Hello Forum Gurus!
I have a put-away scenario I have been trying to address using location directives, but can't seem to get it all sorted out. Basically, I have a two-step put-away process.
- Worker #1 Picks from RECV location and Stages the item in the Bulk Warehouse
- Worker #2 Picks from the Stage location and Puts it in the rack.
The reason I need the two steps is because worker #1 uses a simple pallet jack to stage the item at the end of an aisle; worker #2 uses a wire-guided fork-lift to put the item away. The goal is to keep worker #2 "in the aisle", and not have him/her cruising around the warehouse.
Here is where it gets tricky:
I have 20 "bulk" aisles in this warehouse. Each aisle has 4 staging locations at the end of it. My location directives need to establish TWO things:
- Is there an empty location in the aisle's racks that can hold the item?
- Is one of the 4 staging locations at the end of the aisle open?
- BOTH of these conditions need to be true.
My WORK should look something like this:
- PICK from RECV
- PUT to STAGE-AISLE-12
- ***STOP***
- PICK from STAGE-AISLE-12
- PUT to 12-1-2-3 (my final put location)
In the example above, the system would have evaluated aisles 1 to 12, finally finding an empty location in aisle 12 (12-1-2-3). However, the PUT in step #2 needs to be associated to this final location, and direct this initial put to STAGE-AISLE-12.
Any clever ideas?
Thanks in advance!
