Introduction to Warehouse Pick & Store Zoning (One SKU Multiple Shelves) - Wave
If the volume of the goods is quite large or there is a large number of goods, it is not possible to place all the goods on one shelf. In this case, the One SKU Multiple Shelves function can be used to place the same SKU on multiple shelves.
1. What is Pick&Store Zoning
Warehouse Pick & Store Zoning refers to dividing the warehouse into two types of shelves: Picking Shelves and Storage Shelves.-
Picking Shelves:
- Normally, only one SKU is stored on one shelf.
- If the Picking Area with One SKU Multiple Shelves feature is enabled, one SKU can be stored across multiple shelves.
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Storage Shelves:
- Support storing one SKU across multiple shelves.
Pick&Store zoning can compress the picking area and improve picking efficiency; At the same time, the storage area reduces the frequency of inventory changes and reduces stock count hours.
2. Enable Pick&Store Zoning
💡 Notes- The third-party warehouse does not support enabling pick&store zoning.
- After enabling pick&store zoning, the warehouse will also enable Unstored Inventory Management by default.
- Warehouse enabling pick&store zoning does not support simple stock count and on shelf / off shelf in BigSeller APP.
2.1 How to Enable
If you want to enable this feature, please contact our customer service.
2.2 Changes after enabling
2) The existing merchant SKUs will be initially synced to the two warehouse areas, and their stock will default to increasing to the picking area. The inventory in the storage area will be processed as 0 by default;
3) The shelf info will not be displayed on merchant SKU label. (Because a merchant SKU may be placed on multiple shelves);
4) The available stock can not be edited in the Inventory List, please use the Manual Stock In/Out to adjust the inventory;
5) When creating a new merchant SKU to this warehouse, the initial inventory quantity cannot be set (i.e. you cannot edit the inventory quantity). Please increase the inventory by manually stocking in.
3. Manual Stock In/Out
How to manual stock in or stock out?
💡Note: When adding Stock-In List, warehouses with Pick&Store Zoning support adding combination SKUs. Once added, the system will display the information of individual SKUs.
4. Out of Stock
This section will tell you why there are orders in the WMS Out of Stock list.
- When packing an order, the order will first allocate the stock of the whole warehouse. If the order is successfully packed and moved to Shipping list, it means that the inventory of the whole warehouse is sufficient.
But in WMS, some orders are in Out Of Stock list.
Reason: The inventory of SKUs in the picking area is insufficient, and there are available stocks in the storage area.
- This situation requires restocking from the storage shelves to the picking shelves.
5. Inventory Restock
Step 1: Set restock upper and lower limit in Restock Warnings
Method 1: Set restock warnings for single SKU
Method 2: Import Restock Warnings
Step 2: Generate the Restock data
📍 Go to Inventory / WMS > Restock Storage Page
Method 1: System Generated -- The system will automatically calculate the data based on the Restock Warnings at 3am every day.
Method 2: Manual Generated -- Click Generate Restock Data
If you have set upper and lower limit in restock warning:
- Restock data will be generated when the SKU's available stock in all picking shelves < The lower restock limit + Out-of-stock Qty in the picking area - unstore Qty
- Suggested Restock Qty = The upper restock limit - Available stock in all picking shelves + Out-of-stock Qty in the picking area - unstored Qty
If you have not set upper and lower limit in restock warning:
- Restock data will be generated when the SKU's available stock in all picking shelves < Out-of-stock Qty in the picking area - unstore Qty
- Suggested Restock Qty = Available stock in all picking shelves + Out-of-stock Qty in the picking area - unstored Qty
💡 What is unstored Qty?
The restocking process will track the unstored Qty at the target shelf. For example, when items are picked from the shelf A (storage area) and moved to shelf B (picking area), the in-transit Qty is considered as unstored Qty of shelf B until the SKUs are placed on the designated picking shelf.
For example, when restocking 5 quantities from Storage Shelf A to Picking Shelf B using BigSeller APP
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When picking from the storing shelves:
- The available stock quantity on Shelf A will decrease by 5
- The unstored quantity on Shelf B will increase by 5
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When adding on the picking shelf:
- The unstored quantity on Shelf B will decrease by 5
- The available stock quantity on Shelf B will increase by 5
Step 3: Perform Restocking [New]
1) After you click Generate Restock Data, the replenish task will be under [Pending Claim].
---> You will need to click Assign to assign the task to the appropriate operator.
Note: If a sub-account cannot assign, please contact the main account to grant the "Restock-Assign" permission.
In addition, within the [Pending Claim] list, you can perform additional actions such as printing the restock list, deleting the restock list, and editing the restock list.
2) After assigning the task, the restock task will appear in the [To Pick] list, showing the assigned operator.
---> In [To Pick], the operator can perform actions such as printing the restock list, canceling the assignment, and canceling the restock task. The move list will go to [Canceled] once it is canceled.
---> After the operator has replenished the SKUs to the picking shelves, the operator can Click to Move.
💡 Click to Move is only available on the BigSeller PC version.This button is used to quickly complete the move task without generating unstored inventory.
After clicking Submit, the replenish task will go to the [Completed] list.
📚 Restocking Using BigSeller APP [New Feature]
The Restock Storage feature is now supported on the BigSeller APP. Warehouse staff can use Restock feature on BigSeller APP to pick from the storage shelves and add items to the picking shelf.
💡 Note: [Picking] and [Adding to Shelf] only track picking and shelving actions performed on BigSeller APP. Once an operation is started on the mobile version, the "Click to Move" action cannot be performed on the PC version.
Step 5: Refresh the Inventory
After refreshing the inventory, you can process the orders in waves.
💡 Notes: You can check the restock data on Area stock movement.
6. Inventory Details
- You can find Inventory Details on the Inventory Module > Warehouse > Inventory Details or WMS Module > Inventory Query > Inventory Details
- In Inventory Details, you can view the Area, Shelf, and Shelf Type of each merchant SKU. Additionally, you can set or change the shelf location as needed.
7. Stock Count
Introduction to Stock Count- If the warehouse has enabled the Pick&Store Zoning feature, the counting merchant SKU is marked based on the dimensions of Warehouse-merchant SKU-Shelf.
- For example, SKU A is stored in both shelf 001 and shelf 002. When you are counting SKU A on shelf 001, SKU A on shelf 002 will NOT be marked as in counting and can stock in and out operations normally.
8. Purchase/ Transfer/ Scan to Receive
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If only Pick & Store Zoning is enabled (without Picking Area with One SKU Multiple Shelves)
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The same SKU can be added to multiple storage shelves during receiving, but only one picking shelf can be assigned.
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If both Pick & Store Zoning and Picking Area with One SKU Multiple Shelves are enabled
- The same SKU can be added to multiple storage shelves and multiple picking shelves during receiving.
- The same SKU can be added to multiple storage shelves and multiple picking shelves during receiving.
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