Defining Zones and Pick Groups for RF

Use the Warehouse Zone Maintenance screen to define both zones and pick groups. On this screen, you can also define:

Pick sequences.
Ascending or descending navigation for each zone and pick group.
Which zones are automatically excluded from RF picking, and whether to print a work ticket for these zones or to include these zones in RF system-directed loading.
Whether a zone is picked only after all other locations have been exhausted.
Whether yard tickets print.

Note: Use the Warehouse Location Maintenance screen to view zone information for a single location.

To define zones and pick groups:

From the Whse Mgt > Warehouse Maintenance menu, select Zone Maintenance to display the Warehouse Zone Maintenance screen.
In the Branch field, enter the branch number for the area you want to divide into zones.
In the Zone field, enter upper case, alpha characters to define a zone.

For example, enter W for your warehouse.

In the Begin Loca field, enter the beginning location for the zone.

The system supports any alphanumeric location format up to 12 characters. You cannot use a period (.) in the name. We recommend using the following formats:

Aisle number.
Section number.
Shelf indicator.
Bin indicator, if necessary.

For example, 01-03-07-A (Aisle1, Section 3, Shelf 7, Bin A).

Note: This location should follow the format defined in Product Location Layout Maintenance. Also, a location can belong only to one zone.

In the End Loca field, enter the end location for the zone.

Follow the same format as listed above for the Begin Loca field.

Note: This location should follow the format defined in Product Location Layout Maintenance. Also, a location can belong only to one zone.

In the Pick Group field, enter an alpha character to represent a pick group.
In the Exclude PkQ field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want the zone to be excluded from RF picking.

Note: If you entered Y in the Exclude PkQ field, enter a printer ID in the Ptr# field if you want a work ticket to print for the excluded zone.

In the SortPrefix field, enter the pick sequence for each pick group to determine the put away and picking sequences for warehouse navigation.

In the SortOrdr field, enter one of the following to indicate the order in which you want each zone picked:

A (ascending) – The location range is picked from its beginning location to its ending location.
D (descending) – The location range is picked from its ending location to its beginning location.

Note: If you do not define a path in the SortPrefix or SortOrdr fields, the system creates a path based on product location definitions in Product Location Maintenance. Such a path could follow a zone, aisle, section, and shelf order.

Use the Change View hot key to access one of the following views:

View Fields

Description

Required Quantity/Yard Ticket

In the Req Qty field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want the zone to be picked only after other areas have been picked for the same product.

For example:

If you want a product in your showroom (S zone) to be picked only after it has been picked from all other areas of your stock, enter Y in the Req Qty field. Your showroom supplies are replenished first if you enter Y in this field.

In the Yrd Tkt field, enter Y or N to indicate if you want a yard ticket to print for a zone when orders placed involve that zone.

Pick Allocation Size

For Manifest Picking only, enter the maximum number of picks to allocate to a pick group.

For example:

You have a pick group that contains large items, which are difficult to place on totes. Allocate two picks to the pick group. When an order is entered for four items in this pick group, the system will break the order into two separate picks. This allocation allows two pickers to pick the order at the same time.

Press Esc to save changes and exit the screen.