Replenishment Groups

Replenishment is the process of refilling picking locations with items. To define the random rule picking locations to replenish, you use random rules, which are sets of criteria that the system uses to identify locations for the random distribution of items in the warehouse. The system matches locations to random rules if the locations meet the criteria that you have defined for each random rule.

If you want to replenish to numerous random rule locations simultaneously, you assign the random rule to a replenishment group. A replenishment group is a user-defined code (46/RG) that contains one or more random rules for replenishment. By specifying multiple random rules for a replenishment group, you enable the system to identify many different random locations to which it replenishes inventory when you run the Replenishment to Random Locations program.

For each random rule that you specify, you also can specify the sequence in which the system replenishes locations that meet the criteria of each random rule, and whether the rule is active. When you specify a sequence, the system processes each random rule in the order that you specified. When you specify whether a rule is active, the system either processes the rule or skips the rule if it is inactive.

You can specify a zone and zone type to further limit the random rule picking locations that the system identifies for replenishment.

You also can specify effective and expiration dates for a replenishment group.

After you have defined the replenishment group, you define detailed replenishment information.