This document describes the details of using specific E-WMS scenario 'Real-time replenishment', as introduced in E-WMS 408 with the new 'scenario' setting.
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In release 408 the functionality of 'Real-time Replenishment' was added in E-WMS. To enable this functionality a 'scenario' setting is available in menu System, General, Settings, WMS Sales Order fulfilment.
This scenario assumes that you are replenishing based on sales- or production order needs. If you want to replenish just based on minimum and maximum stock levels configured per location, then there is no need to enable this scenario.
Benefits and specifics
Real-time Replenishment using scenario '1' offers following benefits, compared to the regular replenishment- and orderpicking process:
Basic process
When scenario '1' is active, a sales order picking advice has to exist (in status 'advice' or 'picking'), before replenishment orders can be generated. Generating the sales order picking advice can be done manually in control center Sales order fulfillment, or by using the Autoqueue service for sales orders. Replenishment (either through Control Center or by using Autoqueue) then generates replenishment orders and picking advices based on the existing sales order picking advices.
The sales order picking advice will already be based on the total available warehouse stock per item, anticipating continuous real-time replenishment) in the same warehouse as the order line, and the advised picking location will always be the item main location. Only for order-specific stock (see section 'Order specific circumstances' below), bulk locations near the item main location will be advised.
The replenishment Autoqueue process keeps scanning whether there are new replenishment requirements on the picking locations, based on physical (=real-time and 'picked', not necessarily processed) stock, and will send these new replenishment orders picking again. To avoid very small replenishment orders, you can either set the Autoqueue service interval (see TimerInterval) to a higher value than 10 seconds, or set the minimum stock level for the picking locations to a low level.
Preconditions
Following license modules are required to be able to use real-time replenishment:
Following preconditions apply with regard to settings and configuration.
Details
Fixed settings
Once the scenario setting has been configured to scenario '1', following E-WMS settings will be disabled and applied automatically:
Services
In this scenario, the following actions are performed by the Autoqueue service:
Autoqueue can also be used to automatically generate advices for sales orders and send these picking, in that case 'Use Autoqueue' has to be enabled in the WMS Sales Order fulfilment settings.
When picking of the replenishment orders is done, these replenishment orders can be read back, validated and processed. To automate these steps, the WMS Replenishment service should be installed.
Order specific needs
Because in this scenario the WMS sales order advice logic creates the replenishment order and picking advice, replenishment orders will only be created when the sales order would be send picking under normal circumstances. This means that only in this scenario, replenishment can support for instance the WMS Sales order fulfilment setting 'Check credit line'.
A sales order can require 'order-specific stock', which is one of following situations:
In this scenario, order-specific stock is replenished to bulk locations which allow breaking up, nearby the item main location. For this to work properly, location distances have to be configured and the warehouse layout should allow for these type of bulk location near the item main location.
Additional functionality
In addition to above mentioned fixed functionality for this scenario, you have following additional options:
Troubleshooting
Please see this document for troubleshooting Replenishment.