Waves

Users must execute Waves in order to allocate orders with allocatable inventory in the warehouse. Each wave creates an allocation and a series of tasks.

Waves, allocations, and tasks.

Allocation Units of Measurement (UOM)

  1. Full LPN - full LPN allocations occur when the Order’s SKU and Quantity is exactly the same as an LPN’s SKU and Quantity.
  2. Cases - Case allocations occur when inventory is allocated either in cases as defined in the “Standard Case Quantity” field of the Item. Specifically, a case allocation will occur if the ordered quantity is a multiple of the ordered SKU’s “Standard Case Quantity”.
  3. Packs - see explanation for cases.
  4. Units - unit allocations are the lowest UOM and occur when wave templates are configured to allocate in ‘eaches’.
For example: SKU A has a standard case quantity = 4, and the ordered quantity is 12. This will create an allocation for 3 cases.