Wave step code
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| End users by admins, makers, or analysts |  Jan 27, 2020 |
To be announced |
Business value
This feature allows for a more robust handling of the wave step codes that are modified from free text to code. The use of it will become more robust, including unique values that are set up and unified throughout warehouses and that are less error prone. Users will not be able to alter a value if it is in use.
Feature details
Wave step codes will allow users to set up codes that are used to link specific wave method instances with their corresponding template. This includes templates for replenishment, containerization, label printing, load building, and sorting. Without this feature, users will have to reference a specific template from the wave process method using free text only. Using free text is error prone because it requires a user to ensure that the wave step text added for a specific wave template matches the exact wave step text in the target template.
Wave step codes are set up for a specific wave step type in a separate form. Each wave step method in a wave template that requires a wave step code will require the wave step code to be selected from a drop-down list. Linking a wave step method in a wave template to a target template for the method will no longer rely on free text, but on setup codes. This reduces the risk and impact of human errors.
It is optional to uptake wave step codes and move away from wave step free text. The uptake is done per legal entity. As part of the uptake per legal entity, all existing wave step codes in the specific legal entity are upgraded into the new structure.