Bill,
From our investigations you are right. There is no built-in functionality
in A7.3 for ASNs and each site has to build their own. We are currently in
the process of implementing both ClipperShip (for the manifest, bar code
labels, etc.) and ReSKU Pack (telling us what product was put into what
container). We are getting both of these through Keywill. What will happen
is when we have an order for a customer that requires the 856 it will be
handled at a specific packing station and the order will be pulled from the
AS/400 over ODBC into ReSKU Pack. The packer will put the order together
and scan in the items into each container. The order will then move to a
shipping station where they will use ClipperShip to complete the process.
At the end of the day (we don't need to do it more than once a day) someone
in the warehouse will start the process to close out the day, i.e. print
license plate for UPS, export ClipperShip and ReSKU Pack data, and upload to
the AS/400. I have a backfill program on the 400 that will push the
Tracking numbers back into the F4211/F42119 files. The EDI portion is being
done by the e-commerce group in our department so all I have to do there is
tell them where upload file is and what it looks like. They will be
responsible for formatting the data through the F47 files and pushing it out
to the customers.
Now I have to say here that some of that has been done and some is still
theoretical, although we have a high degree of confidence that it will work.
Douglas Belcher
KV Pharmaceutical Inc.
St. Louis MO
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer
Doug Belcher
St Louis MO
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer
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