Enter and Maintain Putaway Zones

Explanation

This activity is used to enter and maintain putaway zones. Putaway zones are used for two purposes; as the priority rule when scanning the inventory for suitable/available locations when performing the inventory putaway process and/or as a priority rule when the automatic reservation is done in inventory. The storage bins included in a putaway zone is defined by using storage zones. A storage zone gathers a freely selected group(s) of storage bins within a site into zones and is entered using the levels in the warehouse navigator.

Putaway zones can be defined on different levels. The following options are available:

• Site
• Site  - Asset Class - Frequency Class
• Site  - Commodity Group - Frequency Class
• Remote Warehouse - Remote Warehouse Assortment connected parts
• Inventory Part

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

Putaway zones entered for Site, Asset Class - Frequency Class or Commodity Group - Frequency Class 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 entered for a group while a specific pick location is entered for that specific part.

When setting up a putaway zone from a remote warehouse, a remote warehouse assortment with connected parts must be active. Only remote warehouse assortment connected inventory parts will inherit the remote warehouse putaway zone. Additional zones with ranking can be added or removed for the inventory parts.  

Prerequisites

• At least one storage zones must have been defined
• A remote warehouse with an active remote warehouse assortment must exist.

System Effects

The putaway zones are inherited to the connected inventory parts.

Window

Putaway Zones Basic Data
Warehouse Navigator/Warehouse/Remote Warehouse/General
Inventory Part

Putaway Zones Basic Data
Remote Warehouse
Inventory Part/Putaway Zones

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 a putaway zone from a remote warehouse:

1. Open the Warehouse Navigator window.
2. Search for your site.
3. Select one of your remote warehouses.
4. Click the Remote Warehouse tab and then the General tab.
5. Select the Appear as Putaway Zone check box.  
6. Enter an appropriate value in the Ranking field.  
7. 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.