Wave

A wave transaction is used to consolidate orders for release to the warehouse. When you release a wave, the items from the order become available for picking and further fulfillment processing on a mobile device. Released waves display pick tickets and pick tasks generated from items in the orders, as well as status updates that enable tracking of fulfillment tasks. Creating a wave transaction starts by searching for committed orders or order lines that you want to release to the warehouse. On a new wave, you can view the orders retrieved from your search and select the ones to include in the wave. You can select the entire order or specific line items only. Line items that you do not include in a wave can be processed in another one.

See how the following features or conditions affect the orders you can include in waves:

• Your order search can return a maximum of 10,000 line items in the results on wave transactions. If you exceed this limit, you can adjust the search criteria on the Wave Criteria form.
• A wave transaction uses the item units on its associated order transaction.Note If you want to assign a unit to an item that you want to include in a wave, make sure you set the unit on the item record or order transaction before you create the wave.
  If the item record has no unit, you can assign the unit on the order transaction. After you create the wave, you cannot assign or change the unit on the order transaction. Changing the unit on the item record does not affect the unit on the existing order and wave transactions.If an item is associated with multiple units, you can choose a different unit for the quantity you want to pick on your mobile device. After you process the pick task, the quantity is converted based on the order transaction’s unit.
• Intercompany Cross-Subsidiary Fulfillment – On sales or transfer orders, use of this feature requires you to select the inventory location for each line item. This enables you to commit the line items and include them in waves.With this feature enabled on your account, you can create separate waves for orders with different inventory locations in its line items. To include these orders in waves, inventory locations must be warehouse locations. For more information about locations, see Creating Warehouse Locations.
• Ship Complete – Using the Ship Complete setting on order transactions, you can include only orders with all fully committed line items in a wave. When combined with the Intercompany Cross-Subsidiary Fulfillment or the Multiple Shipping Routes feature, you can include fully committed line items only, instead of the entire order. However, if a partially committed line item has the Commitment Confirmed box checked, you can include it in a wave. For more information about the features, see Multiple Shipping Routes or Intercompany Cross-Subsidiary Fulfillment. For more information about the commitment preference, see Setting Warehouse Management Preferences.
• Partially Committed Items – You can add a partially committed line item to a wave if the same line is not included in an active wave. The active wave has to be completely processed before you can include the line item in a new wave. Alternatively, when you have a partially committed line item, you can edit the order transaction to create a separate line for the noncommitted quantity. When this line is committed, you can include it in a new wave without waiting for the active wave to be processed.
• Kit/Package Items – For kit/package items, you can include partially committed kit components that form a single order of a kit/package item. You cannot release kit/package items with missing components. If a kit requires 2 units of component A and 1 unit of component B, you cannot release a partially committed order that has only 1 unit of component A.

To create a wave transaction:

1. Using the WMS Warehouse Manager role, go to Transactions > Order Management > Create a Wave.
2. On the Wave Criteria form, apply your search criteria by doing the following:
   1. In the Template field, select the default template or a predefined custom template.
   2. (Optional) To update the default search criteria directly on the form, you can select or enter values in the filtering fields.Your search criteria updates on this page do not alter a template.
3. Click Search.A new Wave page appears to display the retrieved orders on the Orders and Line Items subtabs. On each subtab, you can click the column headers to sort the transactions, such as by order number or item. For transfer orders, you can sort by to location.Tip If you do not see the orders you want to release, click Back to use another template or update your search criteria.
4. On the Wave page, set the following fields:
   • Priority – (Optional) Select the priority number, from 1 (top priority) to 9 (lowest priority).On a mobile device, high priority waves appear at the top of the list.
   • Picking Type – Select one of the following picking types: Bulk Picking, Single Order, or Multiple Orders.The picking type determines the grouping of line items on pick tasks and pick tickets. In the Status field, select one of the status options:
5. In the Status field, select one of the status options:
   • Pending Release – Generates pick tasks and saves the wave.
   • Released – Generates pick tasks and releases the wave.This option skips the pick task assignment. NetSuite WMS automatically assigns a pick task to the picker who processes the task on a mobile device.
6. On the Orders subtab, check the box next to the orders you want to release.When you select an order, you preselect the associated line items by default.Tip To view orders with partially committed items, look for orders marked with the information icon. If you want to exclude them from the wave, clear the box for each order. You can also go to the Line Items subtab to clear the box for specific line items.
7. On the Line Items subtab, clear or check the box next to each item you want to remove from or include in the wave, respectively.
8. (Optional) Before you save the wave, you can review the total selected orders and line items in the Summary table.
9. Click Save.You can view the list of generated tasks by clicking the Pick Tasks subtab. Pick tasks for non-inventory items appear at the bottom of the list.You can view the list of saved and released waves by going to Transactions > Order Management > Create a Wave > List.