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Facilitate Putaway to Work Center Location for Direct Item Procurement

In certain manufacturing environments, raw materials or components are procured directly from vendors for immediate use in specific work centers or assembly areas within the warehouse.

This functionality enables you to receive materials directly to a designated work center location, bypassing standard storage areas.

Using this feature, the system directs received items from the supplier directly to the appropriate destination location based on Purchase Order (PO) details and configured Putaway rules.

Here’s how it functions:

  • Purchase Orders includes instructions to deliver items directly to the work center or destination location. There are three new fields added in the PO Details:
    • Destination Location
    • Manufacturing Work Order Number
    • Manufacturing Operation Sequence
  • The destination location information from the Purchase Order details is copied to the corresponding ASN details.
  • Putaway Type Calculation Rule can calculate a specific Putaway type for inventories with required work center or destination location information.
    • We have expanded the PutawayTypeCalcRuleView > Selection Criteria with these new columns:
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Aisle
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Alloc Zone
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Area
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Barcode
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Bay
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Billing Location Type
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Height
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Length
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Level
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Lock Code
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Size Type
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location String
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location MHE System Code
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Task Zone
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Type
      • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Width
      • IB Shipment Dtl Mfg Work Order Nbr
      • IB Shipment Dtl Mfg Work Operation Seq
  • A Putaway Method, “Predetermined Location” is available in the Putaway Priority screen, to direct the LPNs to the predefined location/work center during System Directed Putaway. When the Putaway Method is set to “Predetermined Location”, the following threenew configuration fields will be enabled for edit:
  • "Infer Destination Location From" provides the following drop-down options:
    • IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Field1
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Field2
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Field3
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Field4
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Field5
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Long Text1
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Long Text2
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Long Text3
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text1
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text2
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text3
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text4
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text5
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text6
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text7
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text8
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text9
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text10
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text11
    • IB Shipment Dtl Cust Short Text12
  • Destination Location is a look-up field, where you can filter and select an Active or Reserve location.
  • Auto Consume Flag is a check box.
    • If the Auto Consume Flag is enabled, the Destination Location must be of type Active.
Note: You must provide either the Infer Destination Location From or Destination Location. If you do not configure either field, the system will display an error: “Provide either Infer Destination Location From or Destination Location.” If you configure both fields, the system will display an error: “Provide either Infer Destination Location From or Destination Location.”

MANDATORY STEPS FOR A PROPER DIP FLOW:

WMS Fusion needs to send the pre-determined work center location (Active Location) and work order information (optional) in the purchase order details.During receiving, the LPNs should be locked with a Pending Putaway lock code, with "Unlock on Locate to Reserve" = Yes.Post receiving, using the System direct putaway, the inventories will be moved to thedesignated work center location.Steps to Enable

Important

Below are some configuration examples. You can configure the Putaway Type Calculation Rule and Putaway Priority with any of the new configuration options based on your business needs.

  1. DEFINE DESTINATION LOCATION IN PURCHASE ORDERS

Create Purchase Order details with the following information:

  • Destination Location (must be an Active or Reserve location).
  • Manufacturing Work Order Number (optional, up to 120 characters).
  • Manufacturing Operation Sequence (optional, whole numbers only).
  1. SET UP PUTAWAY TYPE

Configure a Putaway Type to be used for the Direct Item Procurement flow.

For example: DIPPT1

  1. SET UP PUTAWAY TYPE CALCULATION RULE

If you want the system to recognize inventories that have a Destination Location defined (from IB Shipment Detail Destination Location), you can set up the Putaway Type Calculation Rule as follows:

For Final Putaway Type = DIIPPT1

Set the Selection Criteria as follows:

    • SQL Operator: IS BLANK OR NULL
    • Column Name: IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location Barcode
    • Column Value: False
  1. SET UP PUTAWAY PRIORITY:
    1. Select Putaway Type = DIPPT1.
    2. Set a Priority.
    3. Select Putaway Method = Predetermined Location.
    4. Select Infer Destination Location From = IB Shipment Dtl Destination Location.
    5. Enable Auto Consume Flag.
    6. Click Save.

Putaway Priority Set Up

Important

  • The existing System Directed Putaway IHT records are updated with new Ref fields to indicate a DIP flow.
  • For a DIP flow with Auto-Consume, a new IHT-91 is written in addition to the existing IHTs.

Important IHT Changes:

Column Code IHT Possible Values Logic / Description
REF14 ACF IHT-24, IHT-25 Yes / No If the Auto Consume flag in the new putaway method is True, REF14 is populated as Yes; otherwise, No.
REF17 HDP IHT-91 True / False Value depends on the Auto Consume flag configured for the new DIP Putaway method.
REF17 HDP IHT-2 True / False Set to True only if a PO or ASN detail includes a work assembly location.
REF3 HDP IHT-4, IHT-17 True / False Set to True only if a PO or ASN detail includes a work assembly location.
REF17 HDP IHT-63, IHT-64 True / False Set to True only if a PO or ASN detail includes a work assembly location.
REF14 ACF IHT-63, IHT-64 Yes / No If the Auto Consume flag in the new putaway method is True, REF14 is populated as Yes; otherwise, No.