Use the Warehouse Zone Maintenance window to define both zones and pick groups. You can also define:
Pick sequences.
Ascending or descending navigation for each zone and pick group.
Which zones are automatically excluded from RF picking, and whether to print a work ticket for these zones or to include these zones in RF system-directed loading.
Whether a zone is picked only after all other locations have been exhausted.
Whether yard tickets print.
Note: Use Warehouse Location Maintenance to view zone information for a single location.
To define zones and pick groups:
From the Warehouse Management > Warehouse Maintenance menu, select Zone Maintenance to display the Warehouse Zone Maintenance window.
In the Branch field, enter the branch number for the area you want to divide into zones.
In the Zone field, enter upper case, alpha characters to define a zone.
For example, enter W for your warehouse.
In the Begin Location field, enter the beginning location for the zone.
The system supports any alphanumeric location format up to 12 characters. You cannot use a period (.) in the name. We recommend using the aisle number, section number, shelf indicator, or the bin indicator, if necessary. For example, 01-03-07-A (Aisle1, Section 3, Shelf 7, Bin A).
Note: This location should follow the format defined in Product Location Layout Maintenance. Also, a location can belong only to one zone.
In the End Location field, enter the end location for the zone.
Follow the same format as listed above for the Begin Location field.
Note: This location should follow the format defined in Product Location Layout Maintenance. Also, a location can belong only to one zone.
In the Pick Group field, enter an alpha character to represent a pick group.
In the Exclude Pick Queue field, select the check box to indicate that you want the zone to be excluded from RF picking.
Note: If select the check box, enter a printer ID in the Printer # field if you want a work ticket to print for the excluded zone.
In the Sort Prefix field, enter the pick sequence for each pick group to determine the put away and picking sequences for warehouse navigation.
In the Sort Order field, enter one of the following to indicate the order in which you want each zone picked:
A (ascending) - The location range is picked from its beginning location to its ending location.
D (descending) - The location range is picked from its ending location to its beginning location.
Note: If you do not define a path in the Sort Prefix or Sort Order fields, the system creates a path based on product location definitions in Product Location Maintenance. Such a path could follow a zone, aisle, section, and shelf order.
In the Required Qty field, select the check box to indicate if you want the zone to be picked only after other areas have been picked for the sample product.
For example, if you want a product in your showroom (S zone) to be picked only after it has been picked from all other areas of your stock, select the Require Qty check box. Your showroom supplies are replenished first if you select this check box.
In the Yard Ticket field, select the check box to indicate you want a yard ticket to print for a zone when orders placed involve that zone.
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