Primary pick locations

The bin locations and item popularity are important factors in your logistics warehouse. Your warehouse has a fixed amount of space, and good slotting practice maximizes the use of this space and decreases travel time.

Primary bin locations usually contain the most popular items. The number of bin hits can be used to measure item popularity.

In TWL, primary locations are the only locations for which replenishments are performed. You can set up primary pick locations for these locations:

Full case
Split case
Counter sales
Pallet

Note: Stocking multiple products in a primary pick location is not permitted because pick requests are only created for the product assigned to the primary pick location. You can use the pick sequence and putaway sequence capabilities in TWL if you must store multiple products in a bin location.

The minimum and maximum replenishment parameters must be set up for each primary location. The inventory levels should be set so that replenishment occurs about once a week. If replenishment occurs more frequently, then the product is profiled incorrectly or the location is inadequate for the volume. Managing inventory profiles and replenishment needs is important to the successful implementation of primary locations. Although you have unique location requirements for your operation, generally, a location should balance available space with replenishment activity needs.

The Product Warehouse Product Setup bin locations are not accessible after your warehouse is live, but they are updated as these fields:

Primary split case [piece]
Location [Bin Loc #1]
Primary case location [Bin Loc #2]

You cannot maintain the fields from the system.