Include Bulk Locations in Primary Primary Availability (F87)
Purpose: Use this screen to define whether to include the quantity in bulk locations in the available pick quantity for the primary primary location.
Yes/no field: Leave this field unselected if you do not want the system to include the quantity in bulk locations in the available pick quantity for the primary primary location. See the first example below for more information on how the system allocates inventory to fulfill the pick quantity.
Select this field if you want to include the quantity in bulk locations in the available pick quantity for the primary primary location.
In order for the system to include the quantity available in bulk locations in the available pick quantity for the primary primary location:
• the Check Location Quantities During Pick Generation (C54) system control value must be selected.
• the bulk location must be non-pickable.
• stock must be available in the primary primary location.
If a bulk location is frozen, the system still includes the quantity in the available pick quantity for the primary primary location.
Example: In this example:
• The Check Location Quantities During Pick Generation (C54) system control value is selected.
• The Include Secondary Locations in Primary Primary Availability (F88) system control value is unselected.
• The Include Bulk Locations in Primary Primary Availability (F87) system control value is selected.
You generate a pick slip for item ABC for a quantity of 50.
Item ABC exists in the following item locations that are eligible for allocation. Location PRIMARY is the item’s primary primary location.
Location |
Location Type |
Pickable? |
O/H Qty |
Pending Transaction Qty |
Printed Qty |
A1 |
P (primary) |
Y |
10 |
-2 |
|
A2 |
P (primary) |
Y |
10 |
0 |
8 |
PRIMARY |
P (primary) |
Y |
25 |
0 |
20 |
B1 |
S (secondary) |
Y |
10 |
0 |
0 |
B2 |
S (secondary) |
Y |
25 |
50 |
0 |
C1 |
B (bulk) |
N |
100 |
0 |
0 |
The system calculates the available quantity for each item location.
• location A1 = 8 (10 on hand - 2 negative pending transaction = 8 available)
• location A2 = 2 (10 on hand - 8 printed = 2 available)
• location PRIMARY = 5 (25 on hand - 20 printed = 5 available)
• location B1 = 10
• location B2 = 25
• location C1 = 100 (included in the available pick quantity for location PRIMARY)
Because item location PRIMARY has enough available stock to fulfill the entire pick slip quantity of 50 (once 45 units are added to the PRIMARY location’s availability), the system allocates the entire pick slip quantity from location PRIMARY.
Note: In order for the system to pick 50 units from location PRIMARY, you must run replenishment to transfer the 45 units in location C1 to location PRIMARY.
When both the Include Bulk Locations in Primary Primary Availability and Include Secondary Locations in Primary Primary Availability (F88) system control values are selected, the system allocates inventory from bulk locations before allocating inventory from secondary locations.
Stock allocation errors: The Withhold Picks due to Item Allocation Error (F04) system control value controls whether the system prints a pick slip for an order when an item on the order creates a stock allocation error.
If this system control value is selected, the system does not print a pick slip when an item on the order creates a stock allocation error. A pick slip does not print for any item on the order that has the item stock allocation error.
If this system control value is left unselected, the system prints a pick slip for items on the order that did not create item stock allocation errors.
For more information: See Allocation Processing Against Multiple Locations.
