages to SIS and your TMS will be sent latest when closing the wave
When
All cartons and pallets of a wave have been scanned
All tasks have been finished, besides those, which shall stay open
Only keep tasks open when cartons will follow the next day (Split Shipments)

4. Check the wave status: /Operation/Reconstruction Status

5. Which case is present Case „Dark grey“ – FINE
Task is closed, nothing more to do
Case „Middle grey“ – FINE, all items closed but Task is still open (intendedly or unintendedly)
Close the task using the PDA (scan a pallet or carton), or use „Partial Deliveries“
Case „Blue“ – ALMOST FINE
Task has reconstructed and perhaps some finished cartons
Finalise the task using PDA
If impossible to scan, then use „Finish local shipments“
Case „Green“ – THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL ERROR OF THE HUB
All cartons at least presorted, some may be even reconstructed
You need to progress the task as much as possible with the PDA
If this is a packed pallet and you cannot access the „presorted“ cartons any more, then use „Finish local shipments“ to progress the task.
Case „Orange“ – THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL ERROR OF SHIPPING OPERATION OR HUB
Some items still missing (not processed), others have been worked on (presorted/reconstructed/finished)
Then check which case you have
Case „Light Grey“– THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL ERROR OF THE SHIPPING OPERATION
Entirely missing. Keep task open, leave it as it is, wait for SSCCs to arrive.

6. HOWTO: check whether carton SSCC has been reconstructed to a pallet
Get the SSCC:
Either type it or for instance open Planning, search the task (by name), open task, open shipment, see all SSCCs: search for last 4 digits.
Double click on SSCC, hit „Ctrl C“
Go to „SSCC Search“, Ctrl V in SSCC field… then hit „Search“
Parent SSCC shows the pallet to the carton