RF replenishment notifies you when a location needs to be restocked, based on minimum location quantities. If a location quantity falls below the location minimum, the system informs you of the following:
The location needing to be restocked.
Where to pick the product to replenish the under-stocked location.
The quantity needed for replenishment.
There are two types of RF replenishment: daily and immediate.
Daily replenishment tasks are queued from the Warehouse Operation Queue. When levels dip below a minimum amount, the system queues a replenishment task for that location. You can schedule the Warehouse Operation Queue to run nightly so that you can replenish location shortages daily.
Note: Daily replenishment does not work for lot-controlled items.
Before using daily replenishment, perform the following setup:
Define minimum and maximum location quantities in RF Location Maintenance.
Schedule the Warehouse Operation Queue to generate replenishment tasks.
Immediate replenishment tasks are queued when quantity shortages occur during warehouse operation.
For example, Allan needs to pick an order that contains 20 small widgets. The system directs Allan to location 01-02-A to pick the widgets, but there are only 15 small widgets in the location. Allan picks the 15 small widgets that are there and then informs the system that there is a shortage in the location by queuing an immediate replenish task. The system sends the immediate replenishment task to Stephanie, who is responsible for replenishing locations. Stephanie can replenish location 01-02-A from a storage location holding additional small widgets. Once Stephanie has replenished the location, Allan can return to 01-02-A and pick the remaining five small widgets, as needed.
Immediate replenishment is different from daily replenishment in that the Warehouse Operation Queue does not queue immediate replenish tasks. Instead, if a shortage is discovered during picking, users queue immediate replenish tasks from the Alt-Q function key.
For example, Allan needs to pick an order that contains 20 small widgets. The system directs Allan to location 01-02-A to pick the widgets, but there are only 15 small widgets in the location. Allan picks the 15 small widgets that are there and then informs the system that there is a shortage in the location. The system immediately queues a replenishment task so that another user can replenish location 01-02-A from a storage location holding additional small widgets. Once the location is replenished, Allan can return to 01-02-A and pick the remaining 5 small widgets.
Immediate replenishment is different from daily replenishment in that the Warehouse Operation Queue does not queue immediate replenish tasks. Instead, if a shortage is discovered during picking, the system automatically queues an immediate replenish task. If a shortage is discovered during another warehouse operation, a user can queue an immediate warehouse shortage from the Alt-Q function key.
Before using immediate replenishment, perform the following setup:
Assign users to be responsible for immediate replenish tasks.
Activate the RF Automatically Select Next Product To Replenish control maintenance record so that immediate replenish tasks display automatically on the Immediate Replen screen.
See Also:
Automated RF Replenish Allocation Logic
Auto-Selecting Replenish and Cycle Count Tasks
Selecting RF Daily Replenish Tasks to Pick
Performing RF Daily Replenish Tasks
Selecting RF Immediate Replenish Tasks