The Blending batching utility allows Agvance users to capture product totals per batch of product loaded and import them into the Blend Ticket.
Product Set Setup
To utilize the Blending batching utility, the product set on the Blend Ticket must have SSI Manual Entry selected for the Automatic Blender Interface Blender Type at the Blending / Setup / Product Sets / Edit / Blender Interface/Print Preference tab.
Note: If the batches created are based upon truck size rather than blender size, it is recommended to set the default Blender Capacity on the product set to 99999999. The Blender Capacity is found on the General tab of the product set.
Batching the Blend Ticket
To batch a Blend Ticket, go to File / Open / Blend Ticket, select the Blend Ticket, then click Resize Ticket. This opens a batching window that can create various batch sizes for the Blend Ticket. On the Print Truckload Batch Only tab, the Product Totals column defaults as hidden. This column is used to capture product totals. To enable this column, right-click on the column headings, click Choose Columns, and select Product Totals.
Right-click on the columns headings again to choose Make this Layout my Default to save the layout for this window.
Create the first batch by selecting the vehicle and entering in the capacity to be loaded in the Enter the Truck Information section, click Calc This in the lower left corner, then click Print to create a batch sheet for that vehicle size.
Additional batches may be created by using this process, or product totals may be captured for the first batch.
Capturing Product Totals
To capture product totals, go to Blending / File / Open / Blend Ticket, find the Blend Ticket, click Resize Ticket, then click the View button in the Batch Breakdown grid.
Enter product totals and optionally Print on Save:
When printing after product totals have been captured, the only documents available to print are the Blend Ticket and Haz Mat Sheet.
After product totals have been captured, the View button in the Batch Breakdown grid displays in red.
Note: After product totals have been captured, the following features are no longer available for that Blend Ticket:
- The Formulate button is not available.
- The Import Blend button is not available.
- The Import Product Recs button is not available.
- Products with captured quantities cannot be deleted from the Blend Ticket.
If a new product is added to the Blend Ticket after any product totals have been captured, the additional product is available only on batches created after adding the product. If a previous batch sheet is reprinted, the new product does not print on that batch sheet.
Remaining quantities to load for the Blend Ticket display on the Resize a Blend Ticket window.
Importing Captured Totals into the Blend Ticket
There are three different ways to import the captured product totals into the Blend Ticket.
- Go to Blending / Edit / Import Automated Blender Done Files
- Go to File / Open / Blend Ticket / Read Blender
- Edit the Blend Ticket, click Capture Blender.
The Edit to Blender Records window displays showing the Original quantities and the Done quantities:
Clicking OK on the Edit to Blender Records marks the Blend Ticket as loaded.
Recreating Batch Sheets
To recreate a batch sheet, go to the Resize a Blend Ticket window and click on the Reprint Truckload Batch button.
Choose the batch to reprint, calculate the batch size, and print the Blend Ticket and/or the Haz Mat Sheet. The load number selected from the Reprint window correlates with the line number on the Print Truckload Batch Only tab of the Resize a Blend Ticket window.
- When the Blend Ticket has been loaded but not invoiced, anything on the resize ticket window may be edited. New batches may also be added.
- If the Blend Ticket has been invoiced, all editing on the Resize a Blend Ticket window is unavailable. The Reprint Truckload Batch functionality is the only option available.
Recording Gross/Tare Weight Only
On the Resize a Blend Ticket window, there is an option to record a gross and tare weight rather than capturing each product total individually. There are Gross Weight, Tare Weight, and Actual Weight columns that default as hidden on the Print Truckload Batch Only tab to capture a gross and tare weight. To enable these columns, right-click on the column headings, click Choose Columns, and select the Gross Weight, Tare Weight, and Actual Weight columns.
Double-click in the Gross Weight or Tare Weight box to enter in the weights.
To import these weights back into the Blend Ticket, click the Edit to Actual button, click the Import Blend Batches button, and then click Apply. This adjusts the total weights of the Blend Ticket to the amount recorded in the Resize a Blend Ticket window and marks the Blend Ticket as loaded.
Note: This method can only be used for products that have an analysis.
