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Warehouse management volume of the item and location

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Hi experts, 

I have an item it has a volume of 8.00  weight 150.00 ( defined under physical dimension) 

But when i create a PO for the item.  The volume is shown as 0.00 and weight is shown as 150.00 under the load tab of line detail. 

In the same way i defined the volume in the location profile. but in the location it shows a different volume than what i have defined for the location profile.   in the location profile id i have volume of 125.00 

but in the inventory location under Inventory module shows the volume as  72576.00

( i opened the query (Qtrl + F3) in the inventory location under inventory module and set "Use warehouse management processes"  = Yes)

 

Where am i going wong. ??

 

 

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  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    Now i defined the volume under  the "manage inventrory"  fast tab of the  rleased products.   The purchase order pick up this volume.

    how to make the system to pick up volume from the physical dimesnion .?

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    Guy Terry Profile Picture
    Guy Terry on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    Hi AX_world_2016,

    I believe the fields in the Measurement area of the 'Engineer' tab are used in production, if your Consumption calculation formula is not 'Standard'.

    technet.microsoft.com/.../aa587515.aspx

    The fields on the 'Manage inventory' fast tab are used in warehouse processes, as you've found.

    About the 'Volume' shown on the location form; I assume you are opening the locations form from within the Inventory module? The volume here is calculated from the dimensions set on the 'General' tab. I assume R3 Warehouse management ignores the volume defined in this way, which is why these locations are filtered out when you open the form.

    If you open the Locations form from within the Warehouse management module, you see the same data, but with different visible fields. The irrelevant fields like the, physical dimensions and volume, are not shown. Don't use the locations form in the inventory module for locations in warehouses which are enabled for Warehouse management. Use the locations form at Warehouse management -> Setup -> Warehouse setup.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    hi Guy,

    I follow your statements with great rspect.  Your advises are very  valuable.

    You are right i was looking at the volume from the inventory module.

    I have issue then.  If it picks up the volume from manage inventory fast tab, how do i define volume for diff   u/m .   Like Box and pallet for the same item?

    The system does not seem to check the volume in the put away logic.

    I had 8.00 as volume and items had 20.00 as volume. but still item is suggested at the location with volume of 8.00

    Has anyone tried volume based put away.??? I cud not get it work.

    tried with qty base put away and it works.

    Thanks again for replying

  • Guy Terry Profile Picture
    Guy Terry on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    Hi,

    I have not tried using volumetrics to determine the quantity that can fit into a location in R3 Warehouse management.

    In answer to the question about defining volumes for different units of the same item, I think that AX will just use the volume of the item (from the Manage inventory tab) and multiply it by the quantity. i.e. if you can get 10 items in a box and 60 items on a pallet then the pallet will take up 6 times more volume than the box.

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    Community Member on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    thanks for the reply.  

    The item has a physical dimension option , from the action menu. where you can define volume by u/m. what is the purpose of it?

    Also storage dimension will look at the height ,widthe and depth. Not Volume alone. So the height widhth can vary from the individual unit to box and pllet, thought the volume may remain more or less the same. excep for volume of the packging material used for box and pallet. 

  • Guy Terry Profile Picture
    Guy Terry on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    Thanks! I've never noticed that button before. Hopefully someone who knows volumetric put away will spot this.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    I've played a little with this... though it was awhile ago.   If i recall correctly, the volume of the product is determined by the dimensions set in the Physical Dimensions form on the product.

    On the location profile, if using volume, you can specify what UOM you want it to use when determining if the product fits in the location (storage unit).  For example, in a bin each picking location, a case might not fit the location, but if you dumped out the contents of of the case, the volume of the eaches would fit.  So you can set the profile to use the each dimensions when doing the math between the location dimensions and the product dimensions.

    Also on the profile is the usable volume percentage.  This allows you to configure a 'fudge factor'.  Your location might be 10 x 20 x 30, but product that's also 10 x 20 x 30 probably doesn't actually fit there.  You can set the usable percentage to 90% and the system will consider 90% of the location volume as available for storage.

    Another note about using dimensions vs volume.  When using dimensions, I'm pretty sure the system does not "spin" the product when determining if something will fit.  So if your location is L40  x W48 x H50, and your product is L48  x W40 x H20, it will NOT put the product there.

  • Ruben Heinrich Profile Picture
    Ruben Heinrich on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    So does anyone know now, how to restrict the Locations in such a way so it wont allow to put more than a certain volume in?

  • Sagar Suman Profile Picture
    Sagar Suman on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    Hi Ruben,

    Setup location profiles for storage unit and setup actual height, width and depth along with usable height, width and depth.

    Also setup dimensions for all the items which are used in that warehouse.

    The system will calculate the volume and will not allow more than the usable location volume for a particular location.

  • Guy Terry Profile Picture
    Guy Terry on at
    RE: Warehouse management volume of the item and location

    Hi Ruben,

    Do you mean "won't allow" as in the system should not suggest to overfill a location, or do you mean that if the user decides to ignore the suggestion and put an item into a location into which the calculations say it doesn't fit that they should be blocked from doing so?

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