Enter and Maintain Putaway Zones

Explanation

Use this activity to enter and maintain putaway zones. They can be entered for normal as well as pallet handled parts. Putaway zones are used as the priority rule when scanning the inventory for suitable/available locations when performing the inventory putaway process. Putaway zones entered in these windows will be inherited to inventory parts that belong to the groups defined in the respective sub tab. Putaway zone basic data can be defined for different groups of parts:

(Commodity group 2 is used in the inventory part to identify putaway zones).

Putaway zones entered for these groups (basic data) are then inherited to the connected inventory parts where additional zones with ranking can be added or removed. By entering putaway zones per group of parts, it is possible to avoid unnecessary setup for parts sharing the same putaway zones while still being able to add exceptions for specific parts. For example there could be putaway zones for buffer inventory that are common for a number of parts that are entered for a group while a specific pick location is entered for that specific part.

Note that putaway zones can be defined in a more flexible way by using, for example, the percent sign (%) and semicolon (;) to define a zone that contains, for example, a number of bays. This can be convenient when there is a need to use the maximum number of bins for a part over a greater area than, for example, just one bay.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are needed for this activity.

System Effects

The putaway zones are inherited to the connected inventory parts.

Window

Putaway Zones Basic Data
Inventory Part

Related Window Descriptions

Putaway Zones Basic Data
Inventory Part/Putaway Zones

Procedure

Enter putaway zones as basic data:

  1. Open the Putaway Zones Basic Data window.
  2. Search for your site.
  3. Click the tab for which you wish to create the putaway zone.
  4. Create a new record and save your changes.

Define putaway zones directly on the inventory part:

  1. Open the Inventory Part window and search for your inventory part.
  2. Click the Putaway Zones tab.
  3. In the Inventory Part Values tab, create a new record and save your changes.

Remove a putaway zone from an inventory part:

  1. Open the Inventory Part window and search for your inventory part.
  2. Click the Putaway Zones tab.
  3. Click the Operative Values tab.
  4. Select the record, right-click and then click Remove Putaway Zone.

Note: The Removed check box is selected for the relevant record in the Inventory Part Values tab.