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I am attempting to use refill putaway to help replenish set locations from other storage zones. In this example, I would like to achieve the following:

  1. 2 storage zones - one is classes as the ‘picking’ face (which is all ground level locations), the second is bulk storage (all locations above ground level).
  2. Use the refill job to replenish the picking storage zones from the bulk storage zones

Currently I have defined the following:

  1. 2x Storage zones which represent the ground level locations and upper levels in the warehouse
  2. Added records in putaway basic, ranking the zones ( priority: 1 = pick, 2 = bulk)
  3. Set up inventory part record to refill from putaway zones 
  4. Defined putaway zones on inventory part (priority: 1 = pick, 2 = bulk)

This set up works fine and when I run the refill all putaway zones task, a transport task is created to move the part from the bulk storage zone to the pick storage zone. However, IFS will treat this as if there is infinite capacity in the location. I do not want transport tasks generated if the parts will not fit in the destination location(s).

I have attempted to set storage requirements against the inventory part and have also defined some limitations on the location i.e. bin width, depth, heigh, volume. I would now expect the putaway job to only create a transport task to move product that can fit into the location i.e. if you have 100 on hand but only 30 will fit in the location based on capacity, I would expect the transport task to generate and only ask to move 30.

When I rerun the job with the storage requirements and location capacity set, no transport task is created at all, even though I have free stock available to move and the location not at capacity. If i remove these settings, a transport task will again be generated to move the full qty from the bulk storage zone. 

Any thoughts or input on how I can achieve what has been described would be appreciated. 

Hi @JonnyBurkeBT 

   When you define the capacity or any related parameters the flow should work accordingly. Simply, your expectation - the transport task to generate and only ask to move 30.- should satisfy. I belive that there can be some data setup mismatch here and that is why you are not receiving the expected result. It is very hard to comment further without looking at the exact data.

regards,

Piyal

Hi @Piyal Perera 

Thanks for the reply. I also believe this should be working based on my setup - but for absolutely clarity, I have attached my setup below - if you think anything is missing or worth trying, please let me know:

  1. Storage zones have been defined

     

  2. Putaway rankings defined at site level

     

  3. Inventory part is set to only refill from other putaway zones (bulk in this case)
  4. Inventory part putaway zones have been defined on the inventory part

     

  5. Inventory part storage requirements have been defined on the inventory part
  6. Some dummy Capacity info has been added to the applicable locations, ensuring sufficient carrying capacity and volume are available
  7. Run refill task - no transport tasks are created. 
  8. Remove capacity on inventory part and location and transport task is created as expected

I would also like to add that if I try to manually move the stock using a move inventory part transaction, then the following error is produced. This cannot be correct as there are no parts in location and the location is set to have significantly more volume available than the parts being moved:

 

Equally, if i try to perform putaway for the part in the L2 location, the following info message is produced:

 

Hi @JonnyBurkeBT ,

    Thanks for sharing screen shots. I guess you have already raised this to the support team. I was informed that by a member from a support/consulting team. Advised him to have a look at the data setup. If needed, he will come back to us then we can have a look as well.

regards,

Piyal

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