Optimize Pick Locations with Reslotting Workbench

The Reslotting Workbench enables you to realign inventory pick locations based on current Item velocity (ABC rankings). It identifies mismatches between item velocity and location rankings and generates replenishment tasks to re-slot the material. This helps to maintain optimal pick paths, reduce manual effort, and improve picking efficiency.

Reslotting Workbench UI

The intuitive Reslotting Workbench (UI) is designed to help warehouses optimize inventory placement based on product velocity, seasonality, and demand patterns. This UI helps improve operational efficiency by reducing picker travel times and congestion with smarter inventory placement.

You can view important location and item details and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) all in one Workbench style display:

Reslotting UI with Location Ranking and Location Capacity Display

On the left pane, the UI includes a user-friendly data grid where you can Search, filter, and sort by critical fields such as Location, Ranking, Item, Facility, Inventory Cost, and more.

Note: For the Workbench Graphs, we will only allow up to 6 rankings to be displayed on the graph.

The Reslotting Workbench UI has following features for better visibility into record history and improving data integrity

Timestamp for Mismatch Records: The UI displays the timestamp for when reslotting mismatch records are created, providing clearer record history and auditability.
Improved Data Visualization: The "Mismatches by Location Ranking" chart includes graph bars for zero values, ensuring a complete and accurate visualization of all data.
Streamlined Task Template Selection: The task template dropdown is optimized to only show relevant templates ("Replen LPN" and "Consol Replen"), making it easier to select the correct option.
Data Integrity Check: Before generating reslotting tasks for selected mismatch records, the system performs a final check to ensure the mismatches still exist. This helps maintain data integrity and prevents unnecessary task creation.

Viewing the Graphs

When you are viewing the Workbench Graph KPIs / Location Capacity by Ranking, you can toggle between 3 metrics.

You can view Active Locations metrics by: Volume, Weight, Units
You can view Reserve Locations metrics by: Volume, Weight, LPNs

Note: The colors for the bars on the charts will always display in the same order. (that is green, orange, teal.) The colors are not based on their Ranking.

Initiate Reslot Movement Action Button

The Initiate Reslot Movement action button will create a request in order to send the selected records to a drop location. This button is permission-based.

Generate New Report

You can click Generate New Report to run a new report with all of the Reslotting details from the Workbench UI for further analysis. You will see a buffering icon while the new report is being generated. You can click the CSV Export button to download to CSV format.

Note: Only users with supervisor-level permissions can invoke it.

Location Ranking Field in Location UI/Patch API and Input Interface

You can also use the Location Capacity Metrics GET API to generate the Reslotting Workbench metrics in a stacked bar chart format. This will display Location data such as volume, weight, and LPNs.

Configuration for Velocity Code and Location Ranking

To configure an item’s Velocity Code Ranking, use the Item-Facility Velocity Code field in the Item Facility UI. This value can be set Manually, via Init Stage API, or Input Interface upload.

Velocity Code Field

To configure an item's Location Ranking, use the newly introduced Location Ranking field on the Locations UI. This value can be set Manually, via Init Stage API, or Input Interface upload.

Location Ranking Field

Note: For the Location Ranking and Item Velocity Code Ranking to work, they both MUST match in naming convention.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Item Velocity Codes: A, B, C, D and Location Rankings: A, B, C,D or
Item Velocities: Hot, Fast, Medium, Slow and Location Rankings: Hot, Fast, Medium, Slow.