1. Implementation and Configuration Guide
  2. Active Locations

Active Locations

Active Locations will be used to store and pick Units.

Task Description WMS Module Overview/Comments Task Details
Locations Basic Information Location Master Mandatory
  1. In Location Master, add Reserve Locations with Location Type = A
  2. Enter Values for fields 'Area', 'aisle', 'bay', 'level', and 'barcode'.
  3. Additionally, a position and a bin can be specified
  4. Enter dimensions Length, width, height
Pick Sequence and Putaway Sequence (Not Mandatory but recommended) Location Master The pick sequence will be used for picking tasks to follow a specific order for picking instead of a random order. The putaway sequence will be used to putaway inventory based on a location sequence. The pick and putaway sequence are not required but are recommended.
  1. In Location Master, enter the pick sequence and putaway sequence for each location.
    Note: For the system to follow the sequence, the values entered must have equal lengths. For example: if a pick sequence goes from 1 to 10,000 then the pick sequence must be set up as follow: from 00001, 00002, ...., 00010, 00100, ... to 10000
Replenishment Zones (Optional) Location Master Replenishment Zones are used to specify group of locations that will be replenished from specific allocation zones. Replenishment zones can also be used for putaway - Item Putaway type will be linked to replenishment zones to allow putaway to active locations.
  1. In Location Master, enter the enter location replenishment zone for each Active Location in the 'replenishment_zone' field
Min and Max Units (Optional) Location Master Min and Max Units are used for replenishment. A replenishment trigger can be set for the minimum quantity of units in a location. Replenishment Allocation will be done up to the max quantity of units.
  1. In Location Master, enter the min and max units for each location's. - Integer Values
Max LPNs, Min Volume and Max Volume (Optional) Location Master Max LPNs, Min Volume, and Max Volume are used for location capacity. When this information is provided, the putaway logic will check location capacity.
  1. In Location Master, enter values for Max LPNs, Min Volume, and Max Volume - Integer Values
Allow Multi SKU (Optional) Location Master Locations can be set up to allow either single SKUs or Multi SKUs.
  1. In Location Master, enter a TRUE/FALSE value for Allow Multi SKU in a location
Zones: - Allocation Zones - Pick Zones - Task Zones (Optional) Location Master Allocation Zones: 1) Used for replenishment - Replenishment locations can be replenished from specific allocation zones 2) Used as location attributes for picking tasks rules Pick Zones: 1) Used as location attributes for picking tasks rules Task Zones: 1) Used to identify location zones. This will be used for task zone movements and zone picking. This will allow setting start zone and end zone during picking.
  1. In Location Master, enter the allocation zone, pick zone, and Task zone for each location.
Restrict Batch Number Flag Location Master For batch/lot management, locations can be set up to restrict mixing different batch numbers
  1. In Location Master, enter value TRUE to restrict mixing of batch, and FALSE to allow mixing of different batch
Restrict Inventory Attribute Flag Location Master For Inventory attribute management, locations can be set up to restrict mixing inventory attributes
  1. In Location Master, enter value TRUE to restrict mixing of inventory attributes and FALSE to allow mixing of different inventory attributes
Custom Fields 1-5 Location Master Locations can be set up with
Item Assignment to Location Location Master Locations can be set up to be permanent picking locations for items. Assigned locations can be used for replenishment.
  1. In Location Master, to set up permanent locations: Set value for 'item_assignment_type' = P -
  2. Enter Item alternate code or item parts for that location
  3. For dynamic locations: - Set the value for 'item_assignment_type' = D