When determining optimal locations, the considers order line attributes. The system also considers requested tag attributes, if available.
The enables you to specify zones with inventory, and utilize the dedicated and dynamic slots in these zones, if applicable. All zones are considered in equal priority, thereby honoring FIFO and ship by date.
The assigns pick locations for a zone based on the "Least Number of Trips" or "Pick-to-Clean" optimizations. The following scenario further explains these strategies:
Consider that there is a task to pick 35 units of an item. There are 5 locations in zone Z1 with their inventory picture as follows:
For zone Z1, the following constraints are not defined:
In this case, for 'Least Number of Trips' optimization, location L1 is suggested. For 'Pick-to-Clean' optimization, locations L3, L4, and L5 are suggested.
If an item is tracked by its FIFO number, or is a time-sensitive item, the location having the inventory with the minimum FIFO number or ship-by-date is suggested first by the .
The following figure illustrates the PLA process for a zone configured for item pick.
The following figure illustrates the PLA process for batch pick and order pick.