Calculate Actual Time Needed per Warehouse Task Line

Explanation

This activity is used to calculate the actual time needed for each warehouse task line  The actual time needed describes how much time that is actually needed to execute a single warehouse task line. The time is measured in minutes.

The task actual time needed per warehouse task line calculation is based on the warehouse tasks that have been performed during a specified period. The calculation is grouped by site and warehouse task type.

The result is presented in Warehouse Task Basic Data/Warehouse Task Type Setup tab.

Prerequisites

In order for the calculation to give any result, at least one warehouse task of this type must have been performed on this site during the selected period.

System Effects

The actual time needed to execute a warehouse task line will be calculated for the selected task type and site, based on the warehouse tasks executed during the selected period. The actual time needed per warehouse task line is updated in Warehouse Task Basic Data/Warehouse Task Type Setup tab.

Window

Calculate Actual Time Needed Per Warehouse Task Line

Related Window Descriptions

Calculate Actual Time Needed Per Warehouse Task Line 

Procedure

To perform this calculation you can either do it directly (procedure A), or schedule the task as a background job (procedure B).

A. To perform a calculation directly:

  1. Open the Calculate Actual Time Needed per warehouse Task Line dialog box.
  2. Enter the site in the Site field, either manually or from the List of Values. Your default site is automatically suggested by the system.
  3. In the Task Type field, select a task type from the Task Type list.. If the field is left blank, all task types will be processed.
  4. In the From Date field, enter the first date in the period on which you want to base your calculation. The date that is suggested by the system is a date six months earlier than today.
  5. In the To Date field, enter the last date in the period on which you want to base your calculation. If you want to include all tasks until today, you can leave this field empty.
  6. Click OK when you are ready.
  7. Open Warehouse Task Basic Data/Warehouse Task Type Setup tab and view the Actual Time Needed Per Warehouse Task Line field if you want to check the result of the calculation.
  8. If you want to include this value in the planning, you can update the Default Time Needed Per Warehouse Task Line field.

B. To schedule this calculation as a background job:

  1. Click Schedule to open the New Database Task Schedule window. Set the scheduling parameters as desired and save. Scheduled tasks can be seen in Scheduled Database Tasks window.