| # Warehousing Master Data You can use Warehousing Master Data to define the warehousing related master data, that includes: Warehouse, location, and zone data Warehousing-specific item data Storage conditions Package definition Handling unit Assembly kits Inventory blocks Warehousing Master Data forms the central part of Warehousing, and is used to create master data for all the transactions in ERP Enterprise for which warehouse process is mandatory. Items - Warehousing As part of item - warehousing data, you must define the items that are used or handled by Warehousing. In item - warehousing data, you can enter specific warehousing data such as: Valuation Data Storage Data Dimensions Besides the item warehousing data, you can enter specific data for each item and warehouse, such as: Issue Data Lead Times Replenishment Data Lot control (not in inventory) Lot control (not in inventory) is a special form of lot control, intended for high-volume, low-value items. If you apply lot control (not in inventory) for a particular item, ERP Enterprise does not record the inventory for each combination of lot and warehouse, and location. You can still record information about each lot, such as lot number, buy-from business partner, manufacturer, and certificate number—information that is used for quality assurance. Serialized items in Warehousing An item that is uniquely identified by the item code (manufacturer part number) in combination with the serial number. You can use serial numbers to track serialized items through receipts, transfers, storage, or issues, the latter of which is mandatory. You can also track serialized items back to their source. The source of a serialized item is, for example, the purchase order or the production order that caused the receipt of the serialized item, or the sales order or the work order that caused the issue of the serialized item. Package definitions A particular configuration of items and their packaging. A package definition for an item, for example, can be : a pallet contains 12 boxes and each box contains 4 pieces. The package definition specifies how the items must be packed. If you use handling units, the package definition determines the handling unit structure and the packaging details for the handling units used to pack the items. Shipping Material Accounts Shipping material accounts are used to communicate with a business partner regarding the quantities of packaging items and their payments. The shipping material account is used to group packaging items for the purpose of reporting to business partners. To use replenishment matrices Replenishment matrices are used to automatically control the quantity of items on pick locations. Based on a replenishment matrix, you can automatically generate warehouse orders to replenish pick locations, and also directly process the orders. Replenishment matrices are defined by linking pick locations to bulk locations. Using warehouses Warehouse is the place where the purchased and produced goods are stored. These goods are retrieved from the warehouse later on for production, sales, service, or transport to another warehouse. You can optionally divide a warehouse into locations or zones. Warehouse supply structures Warehouse supply structures are defined for direct material supply, a user-specific cluster of warehouses, which consists of one or more supply warehouses and a number of destination warehouses. Using zones Locations that work with other locations or locations with identical or similar purposes can be divided into zones. A part of the warehouse that can be assigned to specific employees or vehicles. Each location can be assigned to a zone. Using locations Locations are the parts of the warehouse where items are actually stored. Locations can be assigned to an item or item group by means of storage conditions. Locations can have the following types: Receiving location Inspection location Bulk location Staging location Pick location Reject location Lot and serial registration templates Lot and serial registration templates are used to specify the order origins and transaction types for which serial and/or lot registration must take place. This applies to lot and serial numbers not stored in inventory. To define warehousing procedures A warehousing procedure includes various steps called activities that controls the processing of warehousing orders and/or handling units. warehousing order types are used to handle warehousing orders and are classified by inventory transaction type. The inventory transaction type that you add to a warehousing order type determines the type of warehousing procedure that you can link to the warehousing order type. To define warehousing order types A code that identifies the type of a warehousing order. The default warehousing procedure that you link to a warehousing order type determines how the warehousing orders to which the order type is allocated are processed in the warehouse, although you can modify the default procedure for individual warehousing orders or order lines. Assembly kits Assembly kit is an order-dependent set of items that must be supplied together to the shop-floor warehouse. To specify the items that must be part of an assembly kit, you must link the assembly kit to a warehouse and item combination. You can only make use of assembly kits only if the supply method for the warehouse and item combination is order controlled/SILS. Inventory valuation A method to calculate the inventory value. The inventory is valued at either its fixed price or its actual receipt price. Because inventory value can change with time, the age of inventory needs to be noted. In ERP LN, the following inventory valuation methods are available: Fixed Transfer Price (FTP) Moving Average Unit Cost (MAUC) First In First Out (FIFO) Last In First Out (LIFO) Lot Price (Lot) Serial Price (Serial) Using storage conditions You can use storage conditions to prevent the storage of items at unsuitable locations. Label layout and printing You can use label layout and printing to create and maintain labels for different reports linked to different processes in ERP Enterprise. Handling units A handling unit is a uniquely identifiable physical unit that consists of packaging and contents. A handling unit can contain items registered in Warehousing and can contain other handling units. Handling unit structures A handling unit structure shows the description of the way items are packaged by means of handling units. A handling unit can have a hierarchical structure that consists of several handling units that are related in a parent - child fashion. A handling unit structure includes these elements: Top Handling unit that includes the entire structure, such as a pallet. Parent Handling unit that includes one or more children, such as a box on a pallet. Child Handling unit that is linked to a parent, such as items that are packed in a box. To block and unblock You might have to block part of a warehouse or particular items from moving around in a warehouse. Therefore, you can block inbound movement, outbound movement, transfer (receipt, issue), or assembly of items at the various inventory levels such as zone, location. You can block inbound movement, outbound movement, transfer (receipt, issue), or assembly of items at various inventory levels: Zone Location Lot Stockpoint Serialized item At each of the above levels, you can impose a blocking for one or more transactions. You can also (un)block inventory at these levels for all transactions at once. Integration with WMS You can set parameters for integration with Infor Warehouse Management Module or any other WMS. Some of the restrictions that are applicable to the WMS-controlled warehouses are: Adjustment orders Back-flushing Blockings Locations Package definitions Warehouses Warehouse Inspections You can activate warehousing orders through the Activate Warehousing Orders (whinh2203m000) session. In this way, the order lines that belong to a warehousing order header can be sent at once to the WMS. In other words, the information to the WMS is sent by order. |