Task Coordination Strategy

Overview

The Task Coordination Strategy is a key component within the WCS that governs how tasks received from upper-layer systems (e.g., WES) are interpreted, split, merged, and prioritized for execution by warehouse automation equipment. This strategy ensures that task orchestration is optimized for both business logic and operational efficiency.

Core Responsibilities

WCS Task Coordination handles two primary responsibilities:

1. Task Splitting and Combination

This step involves processing incoming actions from WES (such as pick events), then based on pre-defined strategy rules, splitting or combining them to generate executable WCS tasks. These tasks are optimized for specific equipment behavior while still meeting business objectives.

• For example, an order-based picking task may consolidate all items of the same order into a single picking container, assigned to one robot for efficient handling.

• In contrast, a wave-based picking task may be split into multiple containers if the order volume is large, enabling parallel execution by multiple devices.

2. Task Scheduling and Priority Management

Once WCS tasks are initialized, the system must consider dependencies and logical relationships between them. Tasks with higher priority or prerequisite relationships are filtered and scheduled accordingly.

• For instance, if Task B depends on the successful completion of Task A, the coordination strategy ensures Task A is executed first before Task B enters execution queue.

Add New Strategy

1. Go to Strategy Configuration > Task Coordination Strategy, click on + Create Strategy.

2. Define strategy code and description.

3. Configure the execution strategy, action group strategy, equipment strategy, and strategy mapping.

   Automated Execution determines whether execution is Automated or Manual.

   • If you enable this option, the system will automatically evaluate and coordinate tasks once they are initialized.

   • If the option is disabled, users need to manually trigger task coordination from the Job page within Task Management.

4. Save the information above to complete this creation.

Edit/Delete Existing Strategy

1. Confirm the target strategy under Strategy Configuration > Task Coordination Strategy.

2. Delete the records that you want to remove.

3. Click on Edit to update the strategy configuration.

4. Save the changes to apply.