TWL as alternate warehouse

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A TWL-controlled warehouse can be set up as an alternate warehouse for another TWL warehouse. This is initiated in Product Extended Warehouse Cross Reference Setup. This setup uses the alternate warehouse functionality that creates an automatic warehouse transfer for specific situations. For example, during Sales Order Entry, insufficient inventory may exist in the selling warehouse. So, a transfer is created for an alternate warehouse with inventory to fill the order. When the sales order is finished, the alternate warehouse selected for each line is sent to Order Drop Manager.

To select and drop to an alternate warehouse, you must have security, which is set inSA Operator Setup.

When the order is dropped with Order Drop Manager, a summary of the zones and picks across all applicable warehouses is displayed. This summary is displayed on the Picking Zones tab in TWL Outbound-Wave Inquiry. You can view any inventory that is reserved in the alternate warehouse by the selling warehouse. Access TWL Configuration-Item. Drill down on an appropriate record, and select Inquiries > Reserved.

Stock is allocated, picked, and shipped from the selling warehouse since the inventory has been auto transferred from the alternate warehouse. During picking, the RF operator is notified when an order is dropped for an alternate warehouse. When the operator navigates to the alternate warehouse, the operator sees those lines designated on the RF unit; the lines are separated by the warehouse zones within each alternate warehouse.

When an alternate warehouse pick occurs, a transaction type of Auto Transfer (AT) is created. The AT reduces the on hand in the alternate warehouse. A second AT transaction is created to increase the on hand in the selling warehouse.

After the order is shipped in TWL and processed in the system, all inventory updates occur and both warehouses balance. These are other important factors to note:

  • Alternate warehouses must be within a single Distribution SX.e company.
  • Alternate warehouses must be virtual warehouses existing within the physical four walls of the selling warehouse.
  • Multiple alternate warehouses can be assigned to a selling warehouse in Product Extended Warehouse Cross Reference Setup, but those warehouses must all be TWL-controlled warehouses.
  • Multiple alternate warehouses can be considered when entering a sales order, but only one alternate warehouse can be selected to fill the line. If the inventory is not in the warehouse specified, no other warehouses are checked. Parameter 20, Inventory Discrepancy, for the selling warehouse determines what allocation steps should be taken on the order.