Description of Replenishment Strategy Details Window

The following table lists the fields and descriptions of the Replenishment Strategy Details window.

Table 1. Replenishment Strategy Details Window
Field Description
Description Enter a description of the replenishment strategy.
Zones to Replenish You must specify one or more zones that this replenishment rule applies to.

Choose . The List of Values pop-up window displays. Select the blank line and choose a zone that you want to apply this replenishment strategy to from the drop-down menu. When you have finished adding zones, choose OK.

When unit of measure is in You must specify the unit(s) of measure that you want to be replenished in the specified zones. For example, if there is a zone in which you perform loose picking for the unit of measure of EACH for a particular item, you would want to ensure that the EACH unit of measure is replenished.

Choose . The List of Values pop-up window displays. Choose the unit of measure you want to replenish for the specified zones from the drop-down menu. When you have finished adding units of measure, choose OK.

Then, first search in You must specify the retrieval algorithm to be used to retrieve inventory for replenishment. This algorithm is run first and identifies the optimal location to retrieve inventory from.

Choose . The Replenish From window displays.

If sufficient inventory is not found, search remainder in If there was not enough inventory found for replenishment using the first algorithm, you can define another algorithm to be used to locate the remaining inventory.

Choose . The Replenish From window displays.

Otherwise, when unit of measure is in If there are other units of measure in need of replenishing in the specified zones for which you want to use different retrieval algorithms, you can specify them here.

Choose . The List of Values pop-up window displays. Choose the unit of measure you want to replenish for the specified zones from the drop-down menu. When you have finished adding units of measure, choose OK.

Then, first search in You must specify the retrieval algorithm to be used to retrieve inventory for replenishment. This algorithm is run first and identifies the optimal location to retrieve inventory from.

Choose . The Replenish From window displays.

If sufficient inventory is not found, search remainder in If there was not enough inventory found for replenishment using the first algorithm, you can define another algorithm to be used to locate the remaining inventory.

Choose . The Replenish From window displays.

The first step is to determine the quantity to replenish, based on the demand for an item. The Sterling Warehouse Management System, replenishment strategy allows you to optimize the replenishment based on the item's unit of measure, and the capacity of the location to be replenished. The location to replenish from is determined based on the demand quantity using the strategy specified.

The next step is to determine the quantity to replenish to the location. Using round off, round up the demand quantity to the higher unit of measure specified in the strategy. Also, consider the available capacity of the destination location and the quantity available in the location to replenish.

The above steps optimize the quantity to replenish, allowing for reduced replenishment on subsequent waves.

The number of locations to replenish from are not increased due to excess capacity available at the location to replenish. This is illustrated through the following example:

Let us consider that A1 is a dedicated location with maximum capacity 100, where the current quantity is 5. The demand is 20. A CASE contains 25, while a PALLET contains 50 (2 cases). The round-up level chosen are CASE and PALLET, and the respective zones are configured not to split the appropriate UOM. The inventory in location L1 is 50, location L2 is 100, and Location L3 is 25.

In this context, Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation does not select an additional location to satisfy the capacity at the location being replenished because of the following constraints:

Replenish From Pop-Up Window

The Replenish From pop-up window is used to define the location picking algorithm. This algorithm is then used to retrieve the applicable inventory for the specified units of measure and replenish inventory in the zones specified in the replenishment strategy.

Description of Replenish From Pop-up Window

The following table lists the fields and descriptions of the Replenish From Pop-up window.

Table 2. Replenish From Pop-Up Window
Field Description
Description Enter a description of the algorithm.
Select locations using following algorithm
Select locations having inventory from these zones You can specify zones to look for inventory. If inventory is available, they can be used to replenish from.

Choose . The List of Values pop-up window displays. Select the blank line and choose a zone from the drop-down menu. When you have finished adding zones, choose OK.

Optimize retrieval using
  • Choose Pick to Clean to fulfill the demand by emptying as many LPNs or locations as possible for optimal usage of space in a zone.
  • Choose Least Number of Trips to fulfill the demand from the least number of locations to enable users to make least number of trips when retrieving inventory. When there is more than one way to make the same least number of trips, the 'PickToClean' process is followed within the 'LeastNumberOfTrips' process.
  • Choose Pick Sequence to pick from locations in the order of their pick sequence. The system chooses locations having lower pick sequence numbers over locations having higher pick sequence numbers.
Splitting is allowed for The system allows the user to break open an LPN for all zones specified in the PLA based on the option specified. If split constraints are defined at the zone and PLA rule levels, the system chooses the most restrictive constraint to ensure that constraints defined are not violated.

Choose Pallets and Cases if you want to allow users to break open both pallets and cases.

Choose Pallets but not Cases if you want to allow users to break open only pallets.

Choose Neither Pallets nor Cases if you do not want to allow users to break open pallets or cases.

Round up quantity in a trip when possible to Select the unit of measure to round up to when retrieving inventory for replenishment. The round up occurs only in instances when there is sufficient inventory.
When inventory is not found, select inbound shipments that are If there is no inventory available in the defined zones, the algorithm can be configured to look for inventory in inbound shipments that are in a defined status. The system only looks for inventory in inbound shipments that are in the status(es) you specify.

Choose . The List of Values pop-up window displays. Select the blank line and choose an inbound shipment status from the drop-down menu. When you have finished adding shipment status, choose OK.

Task Creation
Task Type Choose the applicable task type.

Choose to create a new task type.