Setting up a kit work center

To assemble prebuilt kits and VA work orders with Internal (IT) processing, set up a work center.

  1. Select TWL Administration > System Parameter.
  2. Accept the default for these parameters:
    • Parameter 17, Work Center Depot Control, enables an employee to view work orders that are not for their assigned department.
    • Parameter 19, Work Center Labels, sets the default response for printing labels in the kit build department.
    • Parameter 21, Work Center Receiving Method, receives products in the kit build department and sets the screen default.
    • Parameter 22, Work Center Picked Status, enables in-process work orders for a kit to be undropped from Order Drop Manager. Inventory adjustments can be made afterward as needed.
    • Parameter 1022, Kit Build Adjustment Code, specifies what adjustment code should be used when building a kit.
    • Parameter 1075, Kit Quantity Posting, is used to determine whether to update a kit in complete units or as a fractional value.
    • Parameter 1083, Work Order Prompt, shows a message telling the user that the order is a work order.
  3. For parameter 2054, Prebuilt Kit Without Inventory, select Zero Ship Kit or Skip Order. Parameter 2054 determines if you can drop a prebuilt kit if a required component, that is defined in KP Component Setup, is not in stock in TWL.
  4. For parameter 7504, Kit Weight/Cube, select Parent Kit or Sum of Components. Parameter 7504 determines how the weight and cube of a build-on-demand kit are calculated when orders are dropped. You can use the weight and cube of the kit product record or the sum of the weight and volume of the kit components.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Select TWL Configuration > Warehouse Zone. Set up a zone for the kit build department, and assign the first and last aisles.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Select TWL Configuration > Location. Set up locations for staging kit build department products. Use identifying names, such as WCIN, WCOUT, and WCPICK and specify the zone you previously set up. In the Location Attributes section, the Location Type should be set to Stage.
  9. Click Save.
  10. Select TWL Administration > Department. Set up a work center as a department.
  11. Click Save.
  12. Select TWL Administration > RF Employee. Set up RF employee records and assign employees to the kit build department and warehouse zone you previously set up. Specify the kit build department number on the RF Employee master record so operators can access the RF Work Center menu.
  13. Click Save.

See Infor Distribution SX.e Total Warehouse Logistics User Guide for Picking, Packing, Shipping, Kitting.