TWL warehouse records

A warehouse is required when you set up TWL other records. You may have one or more TWL-controlled warehouses. You can set up unique processing flows for a specific company-warehouse combination.

A TWL warehouse record is similar to the system Product Warehouse Description Setup record. The TWL warehouse name must be identical to the Product Warehouse Description Setup record. Consider this factor as you set up both records.

If you are setting up TWL facility records before your system is going live, you can set up a TWL Configuration-Warehouse master record with minimal information. After your TWL warehouse is live, release warehouse records from the system WL Initialize Warehouse Administration function to add the detail.

In TWL Configuration-Warehouse-General, set up basic warehouse information. Then, in the Warehouse Parameters section, select the appropriate parameters. These parameters, in conjunction with related system-wide parameter settings, affect processing flows in all the warehouses and companies defined within the system.

For example, two warehouse parameters determine whether the packing step is performed by pick-to-pack or by pick-to-tote.

Pick-to-pack and pick-to-tote warehouses

With a pick-to-pack environment, you place the products you pick immediately into a shipping container or on a truck pallet. The packing process is eliminated because products are picked from the shelf and put directly into a shipping container. To use truck pallets, system-parameter 1068, Truck Pallets, must be set to Yes.

Packing-by-order and packing-by-customer are not relevant options on the RF if your warehouse is set up to be a pick-to-pack warehouse.

In a pick-to-pack or pick-to-tote warehouse, these picking system-parameters can be set to enable various picking scenarios: :

  • Parameter 1054, Tote Validation
  • Parameter 1060, Carton Validation

You can pick more than one order with the same destination to a pallet or tote. You can pack more than one order in a single carton if you perform a carton-to-carton transfer. You should not pack different carriers into the same carton.

Use the Picking system-parameter 1080, Truck Pallet Validation, to control the validation applied when you pick to a truck pallet with the RF Picking module. This parameter can prevent two different ship addresses and carriers from being picked onto the same truck pallet. These are the options for the parameter setting:

  • No Validation
  • Ship Address and Carrier
  • Carrier and Service
  • Order and Order Suffix
  • Customer Code and Carrier

If you enable system-parameter 1099, Suggest Carton – Advanced, then the validation criteria defined in system-parameter 1060, Carton Validation, determines which carton is suggested. The last carton you used may be suggested, even if the carton was for a different order. Only cartons that you previously packed are suggested.

When the shipping container or truck pallet is full, the order can be shipped on a carrier managed by TWL. The ship verification is performed to update the order and synchronize the system.

With a pick-to-tote environment, you place picked products into an intermediate container, or tote, that is affixed to a cart or alternate location.

If your facility is configured for quick pack, then you can pack the entire contents of a tote into a carton. System-parameter 1051, Packing Option, determines the scanning order and packing configuration, and you have these options:

  • Carton from Totes: This option allows the packer to quickly pack a carton from a tote. The packer will be asked to scan a carton and then the tote.
  • Tote to Cartons: This option allows the packer to quickly pack many cartons from one tote. This feature should be used for warehouses which pick large orders to one tote identifier or one order to a tote. The packer will be asked to scan a tote and then scan the cartons the tote contents will be packed in.
  • Quick Scan: The Quick Scan option is currently the same as the Tote to Cartons option.