1. Warehouse Management Implementation Guide
  2. Detailed Replenishment Information

Detailed Replenishment Information

After you have defined replenishment groups, you define detailed replenishment information for each random rule. You can define detailed replenishment information for either an individual item or warehouse process groups. When you define detailed replenishment information for warehouse process groups, you define information that applies to all items within warehouse process groups rather than to just a single item. However, within the warehouse process groups, you might want to replenish some items differently than others. In this case, you define detailed replenishment information for individual items within the warehouse process groups. When you run the Replenishment to Random Locations program, the system always overrides the detailed replenishment information for the warehouse process groups with the detailed replenishment information that you specify for individual items.

For each random rule, you can specify this information:

  • Warehouse process groups

  • Order group

  • Item information

  • Unit of measure

  • Minimum and normal replenishment points

  • Item quantity calculation method

  • Zone

  • Move by unit of measure

The system uses an item's warehouse process groups and order group that you specify to determine which putaway and replenishment movement instruction table to use to determine the To and From locations for replenishment, respectively.

By specifying the unit of measure and minimum and normal replenishment points, you indicate the minimum quantity of inventory that the random locations must contain to satisfy picking requirements and when replenishment must occur to ensure a sufficient quantity on hand.

To calculate the replenishment quantity, the system uses the item quantity calculation method that you specify. To determine the on-hand quantity in a set of random picking locations, you can instruct the system to count using three different methods:

  • Count only the F4602 records that have the Replenishment Information UOM as the highest/largest (Level 1) UOM.

  • Count quantities across all levels in an item's unit of measure structure

  • Count quantities in the primary unit of measure rounded to the UOM of the Replenishment Information.

You can specify a zone and zone type to further limit the random rule picking locations that the system identifies for replenishment. If you specified zone and zone type for a replenishment group and select to specify zone and zone type for the individual random rules, the zone information in both applications (P46014 and P46015) must match. Otherwise, the system cannot successfully replenish to locations within the zones.