In the bin creation worksheet, you can create bins manually or
you can allow the program to create a number of similar bins in one
operation.
Before you start creating bins in the worksheet, you should
determine the kind of bins that are essential for your operations
as well as the most practical flow of items through the physical
structure of your warehouse.
Note: As soon as you use a bin, you cannot delete it, since
entries associated with it have been created. But if you sometime
want to use another bin-naming system, you can use the
reclassification journal to “move” your items to a new bin system.
This process is manual and takes time, however, so it is best to
set up your bins correctly from the start.
To make bins in the bin creation worksheet:
Open the Bin Templates
window and set up the templates for the various bins you want to
use in your warehouse.
Click Functions, Calculate
Bins, and the Calculate Bins batch job request window
appears.
Click the AssistButton in the Bin Template Code field, and select the
bin template that you want to use as the model for the bins you are
creating.
Fill in a description for the bins you are in the process of
creating.
Create the bin codes - the unique names of your bins - by
filling in the From No. and
To No. fields in the three
categories shown in the window: Rack, Section, and Level. The bin code can contain up to
20 characters.
Note: The number of characters you
have entered in the three categories for either field (for example,
the characters you have entered in the three From No. fields) plus the field
separators, if any, must be 20 or less.
You can use letters in the code as an
identifying combination, but the letter you use must be the same in
the From No. and
To No. fields. For example,
you might define the Rack part of the code as From No.A01 and To No.A10. The program is not set up to
generate codes with letter sequences, for example, from
A01 to F05.
If you want a character, such as a hyphen, to separate the
category fields you have defined as part of the bin code, fill in
the Field Separator field
with this character.
If you want the program not to create a line for a bin if it
exists already, place a check mark in the Check on Existing Bin field.
When you have finished filling in the fields, click OK. The program creates a line for each
bin in the worksheet. You can now delete some of the bins, for
example, if you have a rack with a passageway through the first two
levels of a couple of sections.
Note: You can at any time print out a
list of the bins you have calculated by clicking Functions, Bin Creation Worksheet
Report.
When you have deleted all unnecessary bins, click Functions, Create Bins, and the program
will create bins for each line in the worksheet.
You repeat the process for another set of bins until you have
created all the bins in your warehouse.
Bin Templates
window and set up the templates for the various bins you want to
use in your warehouse.