| Warehousing Master Data Warehousing Master Data constitutes the central part of Warehousing, and is used to
create master data for the transactions in LN for which a
warehousing process is mandatory. Items - Warehousing In Items - Warehousing, you define and maintain
warehousing-specific data for all items used in Warehousing. This data is
required for all activities involved in warehouse processing. In Item Data by Warehouse, you can define item data for specific
warehouses. In Warehousing, you can use serial numbers to
track serialized items through receipts, transfers, storage, or issues, the
latter of which is mandatory. You can also track serialized items back to their
source. The source of a serialized item is, for example, the purchase order or
the production order that caused the receipt of the serialized item, or the
sales order or the work order that caused the issue of the serialized
item. Lot and serial
registration templates are used to specify the order origins and transaction
types for which serial and/or lot registration must take place. This applies to
lot and serial numbers that are not registered in inventory but registered
during issue or during both receipt and issue. Lot control enables you to trace the origin of incoming
and outgoing lots, and to find out where these lots are used. You can record
information about each lot, such as lot number, buy-from business partner,
manufacturer, and certificate number. This information is used for quality
assurance. If the item is not lot controlled, effectivity units are not recorded in the warehouse inventory. A handling unit is a uniquely
identifiable physical unit that consists of packaging and contents. A handling
unit can contain items registered in Warehousing and can
contain other handling units. A configuration of items and their packaging. A package
definition for an item can be, for example, a pallet that contains 12 boxes and
each box contains 4 pieces. The package definition specifies how the items must be packed. If you use handling
units, the package definition determines the handling unit structure and the
packaging details for the handling units that are used to pack the
items. You can define a flexible setup to specify the auxiliary
packaging quantity, based on the content, packaging item, and child packaging
item, in the handling unit template node. You can implement this functionality
in the Handling Unit Template Node - Auxiliary Packaging (whwmd4162m000) session. Packaging item codes and packaging item classifications are
defined for specific business partners in the Business Partner Packaging Item Codes (whwmd4506m000) session. These packaging item
codes or packaging item classifications are used by default to identify the
business partners' packaging items. If not present, the business partner item
codes defined in the Item Code System - Items (tcibd0104m000) session are
used. This constraint can be applied to the material quantities
and packing method that is received by customers. For example, car
manufacturers frequently accept only full packaging material, such as crates,
boxes and pallets. At each packaging level in a packaging structure, you can
specify whether full packaging is applicable for all the levels within the
packaging structure or only for specific levels. Shipping material accounts are used to register packaging
items issued and received per address, for the purpose of communicating with
business partners about the quantities of packaging items and their payments
and to monitor packaging material balances. Replenishment matrices are used to automatically control
the quantity of items on pick locations. Based on a replenishment matrix, you
can automatically generate warehousing orders to replenish pick locations, and
also directly process the orders. Replenishment matrices are defined by linking
pick locations to bulk locations. The warehouse is the place where all received goods are
stored originating from purchase, production, and so on. These goods are
retrieved from the warehouse later on for production, sales, service, or
transport to another warehouse. You can optionally divide a warehouse into locations or zones. Locations are the sections of the warehouse where items
are actually stored. Locations can optionally be assigned directly to an item
or item group, or by means of storage conditions. Note that the use of locations within a warehouse is not
mandatory. Locations can have the following types: A zone is a part of the warehouse that can be assigned to
specific employees or vehicles. Each location can be assigned to a zone.
Locations that work with other locations or locations with identical or similar
purposes can be grouped into zones. A code that identifies the type of a warehousing order. Warehousing order types are classified by inventory transaction type. The inventory transaction type that you add to a
warehousing order type determines the type of warehousing procedure(s) that you
can link to the warehousing order type. The default warehousing procedure that
you link to a warehousing order type determines how the warehousing orders or
handling units to which the order type is allocated are processed in the
warehouse, although you can modify the default procedure for individual
warehousing orders or order lines. On the Outbound Process tab of the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session, you can specify up to which stage in
the outbound process it is allowed to update, cancel or remove outbound order
lines. An Assembly kit is an order-dependent set of items that must be supplied together to
the shop-floor warehouse. To specify the items that must be part of an assembly
kit, you must link the assembly kit to a warehouse and item combination. You
can only use assembly kits if the supply method for the warehouse and item
combination is order controlled/SILS. LN provides various forecast methods, which you can finetune to meet your
organization's requirements. A method to calculate the inventory value. The inventory
is valued at either its fixed price or its actual receipt price. Because the
inventory value can change with time, the age of the inventory must be
recorded. The following inventory valuation methods are available: - Standard Cost
- Moving Average Unit Cost (MAUC)
- First In First Out (FIFO)
- Last In First Out (LIFO)
- Lot Price (Lot)
- Serial Price (Serial)
You can use label layout and printing to create and maintain labels for different purposes
related to different processes in LN. Various fields of the sold-to business partner can be printed on container
labels when the receipt of end items from production is confirmed. The purpose
is to reduce mislabeling by attaching container labels during production or
receipt rather than at the shipping dock. Error recovery You can use the following options to recover information
that was lost or damaged on account of a calamity: - Rebuild Planned Inventory Transactions
- Check and Repair Inventory
- Check and Repair Quantity in Transit
- Check and Repair Cost Peg Transfer Balances
Integration with WMS You can set parameters for integration with the Infor Warehouse Management Module or any other Warehouse
Management System (WMS).
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