Use this tab to the priority rules that should apply when running automatic reservation. In this window it is possible decide if automatic reservation should be pure FIFO, handling unit optimized or perhaps consider putaway zone ranking. It is also possible to define if receipt dates for FIFO consideration should consider date and time or only date. Furthermore you can decide if created transport tasks with destination move to inventory, should be considered as available to reserve from.
Automatic Reservation Priorities – presets
The application includes five flexible prioritization possibilities in the
automatic reservation process. It will be used to sort out in which order to
search for and find available items to reserve. These five settings could be
combined or leaved out but at least one prioritization value is needed to be
set. Below a list of example presets which can be used to understand the impact
of the setup possibilities:
Default when creating site:
Prio 1:
Highest Putaway Zone Ranking
Prio 2: Earliest Expiration Date
Prio 3:
Earliest Receipt Date
Prio 4: Largest Quantity on Handling Unit
Prio 5:
Outermost Handling Unit
Handling Unit Optimzation Checked
Receipt Date
with Timestamp Unchecked
Reserve from Transport Task Unchecked
Prioritization is using zone ranking, expiration
date and receipt date and HU optimization, i.e. trying to pick the most suitable
HU found. If expiration date is null on part records, it will be handled as
unlimited expiration date. Handling Unit Optimization checked means that the
reservation looks at the available stock from a HU perspective meanwhile having
it unchecked means the stock is looked at on a part level, even if the part
belongs to a HU
Note that using handling unit optimized set with this combination means that the automatic reservation will always prefer to reserve complete handling units regardless of other setting in priority. So if highest putaway zone ranking is set as highest priority there could still be reservations made from outside the zone if a complete handling unit is found there but not in the highest ranked zone.
Pure FIFO
Prio 1: Earliest Receipt Date
Prio 2:
Prio 3:
Prio 4:
Prio 5:
Handling Unit Optimzation
Unchecked
Receipt Date with Timestamp Checked
Reserve from Transport Task
Unchecked/Checked
This will prioritize
items in order of the actual receipt to inventory, i.e. reserve the earliest
received item first, using the timestamp of the receipt. This known as the FIFO
principal and by combined it with timestamp parameter set to true means that it
will be reserved in the order it was received on the level of seconds. The HU
perspective is not taken in consideration meaning that stock is seen as parts
only. Note that Handling Unit Optimization must be unchecked to get pure FIFO.
If you reserve from created transport task this material will be evaluated from
a FIFO perspective otherwise not.
Handling Unit Optimized
Prio 1: Largest
Quantity on Handling Unit
Prio 2: Outermost Handling Unit
Prio 3:
Prio 4:
Prio 5:
Handling Unit Optimzation Checked
Receipt Date with
Timestamp Unchecked
Reserve from Transport Task Unchecked/Checked
This definition indicates the most optimized setup
for usage of HU. It will trying to pick the HU with the largest quantity, i.e.
trying to reserve less HUs as possible (example: if the demand is 20 pcs, a HU
including 20 pcs will be reserved in front of two HUs including 10 pcs each). It
will also try to pick outermost HU in front of HU being a part of a structure
(example: if the reserve demand is 10 pcs and there exists an HU with this
quantity, this will be reserved in front of the same type of HU which currently
is put on a pallet, i.e. the pallet is in this case the outermost HU). If you
reserve from created transport task this material will be evaluated from a
handling unit perspective otherwise not.
Note that using handling unit optimized means that the automatic reservation will always prefer to reserve complete handling units regardless of other setting in priority. So if highest putaway zone ranking is set as highest priority there could still be reservations made from outside the zone if a complete handling unit is found there but not in the highest ranked zone.
Expired first
Prio 1: Earliest
Expiration Date
Prio 2:
Prio 3:
Prio 4:
Prio 5:
Handling Unit
Optimzation Unchecked
Receipt Date with Timestamp Unchecked
Reserve from
Transport Task Unchecked/Checked
The setup
should guarantee that items with the earliest expiration date will be reserved,
no matters if it stored as pcs or part of HUs. If expiration date is null on
part records, it will be handled as unlimited expiration date. The HU
perspective is not taken in consideration meaning that stock is seen as parts
only. If you reserve from created transport task this material will be evaluated
from a expiration perspective otherwise not.
Note 1: When having “Handling Unit Optimization” unchecked, the
prioritization values “Large Quantity on Handling Unit” and “Outermost Handling
Unit” is not applicable.
Note 2: The “Receipt Date with Timestamp” is only
applicable if prioritization value “Earliest Receipt Date” is used.
Furthermore, if you use putaway zone ranking and handling unit optimization
you have the option to configure an alternative putaway zone ranking to be used at reservation of
complete handling units by one demand line. For instance this implies that you can prioritize to
reserve complete handling units in bulk zones prior to reserving complete
handling units in the picking zone.
This is enabled for certain handling unit types and the alternative ranking is
entered in the putaway zone ranking.
Upon these prioritizations, there is a base sorting which is the fallback
when all flexible prioritizations rules turn out to be equal in the specific
case. These are a bit different depending if running with or without Handling
Unit Optimization:
Handling Unit Optimized
enabled:
1) Total Available Quantity of the requested part in Handling
Unit
2) Least of Total Qty Required and Total Quantity available to reserve
on the Location
3) Warehouse Route Order
4) Bay Route Order
5) Row
Route Order
6) Tier Route Order
7) Bin Route Order
8) The handling
Unit ID of the HU from we will do a partial reservation
9) The Lot/Batch No
of the stock records
10) The Serial No of the stock records
Handling Unit Optimized disabled:
1) The
Lot/Batch No of the stock records
2) The Serial No of the stock records
3)
Least of Total Qty Required and Total Quantity Available to reserve on the
Location.
4) Warehouse Route Order
5) Bay Route Order
6) Row Route
Order
7) Tier Route Order
8) Bin Route Order
N/A