Task dispatch strategy

A task dispatch strategy determines the order in which Infor SCE Warehouse Management dispatches tasks and determines priorities.
Note: The various task dispatch strategies will be assigned to the user to control the priority for how each type of task applies to the user.

You can access the Task Dispatch Strategy screen by going to Configuration > Strategies > Task Dispatch.

The fields on the Task Dispatch Strategy: (New) screen are described below.

Task Dispatch Strategy screen – Header

Task Dispatch Strategy
Unique ID for the task dispatch strategy.
Description
Description of the task dispatch strategy.
Round Robin Task Interleaving
To use interleaving, indicate the process method:
  • Yes (round robin) – user will be given each of the task type they have permission for without considering the proximity to the next task. If the user can do both putaway and picking, they will keep getting each of these in sequence.
  • No – if interleaving is used it will be based on getting the next task based on proximity. If the user can do both putaway and picking, they could get either task next based on proximity rules being applied. Proximity based task interleaving is applicable to following Full LPN/Pallet tasks:
    • Picks
    • Dynamic Picks (DP): Dynamic Pick task creation must be enabled
    • Putaway
    • Cycle count
    • Move

Task Dispatch Strategy screen – Detail List

Step Number
The priority or sequence of this task type. This is a numeric value used to sort the tasks. Specific numbers do not need to be used but the sequence does matter. Tasks with the same step number are candidates for proximity based task interleaving.
Task Type Description
Drop-down menu to select the type of task. When selected, this will automatically populate fields for Task Type and Short Code
Proximity Interleaving
Check if proximity based interleaving is to be used. This means the next task distributed to the user will be based on where the previous task was completed.
Task Type
Type of task to dispatch. This is automatically populated based on the Task Type Description selected and are pre-defined for use in the application.
Operator
Operator is used in combination with the Priority selection to determine the sorting of the tasks for RF-directed tasks.
Priority
Priority is used to sort the RF-directed tasks given to the user. For example, if a step has the Putaway < 5 defined, the user only receives Putaway tasks with a task detail priority that is less than 5.
Pick Code
Name of the system procedure used to create a set of candidate tasks for the task type. This is automatically populated based on the Task Type Description selected and are pre-defined for use in the application.