Volumetrics

The volumetrics functionality can be used for warehouses that execute pick to carton (PTC) operations (sort-while-pick) for outbound orders or production operations. Volumetrics is always managed by PLE.

The goal of volumetrics is to limit the amount of "air" transported in the cartons by using volumetric information.

The carton volumetrics information can be used for volumetrics calculations of cartons on pallets or pick carts, for planning of transport and for planning PTC operations (#pick lists, #work zones, #operators).

This is done by using an external PTC volumetrics service with volumetrics rules that can split a pick list into 1 or more pick lists with optimal carton type and pick sequence on the tasks. The RF operator is informed which carton type needs to be used for PTC pick list operations.

There's also support for multi order pick list (MPL) volumetrics, where after the calculations of the PTC volumetrics, calculations can be triggered to obtain 'optimal filled pick carts'.