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| =Calidus ''Vision''= | | <div style="text-align: center;">[[File:Calidus_Vision.jpg]]</div> |
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| ==Introduction== | | <center><font size="5">Welcome to the ''CALIDUS'' Vision Assist help pages.</font></center> |
| The purpose of the Calidus ''Vision'' product is to allow visibility of productivity, system and business information through the use of graphs, charts and data lists.
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| There is a business need to extract and see information regarding the operation and its performance within the warehouse.
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| Therefore the Calidus Vision product will be used to display this information.
| | Here you will find all kind of guides, from simple to advanced, from user guides to technical implementation guides, all to provide as much information on how to get the best out your ''CALIDUS'' Vision implementation. |
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| As Calidus 3''pl''-Mobile (the WCS) is highly used and must remain responsive at the highest level at all times, the data for Vision is 'mined' into a new database, where productivity analysis begins.
| | Assuming you are now up and running with your system, why not try to find something you didn't know? Try clicking the 'Did You Know' link below. |
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| ==Network Diagram==
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| In this instance, Calidus 3''pl''-Mobile exists on one server and the Data Mining process and Calidus Vision are on a separate server, for simplicity. As all of the processes are Windows-based, all could co-exist on the same server or be distributed to separate servers as required.
| | <center><font size="5">[[Did You Know]]</font></center> |
| Additionally, although the Data Mining Process and Application Server databases are separate in the diagram, they are normally combined.
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| ==Data Mining==
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| OBS have created data mining processes for the extraction of system, activity and productivity data from the Calidus 3''pl''-Mobile database. This includes (but is not limited to):<br>
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| '''System Data:'''
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| * Receipts in Progress
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| * Total Cases SKUs on Receipts
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| * Total number of SKUs on Receipts
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| * Number of Putaways and total quantity.
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| * Number of Moves and total quantity
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| * Number of Replens and total quantity
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| * Number of Full-pallet Picks and total quantity
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| * Number of Part-pallet picks and total quantity
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| * Number of Stock Take tasks
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| * Number and Status of loading tasks (Pending, Held, In Progress, Ready for Despatch)
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| '''Activity Data:'''
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| * All Activities performed by RF users
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| '''Productivity Data (Calculated from the Activity Data):'''
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| * Summary of number of tasks completed per day
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| * Detail of number of tasks completed per session
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| * Productivity figures derived from tasks per hour, per day.
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| '''Monitor Data:'''
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| * Various (depending on system.
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| '''Platform:''' Windows | | That's how Assist works - help broken down into bite-size chunks, designed to help you make the most of your system. If you're familiar with the web, and familiar with Wiki, you're going to find it easy to get around in Assist. |
| Technology: Windows Script, ADO, MySQL Database
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| ==Parameters==
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| The data mining database has been created to allow the entry of parameters to show Minimum and Desired Productivity rates for each functional area.
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| As the data mining tools are further developed, this will also include:
| | If you're coming here as a new user without a clear idea of how ''CALIDUS'' Vision works or what it does, you should start with the overview - that will give you enough information so that you're clear on what we're achieving with this application. You'll find it first in the list below [[#System Overview|here]]. |
| * Historical analysis of productivity in functional areas, to learn productivity rates and predictions.
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| For more details, please consult the product road map.
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| ==Calidus ''Vision'' Front-End==
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| The Calidus ''Vision'' web front end displays the data on timed changing display, optionally displaying the data in forms, graphs and tables.
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| This supports:
| | If you're more comfortable with documents rather than web pages, we've got you covered. |
| * Productivity views (per task, per Warehouse/Owner/Employee, in days, weeks, months and quarters.
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| * System views, showing the current state of the system mined in terms of tasks outstanding.
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| * Enquiries on the data in tabular form.
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| * Graphs showing the overview system and productivity data.
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| * Client look & feel.
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| * Definable menu structure.
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| * Multiple information streams displayed on one form (2 horizontally, 2 vertically, 4 corners).
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| * Configurable timed displays (what screen are displayed, how long each is displayed).
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| * User-definable settings.
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| * User settings (limiting Company, Warehouse and Owner)
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| '''Platform:''' Windows/Linux | | Every page here can be downloaded as a PDF (including this one) by clicking the ''Download as PDF'' link in the toolbar, typically on the left of your browser window. That will give you the PDF of just that page, but if you want something more formal, see the {{DocLink|Main Page}} link next to the page - downloading those as PDFs will give you the formal OBS document. |
| '''Technology:''' IIS (Windows), ASP, ADO, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
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| '''Browser Requirements''': | | As you can see, some of the guides are multi-page, so we organise those into categories of pages. Where those pages form a guide themselves (like the Admin User Guide), you can use that ''Download as PDF'' link again from the category to get all of the pages in one handy guide. |
| The Vision system is browser-independent, but requires that the browser support the following functionality:
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| * Frames
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| * JavaScript
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| * Flash
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| The system has been tested on:
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| * Mozilla Firefox 3.0/3.5/3.6
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| * Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/Compatibility Mode
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| * Opera 8/9
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| * Google Chrome
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| ==Productivity Measurement Method==
| | We keep these pages up to date based on the latest available version of ''CALIDUS'' Vision - if you see something you like here, but aren't sure whether your version supports it, why not give our team a call? We can advise you of the steps you need to take to upgrade your system to the latest and greatest. |
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| One of the main functions within Vision is to collate and display productivity rates for various tasks within the mined systems. This is dependent on the data mined. | | We're constantly updating the system, and that means that we're constantly updating the documentation too. One of the great things about Wiki pages is that that history is kept, so you can click the ''View History'' link (usually at the top of the page) to see all previous versions of the help page. So, although all the guides are the latest version, you can still get at the older pages for reference. |
| The current productivity figures displayed within Vision come from the data stored within Calidus 3PL-Mobile, the OBS Logistics RF solution.
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| The detailed activity data is mined from Calidus 3PL-Mobile, which includes the following information: | | The same is true of any of the pictures that we've uploaded in these guides - click on them and you can see the whole history of that picture. You can download them as well, if you like. |
| * The type of activity, for example:
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| ** Task information (receipt, pick, putaway, etc).
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| ** Log-on/off information.
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| * The start date/time of the activity
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| * The end date/time of the activity
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| * Who performed the activity.
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| * For task-based information, this also includes:
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| ** Pallet information
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| ** Company/Warehouse/Owner information
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| ** Location information
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| This is mined and loaded into Calidus Vision's database, then analysed to produce productivity figures for the company, warehouse, owner and employee for the following intervals:
| | Of course, we also keep PDF copies of the previous version of the documentation when we've finished it, so we can always provide them to you. We've generated them from these Assist pages just like you can - because it's that easy to use. |
| * Daily
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| * Weekly
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| * Monthly
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| * Quarterly
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| The Productivity data is calculated in tasks/hour (and quantity of stock/hour) by storing the total quantity of tasks completed, the quantity of stock moved and the total time taken for these tasks in summary form for each of the time intervals.
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| The productivity of a user on a task type is calculated as: <br>
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| The total time taken on the task (in seconds) <br>
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| the number of seconds in an hour, multipled by the number of tasks completed
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| The case productivity of a user on a task type is calculated as: <br>
| | Below you'll find a link to the beginning of all of the guides in this Assist system. |
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| the number of seconds in an hour, multipled by the number of cases in the tasks completed.
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| There are two methods of calculating the time taken for a task, configurable within the system.
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| ===By Core System=== | | ==System Overview== |
| In this method, Vision calculates the time taken to complete each task by using the core system's start and end time stamps for each individual task and producing a number of seconds taken for each task. These are stored against the summary values.
| | All pages in guide: [[:Category:Vision Overview]] {{DocLink|Category:Vision Overview Doc}} |
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| ===To Next Task===
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| In this method, Vision calculates the time taken to complete each task as the elapsed time from the start of this task to the start of the following task, in seconds, if the next task is the same type as the current task, or a log off activity.
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| So, for example:
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| <tr><td>Task<br>#</td><td>Start<br>Time</td><td>End<br>Time</td><td>Type</td><td>Current Time<br>Elapsed</td><td>New Time<br>Elapsed</td></tr>
| | All pages in guide: [[:Category:Vision User Guide]] {{DocLink|Category:Vision User Guide Doc}} |
| <tr><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>Putaway</td><td>5</td><td>10</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>2</td><td>10</td><td>15</td><td>Putaway</td><td>5</td><td>10</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>3</td><td>20</td><td>-</td><td>Log Off</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>4</td><td>30</td><td>-</td><td>Log On</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>5</td><td>40</td><td>45</td><td>Putaway</td><td>5</td><td>10</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>6</td><td>50</td><td>55</td><td>Putaway</td><td>5</td><td>5</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>7</td><td>60</td><td>65</td><td>Pick</td><td>5</td><td>10</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>8</td><td>70</td><td>75</td><td>Pick</td><td>5</td><td>10</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>9</td><td>80</td><td></td><td>Log Off</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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| This method then accounts for time when the user may have finished one task but not yet started the next. Only time changing tasks is seen as inactive time.
| | Start here: [[System Guide]] |
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| ==Extended Productivity Measurement==
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| Vision currently breaks tasks down by a general task type field, which identifies each task with an action, for example, for Calidus 3PL-Mobile, the list is as follows:
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| * Receipt
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| * Putaway
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| * Pallet Move
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| * Replen
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| * Part Pick
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| * Full-pallet Pick
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| * Pre-Deconsolidation
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| * Deconsolidation
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| * Loading
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| Vision has the capability of breaking down these tasks by a selection of criteria. | | ==Vision Roadmap== |
| So, for example, where part picks would normally come from a pick face, it is not unusual for an operation to pick cases or units from a pallet that is high in the racking. In this case, the productivity rates for these tasks may need to be measured separately from the normal task counts. The extended productivity measurement functionality allows for this.
| | Start here: [[Vision Roadmap]] |
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| The process extracts both the current system tasks and the productivity information that matches the criteria provided, from the following:
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| * Task Type
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| * Source Location
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| * Destination Location
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| * Company
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| * Owner
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| * Priority (for system data only)
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| Each activity that matches the criteria specified is collated and stored separately to the generic data and can be viewed within Vision.
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| | * [[:Category:Vision Coding and Release]] {{DocLink|Category:Vision Coding and Release Doc}} |
| '''Example:'''
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| Certain of owner ABC's orders for export are always taken to a specific marshalling location "MAREXP", as they are packaged differently. Additionally, all picks taken from locations not in level 1 need to be recorded separately, resulting in two extended data extracts:
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| * Export Low
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| * Export High
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| The criteria matched is:<br>
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| '''To match orders as Export:'''
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| * Company = "X"
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| * Warehouse = "Y"
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| * Owner = "ABC"
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| * Task Type = "Part Picks"
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| In this criteria, if the task details match explicity, the task is marked as "Export", otherwise it is not marked for extended data extract.
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| '''To match orders as from High or Low (pick face) locations:'''
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| * Company = "X"
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| * Owner = "ABC"
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| * Task Type = "Part Picks"
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| * Source Location's right-most character = "1" = "Low", else "High"
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| In this criteria, if the Task's source location's right-most character is "1", the task is marked as "Low", otherwise it is marked as "High".
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| The criteria specified are cumulative, in that each set of criteria is matched against all tasks, and those that match are marked with the specified text from the criteria matched.
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| In this example, the following tasks will be marked as follows:
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| <tr><td>Task #</td><td>Task </td><td>Source Loc</td><td>Dest Loc</td><td>Extended Type</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>1</td><td>Putaway</td><td>RECBAY</td><td>AA0011</td><td>-</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>2</td><td>Part Pick</td><td>AA0011</td><td>MAREXP</td><td>Export Low</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>3</td><td>Part Pick</td><td>AA0014</td><td>MAREXP</td><td>Export High</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>4</td><td>Part Pick</td><td>AA0011</td><td>MAR001</td><td>Low</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>5</td><td>Part Pick</td><td>AA0014</td><td>MAR001</td><td>High</td></tr>
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| It can be seen in this example that it is possible to have one group of criteria matching while the other does not, resulting in single rather than cumulative matches (see tasks 4 and 5 above). This allows for extremely flexible rules to be set and allows the data mining process to be efficient.
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| '''Note:''' This assumes that all the tasks are for Company "X", warehouse "Y" owner "ABC".
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| ==Initial Installation==
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| ==Release Process==
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Welcome to the CALIDUS Vision Assist help pages.
Here you will find all kind of guides, from simple to advanced, from user guides to technical implementation guides, all to provide as much information on how to get the best out your CALIDUS Vision implementation.
Assuming you are now up and running with your system, why not try to find something you didn't know? Try clicking the 'Did You Know' link below.
Did You Know
That's how Assist works - help broken down into bite-size chunks, designed to help you make the most of your system. If you're familiar with the web, and familiar with Wiki, you're going to find it easy to get around in Assist.
If you're coming here as a new user without a clear idea of how CALIDUS Vision works or what it does, you should start with the overview - that will give you enough information so that you're clear on what we're achieving with this application. You'll find it first in the list below here.
If you're more comfortable with documents rather than web pages, we've got you covered.
Every page here can be downloaded as a PDF (including this one) by clicking the Download as PDF link in the toolbar, typically on the left of your browser window. That will give you the PDF of just that page, but if you want something more formal, see the DOC link next to the page - downloading those as PDFs will give you the formal OBS document.
As you can see, some of the guides are multi-page, so we organise those into categories of pages. Where those pages form a guide themselves (like the Admin User Guide), you can use that Download as PDF link again from the category to get all of the pages in one handy guide.
We keep these pages up to date based on the latest available version of CALIDUS Vision - if you see something you like here, but aren't sure whether your version supports it, why not give our team a call? We can advise you of the steps you need to take to upgrade your system to the latest and greatest.
We're constantly updating the system, and that means that we're constantly updating the documentation too. One of the great things about Wiki pages is that that history is kept, so you can click the View History link (usually at the top of the page) to see all previous versions of the help page. So, although all the guides are the latest version, you can still get at the older pages for reference.
The same is true of any of the pictures that we've uploaded in these guides - click on them and you can see the whole history of that picture. You can download them as well, if you like.
Of course, we also keep PDF copies of the previous version of the documentation when we've finished it, so we can always provide them to you. We've generated them from these Assist pages just like you can - because it's that easy to use.
Below you'll find a link to the beginning of all of the guides in this Assist system.
System Overview
All pages in guide: Category:Vision Overview DOC
Start here:
System Guide
All pages in guide: Category:Vision User Guide DOC
Start here: System Guide
Vision Roadmap
Start here: Vision Roadmap
Technical Documents
