WAREHOUSE CONTROL

 

Warehouse Control Overview

Warehouse Control takes Inventory management to the next level.  Rather than strictly tracking the on hand quantity of items, enabling Warehouse Control allows you to know which of several Bins or Shelves the items may be located on.

Warehouse Control Default Settings

There are 3 settings relating to Warehouse Control in  on the SD-S Warehouse Control Defaults screen.  First is the master setting to enable or disable the Warehouse Control module and multiple bins or shelves per item.  N means only 1 Bin per item is allowed.  Y means multiple bins are tracked as possible locations but on-hand quantity by Bin is not maintained.  Q means quantity by Bin is maintained. Use Controlled Bin Locations determines whether a master list of Bin/Shelf Locations must be adhered to or if users can create new ones on the fly, and Allow Blank Bin Locations controls whether an item coded for Warehouse Control can be assigned to a "Blank" Bin or Shelf or if all Bin and Shelf Locations must be named.   Enabling Warehouse Control sets all items to be so controlled but individual items can be flagged Y, N or Q in IN-B  Enter Inventory or WC-B Assign Warehouse Control

Enter Master Warehouse Bin Locations

This is the master list of bins and shelves that can then be assigned to items.  Bins and shelves are also assigned to a Warehouse Location.

Assign Bins to Items

Each item can be assigned to multiple bins or shelves, with one identified as the Default.  When Warehouse Control is first enabled, the Bin previously specified in IN-B  Enter Inventory as a Bin Location is assigned to the item as the default Bin.

Transaction Processing

For items with Warehouse Control set to Y, transactions will prompt for a Bin but not control the quantity per Bin.  If Warehouse Control is set to Q, then all transactions will prompt for the Bin and quantity of items to be added to or removed from the bin.  The exception to this is backflushing at WO-I  Enter Finished Production.  Backflushed components are not processed through Warehouse Control unless the "Use Bins for EFP Backflush" is enabled in SD-S Warehouse Control Defaults.