The is designed to support either single or multiple businesses or business channels in a warehouse. If any of those businesses require segregation of inventory, they are referred to as enterprises in the . The following figure illustrates multiple business channels in a warehouse.
The also tracks inventory of every SKU at a location level within the warehouse. A single location in the can hold multiple SKUs. Each location number is a combination of the zone, aisle, level, bay, and position parameters. Various location types at which inventory is tracked include:
The following figure illustrates multiple business channels in a warehouse.
Industry examples include:
The has the ability to track inventory for an enterprise down to a location level. This eliminates the need to have a zone configured for an enterprise. Similarly, an organization may have multiple business channels in the same warehouse.
The resulting advantages are better asset utilization, resource utilization and complete support for multi-tenancy.
Also, transfer of inventory between business channels in a warehouse does not require any physical movement of product.