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Chapter 11: Acquiring Production
Data from Other Computer
Systems
Importing Data from a Warehouse Management System
Appearing in a later version of the manual.
Importing Data from a Time and Attendance System
Appearing in a later version of the manual.
Getting Units from Another Computer System While
Entering Production Data
In some operations, a warehouse management system (WMS) or other computer system knows in detail the tasks to be
performed before they are started. However, the WMS is not updated with information about who did it and when they
did it. This is the situation in many order filling operations where the associates are picking from printed pick lists or
batches of pick labels. In these cases, ProRep can be instructed to look up the units associated with a document number
from a file created by the WMS specifically for ProRep.
For example, if a WMS creates a Lookup Import File with pick list or batch numbers
and the associated units, ProRep can look up the units as the document numbers are
entered into ProRep. The look up can occur either during central key entry of hand
written production sheets or, more likely, as an associate scans or enters production
transactions directly into ProRep.
ProRep can look up the units based on matches to:
User’s Guide to ProRep
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Document Number only.
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Document Number and the element’s unit of measure description such as
orders, cartons, totes, pallets or lines. If the element descriptions are not
included in the records of the Lookup Import File, ProRep assumes that the
lookup units belong to the first element included on the activity.
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