Type of RF Location to Search First (F12)
Purpose: Use this screen to define the type of location for the system to select first when using the Staging Warehouse/Location Placement process during PO Receipts.
Code field: Enter the location type the system should search first when using the Staging Warehouse/Location Placement process during PO Receipts.
System control value settings: You must enter one of these values in this field to have the system suggest inventory placement if you use a Default Staging Warehouse (E15) and Radio Frequency:
• *BACKORDER = Search for the first available default backorder location (location type = Backorder) in the staging warehouse. Use this setting if you prefer to fulfill backorders first, before putting the stock away in its primary location. The *BACKORDER code in this system control value does not correspond to an actual location type in your main warehouse; instead, it indicates that the quantity suggested for the default backorder location in your staging warehouse is the amount necessary to fulfill backorders for the item.
• *PRIMARY = Search for the first available default primary location (location type = Primary) in the staging warehouse. Use this setting if you prefer to replenish the primary location first, regardless of whether the item is backordered. The system will suggest placement in a default backorder location only if the backorder quantity exceeds the amount you can pick from the primary location. Note: Loose units (in quantities lower than the item's pieces per case quantity) always go to primary.
• *BULK = Search for the first available default bulk location (location type = Bulk) in the staging warehouse. Use this setting if you prefer to replenish the bulk location first.
What is Staging Warehouse Placement?
The system uses a different process to suggest location placement if you use a Default Staging Warehouse (E15), Radio Frequency (including the use of RF Guns), and LPN Tracking (E16) to manage your warehouse. In this scenario, the system will always suggest that you place inventory in a default location (defined through the Working with Default Warehouse Locations (WWDL) menu option) within your staging warehouse. The staging warehouse location type indicates where you should ultimately place the stock. For example, if the system suggests you receive stock in the default bulk location in the staging warehouse, this indicates that the stock should go to the actual bulk storage area in your main warehouse.
When Does the System Suggest Placement?
The system suggests placement when you receive a purchase order if you specify the quantity of an item you are receiving and select Receive for the item. Also, the system suggests placement of suspended stock through the Placing Suspended Stock (SUSP) menu option and of any item through the Suggest Location Placement (MSLO) menu option.
General Staging Warehouse/Location Placement Guidelines
• You must specify the Type of RF Location to Search First (F12) if you use RF in your warehouse and want to have the system suggest location placement.
• You must specify a primary primary location for the item/SKU in the SKU table to have the system suggest placement in a default primary or backorder location. If there is no primary primary defined for an item, the system will suggest placement in the default bulk location only.
• Do not set more than one of the three Type of RF Location to Search... system control values to the same setting. If any two of these fields contain the same type of location, the system skips the second when determining where to suggest placement; in other words, it will not suggest twice the necessary quantity be placed in a primary location if you set two of the system control values to *PRIMARY.
Staging Warehouse/Location Placement System Control Values
• LPN Tracking (E16) must be selected; otherwise the system uses the Standard Warehouse/Location Placement logic.
• Suggest Location Placement (A27) must be selected; otherwise the system does not suggest locations.
• a Default Staging Warehouse (E15) must be specified.
• the appropriate default warehouse locations must be set up in your default staging warehouse; see Working with Default Warehouse Locations (WWDL).
• there must be a primary primary location defined for the item/SKU in the SKU table for the system to suggest a primary or backorder default location.
• Type of RF Location to Search First (F12): the first type of location to select during Staging Warehouse/Location Placement.
• Type of RF Location to Search Second (F13): the second type of location to select during Staging Warehouse/Location Placement.
• Type of RF Location to Search Third (F14): the last type of location to select during Staging Warehouse/Location Placement.
• Round Up Quantity in RF Suggest Warehouse Placement for B/O (F16): defines whether the system should round up to the nearest case quantity when suggesting location placement in a default backorder location in a staging warehouse.
Leave this field blank if you do not use RF to manage your warehouse, or if you never need the system to suggest location placement.
For more information:
• Staging Warehouse/Location Placement: for more information on the staging warehouse/location placement process, including examples.
• RF PO Receipt Transaction for more information on the staging warehouse/location placement process when you use an RF gun to receive merchandise.
• Working with Default Warehouse Locations (WWDL): for more information on setting up default warehouse locations.
• Performing Initial Item Entry (MITM): to define the Pieces per case and Primary location fields for an item or SKU.
• Radio Frequency Overview for an overview of the RF process.
• Radio Frequency Setup for more information on the setup required for RF.
• Placing Suspended Stock (SUSP): for more information on receiving purchase orders or placing suspended stock.
• Suggest Location Placement (MSLO): for more information on using the Suggest Warehouse Placement menu option.
