Warehouse Set Up

INTRODUCTION

This document describes the required screens to be used in setting up the information concerned with the actual physical warehouse. Other guides describe the set up of company, user, stock, owners etc.

This is a generic guide based on the version of the SCE system at the time of writing.

It can also be used by clients to specify their specific data values to aid initial system set up as well as for future reference.

Note that fields marked ‘**’ are mandatory and are needed to ensure correct set up of the system.

WAREHOUSE MAINTENANCE (STKWHSE01A)

Before any details of the warehouse can be set up it is necessary to identify the warehouse and provide some base information.

Warehouse Rules (WHS0078)

Warehouse rules are established as part of the development of the system functionality. The ability to specify which rules are to be used in this warehouse and give any specific values is given in this screen.

Warehouse UOMs

Enables the different types of measure and their associated units to be specified.

SYSTEM PARAMETERS (WHS0010)=

System Parameters – Main Tab

Used to specify a number of parameters that will govern the way the system will operate and how various items of information will be formatted in this warehouse.

System Parameters – Goods In Tab

Parameters input which will determine the detailed working of the goods in process, pallet put away etc.

System Parameters – Default Locations Tab

Locations within the warehouse can be set up with different use types. This tab establishes the locations used by default for certain specific purposes.

AREA CODES MAINTENANCE (WHS0035)=

Enables the different areas of the warehouse to be assigned a code and description. These codes are used as part of the location identifier as well as in sorting pick lists, structuring stock take etc..

AISLE CODES MAINTENANCE (WHS0050)

Enables the different aisles in the warehouse to be assigned a code and description. These codes are used as part of the location identifier as well as in sorting pick lists, structuring stock take etc..

AISLE SEQUENCE MAINTENANCE (WHS0060)

Enables the sequence in which the put-away algorithm will select aisles to be checked for free space. Can also be used to sort the picking lists.

WHS8231 AISLE STATUS MAINTENANCE )

Used to indicate if a given aisle is actually currently in use. Used in the event of physical access problems etc.

WHS0045 PALLET TYPES MAINTENANCE )

Used to specify which type of pallets can be used within the warehouse and give their basic physical characteristics.

WHS7020 TRUCK TYPES MAINTENANCE )

Identification of truck types, e.g. forklift, reach, is required when using RDT/RF.

Location Types - Locations Tab

Identifies the different type of location within the warehouse and their physical characteristics.

Location Types - Pallet Details Tab

Used to specify what pallet types can be used in a given location type.

Location Types - Truck Details Tab

Identifies which truck types can be used to access a given location type.

LOCATION CLASS MAINTENANCE (WHS8056)

Used to assign a particular product classification to ranges of locations. Used by putaway to store products in relevant areas of the warehouse especially where segregation may be required.

LOCATION CODES MAINTENANCE (WHS0090)

The manual set up of individual locations and their associated characteristics can be done through this screen.

AUTOMATIC LOCATION MAINTENANCE (WHS0470)

Used to automatically create contiguous ranges of locations.

JOB STATUS MAINTENANCE (WHS0025)

Predefines the possible statuses that an employee can have. Used in next screen when maintaining employee information.

EMPLOYEE MAINTENANCE (WHS0020)

Identifies the staff working with RF within the warehouse.

REASON CODES MAINTENANCE (WHS0080)

Used to establish all of the Reason Codes that may be selected when performing a stock management transaction within the warehouse.

RECEIPT TYPES MAINTENANCE (WHS4000)

Identifies what are the different type of goods receipt expected by this warehouse

TRANSACTION TYPES MAINTENANCE (CTLTRAN01A)

These are the types of transactions that will be stored as part of the inventory movement audit trail recording.

DEFAULT PRINTERS MAINTENANCE (WHS0002)

Used to assign default printers to specific documents, reports, labels etc.