Manage Putaway Rule

PutAway is a process of moving items from a received shipment to the right places in a warehouse. PutAway decisions are taken basis on various factors like warehouse size, quantity of items being received, physical weight, storage conditions, or type of the material present in the warehouse.

In Eretail system, user can create putaway by two methods

  1. User Define Putaway
  2. System Suggested Putaway

For creating system suggested putaway, user need to define putaway rules in the system so that while doing putaway, system will suggest the Bins as per the categories defined in the putaway rule.

Navigation- WMS >> Setup >> Manage Putaway Rules

 

Fields

Description

Rule ID

It is Putaway Rule ID, created by system

Rule Desc

Rule desc is the rule name given by the user.

 

Location

Here warehouse name will get visible for which user is creating the putaway rule.

Putaway Method

 Here user can select the putaway method on the basis bins created in the system

  1. Approx Qty- Defines the qty of SKU that could be allocated in the Bins
  2. Cubic Volume – Cubic volume defines that SKUs can be allocated on the basis of the dimensions.

Putaway UOM

UOM is unit of measurement that defines the uom categories of SKUs for which system suggested putaway to be performed.

Active

This check is use to mark this putaway rule as active or inactive

Rule Parameter

Rule parameter is used to set the Putaway rule against specific categories

 

  1. All SKUs- If user sets parameter as All SKUs ,the putaway rule will running for all SKUs
  2. Selected SKUs- If user wants to set putaway rule on selected SKUs , can select option as selected SKU and will be able to mention SKU codes in next tab
  3. Category- Putaway rule can be set on the basis of SKU categories ,user can select Category here and then can select categories that are defined in Merchandising Hierarchy of masters module

 

  1. Sub Category- Putaway rule can be set on the basis of Sub categories defined in merchandising hierarchy ,user can select sub category here and then can select categories that are defined in Merchandising Hierarchy of masters module
  2. Product Type- Product type is also similar to category and sub category so user can also putaway rule through product type.
  3. Brand- Putaway rule can be made on the basis of SKU brand and then can select brand in the other tab

  1. Vendor- If user wants to make putaway rules on the basis of vendor, user can select option as vendor and can select vendors in next tab.

 

Search Priority

 Search priority option enables the user make changes in the priorities define here as Same SKU, Same Product Type, Same Sub-Category, Same Category, Same Brand , Empty Bin.

 

After filling all the relevant details, click on Next button , user will move to next screen, below is the snap shot

 

Fields

Description

Step No.

Step no. shows the rule sequence number of putaway rule

Good Inventory Bucket

Here user can define the bucket of the bin where user wants to allocate stock through system suggested putaway and putaway rule

Zone

Zone of the bin can be mention here from the drop down list

From Bin

If user wants to perform putaway for shifting stock from 1 bin to another bin then user can from Bin here.

To Bin

Similarly, if user is tranfering stock from 1 zone to another zone, here can mention to zone

Commingle SKU

If user wants to allocate similar category of SKUs to different Bins through Putaway rule, can mark this check box enable.

Commingle Lot

If user wants to allocate SKUs packed in 1 lot/box to different Bins through Putaway rule, can mark this check box enable.

Bulk Threshold Qty

Threshold qty is the minimum qyt defined to allocate inventory in a particular bin

 

 

 

After filling all relevant details, click on ADD button

Line will get added below,

And Click on Save .

Putaway Rule will get created in the system.