Kanban transfer board support for bar code scanners

The Kanban transfer board supports scanner input from a widget bar code scanner to Select, Start, Complete, and Empty a kanban job.

Registration modes

On the Scanner registration FastTab you can select the registration mode, which controls the action when you scan a kanban card number or manually type the number in the Kanban card number field.

Set registration mode	Description
Start	Registers a Kanban transfer job as in progress.
Complete	Registers a Kanban transfer job as completed.
Empty	Registers the material handling unit that is referenced by a Kanban card as empty.
Select	Registers a Kanban card number and automatically selects the referenced job in the Kanban list.

 

Registration mode Select

When you use a bar code reader to select a job, the display mode of the kanban board changes. In this mode, the following conditions apply:

• Only the scanned kanban job is displayed.
• The details of the selected job are displayed in the Details FastTab.
• The Messages FastTab displays messages only for the selected job.
• You can change the status of the job by using the functions that are available on the Action Pane. The Kanban transfer board continues to display only a single job during this time.
• You can update the information in the list of jobs manually by clicking Refresh (Shift+F5) on the Action Pane. After you refresh the information, the full results for the job filter are displayed again.

Job status and possible actions

The status of the selected job and the status of any pegged jobs for event kanbans, determine whether you can process the job further. The following table displays information about these statuses and tasks:

• The statuses that are available for jobs, or for the handling units that are referenced by the jobs.
• Each task that you can perform for the job.

Job type	Job status or handling unit status	Update picking list	Start	Update registration	Complete	Empty	Create event kanbans
Transfer	Not planned No pegged jobs, or pegged jobs are Completed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Transfer	Not planned The pegged job is not Completed	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Transfer	In progress	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Transfer	Completed	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Transfer or process	Empty	No	No	No	No	No	No
Transfer or process	A kanban card is not found	No	No	No	No	No	No
Transfer or process	A kanban card is found, but it is not assigned to a kanban	No	No	No	No	No	No
Process	Not planned Prepared In progress	No	No	No	No	No	No
Process	Completed	No	No	No	No	No	No