Locations

These locations must always be defined with measurements and can be assigned different characteristics representing:

• item assigned locations
• primary pick locations
• secondary pick locations
• overstock locations

This location category does not have a size defined and it can store multiple items. Picking can be performed from all bulk locations. The following special characteristics can be assigned to a bulk location:

• un-located overstock areas of the warehouse
• locations for special handling of goods like:
• receiving locations
• receiving process locations
• quality control locations
• component process locations
• outpicking locations
• staging locations
• loading locations
• cross docking locations
• transit locations

By attaching one or several item units to a location type you create a connection that specifies which units are preferred to be picked/put away/counted in different locations with different location types. This is defined on the Item file, Location types panel.

The receiving location is the area in which stock is received. Because merchandise is checked in as it arrives from manufacturers, other branches, or customer returns, the receiving location is where the most important warehouse activity begins.

A default receiving location can be defined in the Item file on warehouse level to be used when items are placed in the warehouse using the put away. If no receiving location is defined the items will be put away using the put away rules. The defaulted receiving location can be overridden when the goods reception document is printed. Note: You can define a specific receiving location to be used for customer returns in the Cust return location field in Work with warehouses.

Pick locations can be defined according to priority. Primary pick locations are defined with a pick priority of 100.

Item assigned locations are reserved for one item only. These are typical pick locations.

Items can be put away to overstock locations if the primary locations are occupied. What zones and locations can be used for this purpose is defined on the Overstock locations panel in Work with warehouse locations. Overstock locations can only be created for item assigned locations. Put away suggestions will be created for overstock locations if the maximum value of overstock locations defined in the Max overstock loc field in the Item file is not reached. Note: One overstock location can be used as a picking location for multiple items.

Quality control locations (QC) can be used to store items that are to be quality controlled. QC locations can only be used in the goods reception process, for order lines that are to be quality controlled.

It is optional whether goods are stored in a QC location or not during the quality control. It is preferable to use QC locations when the entire amount of goods must be controlled, before it is moved to the final locations.

Quality control locations are defined with a stock category that is connected to quantity type 5 (stock residing in QC location). The quantity type is only controlling the type of location and not the stock in QC. See Stock on hold for further information.

NCC (Non-Conformity Certificate) locations are used to store items that are reported as rejected on a non-conformity certificate.

Items put on an NCC location must be under an NCC certificate that has the same quantity type (NCC usable or unusable) as the NCC location. For example, it is not possible to store items connected to an NCC defined as usable on an NCC location that is defined as unusable.

NCC locations can also be used in the following processes:

• The return to supplier process when you return NCC goods to the supplier.
• The inventory transaction entry when used within the handling of NCC.
• The inventory movement function when processing NCC.

It is not possible to pick from or make any stock movements from an NCC location except for:

• the handling of NCC
• the confirmation of pick suggestions for returns to supplier
• location movements between locations that are assigned the same stock category

Resource locations are used in DC1 Radio Frequency Handling. The resource locations are different resources used in a warehouse for goods movements. Pick carts or forklifts are typical examples of resources.

Every instruction in a warehouse has two steps, pick and put away. During the processing of pick and put instructions, the goods are moved from the pick location to the resource location and then from the resource location to the staging location.

The staging locations are bulk locations that are used prior to shipping. A staging location is the “to” location on the instructions. In DC1 Radio Frequency Handling the staging location has to be defined when the R/F batch holds shipment instruction lines. Specific staging locations are not necessary to define since all available bulk locations can be selected during R/F batch creation. However, it is recommended that you define specific locations to be used as staging locations. This is to prevent that the location can be suggested during the normal put away.

Transit locations are defined with a stock category that is connected to quantity type 9 (transit quantity). The transit locations are mandatory to use for the reception and picking of items that are to be delivered on:

• BtB transit sales orders
• BtB manufacturing orders

Transit location can also be used in the inventory transaction function when transit stock is processed.

Non-Warehouse Management locations are locations that are only used for informational purposes within DC1 Warehouse Management. These locations must be assigned to a stock category that is connected to quantity type 8 (Non-Warehouse Management location). These locations are not controlled by DC1 Warehouse Management, which means that DC1 Warehouse Management does not keep track of the quantity in these locations.

Examples of non-WHM locations are Outpicking and Loading locations that can be referenced to when working with consolidated picking and shipping in DC1 Distribution.

Normally, goods are stored in stock units. However, goods can also be stored on pallets within a location. Each pallet has a unique pallet number so that it can be traced in the warehouse. All pallets entered into the system are stored in a separate file. They are available in the Work with pallets program. Different pallet types must be defined in Work with pallet types where they are connected to location sizes. In the Item file, you can define the number of stock units that can be stored on a pallet.

Pallets can be created in the following ways:

• Reception procedures
  Pallets can be created manually during the reception procedures. If you want pallet number labels to be printed for the created pallets, then this must be ordered through the pallet reception function.
• Automatic pallet creation
  Pallets can be created automatically for items if the Auto pallet creation field is set to YES in the Item file on warehouse level. In this case, the pallet number is created and the pallet labels are printed automatically when the shop floor documents are printed.
• Location movement program
  Pallets can be created in the location movement program from existing stock units in a location. Using this program you can also release stock in a pallet into stock units.

If Keep empty pallets is set to YES in Work with warehouses, then suggestion lines for empty pallet instructions are created automatically when the last item stocked on a pallet has been sold. Instructions are, however, not created if all items stocked on the pallet are picked at the same time. The instructions are used to collect the empty pallets.

Goods that have been received into a location but not yet been booked into regular stock is considered on hold and is tracked by an order reference number and line. Stock on hold is not available for picking.

Goods can be on hold for two reasons:

• Received goods going through quality control
  The goods have been received into the location on a purchase order line, work order line or a manufacturing order. The goods are automatically moved into regular stock, for the location, when the QC note is confirmed.
• Received goods awaiting landed costs
  The goods has been received into the location on a purchase order line, that requires landed costs and the costs have not yet been entered. The goods are automatically moved into regular stock, for the location, when the receipt is booked.

Goods that have been received into a transit location on a BtB transit purchase order line, transit work order line or a connected manufacturing order are considered as in transit and are tracked by an order reference number and line.

Stock in transit is only available for pick on the connected sales order line.

The calculation of available quantity is affected by the possibility in DC1 Warehouse Management to assign quantity types on location level via stock categories. This means that the stock on hand quantity in DC1 Distribution not always is available as displayed.

When DC1 Warehouse Management is activated the calculation of available quantity is always considering any assignment of stock categories to locations where the item is stored. If a location is found with one of the attributes specified in the table below the available quantity on item/warehouse level is reduced with the quantity stored in the location.

This table displays how the different quantity types affect the calculation of the available quantity at sales order entry, at pick suggestion print and at purchase suggestion print.

Note: N = not available, A = available.

Goods that are under quality control, but are not stored in a QC location, are handled in the same way. Goods are automatically held when the reception note has been confirmed if the item is defined to be quality controlled.