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Pick and pack an order

Send a run's orders to picking, pick each pick list from its bins in the warehouse, and mark it packed. The order is then ready to go out.

Who can do it
Dispatcher and Storekeeper
Find it
Stock, then Warehouse, then Picking, or search picking in Kila
Time
5 minutes

An order waits under To pick until it goes to picking. Then Kila makes a pick list for it in the warehouse, with each line’s bin, sorted so the picker walks the shortest way. The storekeeper picks and packs it, and the order is Ready to load. The dispatcher sends orders to picking; the storekeeper picks them.

  1. Choose the run's day

    Open Routes and runs. On Runs, choose the day in Day. Each route shows its orders for that day in stop order, with the stage each has reached.

  2. Tap Pick the run together

    On the route’s card, tap Pick the run together: every order of the run still to pick goes to picking, each with its own pick list. Kila says how many, such as Embakasi and Imara Daima: 2 to pick, and which it left and why: “Left: SO-… (waiting for credit).” For one order at a time, tap Send to picking on the order desk instead.

    Routes and runs on the run's day (1): Embakasi and Imara Daima has orders to pick for Imara Daima Supermarket and Fedha Minimart, and one for Embakasi Staff Canteen held for credit. Pick the run together is marked 2.Routes and runs on the run's day (1): Embakasi and Imara Daima has orders to pick for Imara Daima Supermarket and Fedha Minimart, and one for Embakasi Staff Canteen held for credit. Pick the run together is marked 2.
  3. Open the pick list

    In the warehouse, open Warehouse › Picking: “Pick lists for transfers and orders, sorted by bin so pickers walk the shortest route. Pick, pack, then dispatch.” Under In progress, tap the pick list. It says which sale it is for and from which depot.

    Picking, In progress: two pick lists for sales from Syokimau warehouse; the first is marked 3.Picking, In progress: two pick lists for sales from Syokimau warehouse; the first is marked 3.
  4. Pick each line

    Each line shows its Bin, with the zone and how many are there, the product, and how many To pick. Pick them in that order and type what you picked under Picked, or tap Mark every line picked in full. Choose who picked it under Picker if it was not you.

  5. Tap Save picks

    Kila says Picks saved: “PK-… fully picked. Pack it next.” The list moves on to Picked.

    Pick list for a sale from Syokimau warehouse: energy drink from bin A1-01, cooking fat from B1-02 and laundry bars from C1-01, each picked in full (4), and Save picks (5).Pick list for a sale from Syokimau warehouse: energy drink from bin A1-01, cooking fat from B1-02 and laundry bars from C1-01, each picked in full (4), and Save picks (5).
  6. Tap Packed

    Once the goods are packed, tap Packed. Kila says Packed: “PK-… packed. Dispatch it when the vehicle is loaded.” On the order desk the order is now Ready. When the truck is loaded, tap Dispatch.

    The pick list packed, picked by Joseph Mutiso, with Dispatch marked 6.The pick list packed, picked by Joseph Mutiso, with Dispatch marked 6.

Open it and tap Cancel list. Kila asks first: “Anything already picked goes back to the bin it came from.” Tap Cancel pick list: Pick list cancelled, “Picked stock went back to its bins.”

Pick the run together leaves it out, “waiting for credit”, until someone approves it. See Approve an order over the credit limit.

Next: when the run’s orders are ready, send the run out.

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