Put away exceptions

Damaged receipts

Your TWL administrator specifies the default receiving zones and default damaged goods zones in the TWL Configuration-Warehouse master record. Only damaged inventory can be put in a location that is set up in the damaged goods zone. For example, you may receive 50 pallets of a product with no damage and 20 pallets of the same product that are damaged. These pallets must be routed to different locations for put away.

Lots

If parameter 7506, Allow Multiple Lots Per Location/Pallet, is set to Yes, you can store multiple lots in a location. If parameter 7506 is set to No, then each lot is required to be stored in a different location or pallet. This setting distinguishes the lot numbers and it facilitates the picking task. A sales order may contain more than one lot for the same product. If so, then the quantity of each lot must be specified as a separate line item.

For example, an order is placed for a lot product. The customer does not mind if the quantities come from different lots. So, you can enter the quantities that are taken from each lot as separate line items. When the order is dropped, a pick request is created for each location.

Multiple units of measure

Your vendor might distribute the same product in many different units of measure. If parameter 5755, PutAway - Multi-UOM, is set to Yes, then you can put multiple units of measure for the same product into the same location.

For example, you buy, sell, and stock window-cleaning solution in three units: individual spray bottles, 12-pack spray bottles, and gallon units of measure. You store them in the same location. The vendor ships different units of measure, and you notice the shipment contains 12 packs. By specifying the unit of measure code for 12 packs, the equivalent number of units you must receive is calculated by the TWL system logic. Verifying the twenty-four 12-packs takes less time than verifying 288 individual units. Downstream tasks, such as put away and counting, also benefit from the unit of measure cross-reference.