Steps

A step is a number that the program uses to create locations from a specified range of locations. After the program creates each new location, it increments the location, either by the step number that you enter for locations that are numeric, or by 1 for locations that are alphabetic. Therefore, by entering a range of locations in combination with a step, you can enter many locations at once.

For example, assume that you want to enter new locations for a flow zone in Warehouse A. The flow zone consists of aisles and bins. Three aisles are marked A, B, and C, and six bins are marked 1 through 6.

• For aisles, the range is A through C.

  The program creates aisles A, B, and C because it always uses a step 1 for alphabetic locations.

• For bins, the range is 1 – 6 and the step number is 1.

  The program creates bins 1 – 6 for each aisle, resulting in aisle and bin locations A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, and so on.

  In this example, if you enter a step number of 2, the program creates the bin locations of 1, 3, and 5 for each aisle, resulting in aisle and bin locations A1, A3, A5, B1, B3, B5, C1, C3, and C5.