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Posted on by Souljabel 22

Hello, 

I am trying to find a way to block bins from being available for picking. The thought is that if possible, we would like to be able to place items that aren't released yet in bins and block them from being available for picking while simultaneously being able to receive sales orders for said items . Later on when the items are released, we can then make them available for picking and shipping. Even better would be if we could put an expiration date on the block, so that the items become available for picking automatically on the release date. We use warehouse management process by the way. 

Thanks in advance 

  • Guy McKenzie Profile Picture
    Guy McKenzie 1,330 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    If you must keep all your stock in the same warehouse…

    Create an outgoing transfer to another location and reserve the inventory against it. Don’t actually post the transfer order.

    Stock stays in the same location but can’t be picked for any other reason.

    Also creat the incoming transfer order for the correct date.

    When you release the stock, delete the two transfer orders.

    Again, full visibility of everything and MRP / CTP work correctly.

  • Guy McKenzie Profile Picture
    Guy McKenzie 1,330 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    In fact, even better than a reclassification journal, raise a transfer order from virtual to true warehouse for the date you expect the item to be released.

    This means planning and availability functions will work exactly as required.

    There you go, problem solved, no development, full visibility and no restriction in functionality. You just have the stock split across virtual and real warehouses.

  • Guy McKenzie Profile Picture
    Guy McKenzie 1,330 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    The problem is that you are working around symptoms of an issue and not actually tackling the root cause.

    If you have no development resource, yes you need some sort of fudge but, if you do do any sort of development, you should control this at item level with a new flag that stops warehouse activities on that item completely.

    Why? If you are using directed put away and pick (I assume so with talking about bin types) when you use movement worksheet, it is going to want to replenishment pick bins as the item is still required on demand orders.

    Unless you actually tell warehousing to ignore the product completely, you are going to get shipments and movements that want to use the item and it is not at all clear to either users or BC that the item is restricted. You won’t get picks but it’s not obvious why without digging.

    If you don’t have development available. I reckon I’d use a virtual warehouse that mirrors my real one. It is then completely visible what stock is where and why it is not available.

    Just do a warehouse reclassification journal when the  item is released.

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    Ben Baxter Profile Picture
    Ben Baxter 5,027 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    How about this:

    1. Receive the Items into the Receiving Bin
    2. Put-Away the Item(s) into a Bin of Bin Type = Put-Away (which does not allow Picking)
    3. CUSTOM: Build a Job Queue that creates a Warehouse Movement based on a date formula of the Put-Away
    4. The Warehouse Movement moves the Item(s) from the Put-Away Bin to a Bin of Bin Type = Pick (which is available for Picking)
    5. Pick from the Pick Bin, which would place into the Shipping Bin
    6. Ship from the Shipping Bin

    This involves minimal customization and accomplishes all of your goals.  The hurdle here is the Bin Type is only available in a Directed Put-Away and Pick enabled Location.  If you are already on DPP, then you just need to adjust your Bin Types and add a small Job Queue process to create the Warehouse Movements.

  • Souljabel Profile Picture
    Souljabel 22 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    BrianDev

    I am aware of this but that isn't a problem in this case since we only have one item per bin(picking type) in our warehouse. Would this work or do you see other problems with it?

    Thanks in advance  

  • BrianDev Profile Picture
    BrianDev 105 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    Bins are not item specific locations they can contain more than one item. So if you are trying to change a bin type on the fly all items in the bin will be affected.

  • Souljabel Profile Picture
    Souljabel 22 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    BrianDev Thanks for the response. 

    How about if I place the item in its's picking bin but give it bin type "receive" until the release date, upon which I change the bin type to "pick", without physically moving the item. It would involve some administrative work since someone has to keep check of the bin types and release dates but it should technically work. Could this present an issue in the future maybe?  

  • BrianDev Profile Picture
    BrianDev 105 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    My Recommendation would be to use more than one bin.  If you have a receiving bin, bin Type = Receive, then you can't pick from them.

    Then you  move them to a new bin when you want to have them available for Picking, Bin Type Pick.

    The normal warehouse process.

    Bin Types:

    Receive is on the dock, receiving area of warehouse.

    Putaway in a location off of the dock pending put into primary bin.

    Pick, primary bin for picking

    Ship, Outbound Location pending shipment.

  • Guy McKenzie Profile Picture
    Guy McKenzie 1,330 on at
    RE: Block bins from being available for picking

    To meet all your requirements, you need development.

    You could block either the entire Bin or the specific bin contents record to stop any of the items being picked but this would be a manual process.

    However, it seems to me that your block actually needs to be further upstream. Personally, I would want the block on the item in a way that allowed order entry but stopped the item copying onto a warehouse shipment until the block is moved.

    That works better as you are then not creating warehouse shipments that you know can’t be processed. Warehouse shipments should be created, processed and cleared, not left open waiting for blocks to be removed as it clogs up your warehouse work lists with junk data.

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