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Palletization
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| Module Name: | Palletization |
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NOTE: This page is a Work in Progress
Overview
Some companies use Pallets (usually a portable platform used in the transportation of goods) during various phases of an asset’s life cycle. It permits standardized ways of handling loads with common mechanical equipment such as fork-lift trucks. TrackAbout has developed various new features to accommodate a palletized work flow that uses certain ‘Use-state’ rules to validate assets during various phases.
NOTE: Palletization is a different concept than that of a "Pack". More than one cylinder, piped or manifolded together, makes a pack, bundle or cluster.
How it works
Add New
- During the initial implementation users add new assets and containers to the system. As mentioned above Containers are a form of portable platform used in the transportation of goods, in this case usually other assets. The new containers and assets are added using ‘Add New Container’ and ‘Add New Asset’.
- Once the action is saved it lists both the containers’ details on the website and container’s use-state is ‘Empty Unsorted’ use-state:
Mobile Actions
Clients using Palletization will have a series of additional mobile actions available on their handhelds:
Add New Container - Used to register/initialize Containers in TrackAbout
Sort Container - Used to associate cylinders/assets with a particular Container
Restart Container - Assets and containers must be in Empty, Sorted. This action disbands the container completely. Assets and containers will be set to Empty, Unsorted.
Empty Container - Used to disassociate a container with it's contents.