Viewing the strategies of storage in the warehouse

This page allows you to view the system or the procedure adopted for storage. Based on the warehouse selected, you can view the parts that are placed in it and the strategy adopted for placement of the part in the warehouse. You can also view the default zone and bin for the part.

Select the “View Storage Strategies” link at the bottom of the “View Storage Allocation"page.

The “View Storage Strategies” page appears

The system displays the following in the “Warehouse Information” group box:

Warehouse #	The number identifying the warehouse for which the storage strategies are displayed.
Description	The textual description of the warehouse.
Warehouse Type	The type of the warehouse to be allocated, which could be “Normal” or “Free”.
Warehouse Category	The category to which the warehouse belongs.

Enter the following field in the “Search Criteria” group box:

Part #	The unique code identifying the part (Alphanumeric 45). You can enter the code in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the records containing the part number entered here.
Part Description	The textual description of the part (Alphanumeric, 150). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the records containing the part description entered here.
Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the stock status of the part. The system lists all the "Active" stock statuses as defined in the "User Defined Stock Status" business component. The system leaves this field blank by default.
Trading Partner #	The unique code identifying the trading partner which could be supplier code or customer code (Alphanumeric 45). You can enter the code in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the records containing the trading partner number entered here.

The system displays the following in the “Storage Strategy Information” multiline:

Part #	The number identifying the part for which the storage strategy is displayed.
Part Description	The textual description of the part.
Stock Status	The stock status of the part.
Trading Partner Type	The type of the trading partner, which could be “Supplier” or “Customer”.
Trading Partner #	The unique code identifying the trading partner.
Partner Name	The name of the trading partner.
Placement Strategy	The method adopted for the placement of the part in the warehouse, which could be “Fixed Storage”, “Storage Proximity”, “Existing Stock Addition”, “Next Empty Storage”, or “Manual”.
	Fixed Storage – indicates that the placement of the stock is fixed.
	Existing Stock Addition - indicates that the stock can be added to the existing stock available in zone or bin.
	Next Empty Storage – indicates that the stock can be moved to the subsequent vacant zone or bin.
	Manual - indicates that the stock can be placed manually.
Default Placement Zone	The priority in which the part must be received in the zone.
Default Placement Bin	The bin in which the part is placed, by default.
Default Picking Zone	The zone from which the part is picked for issue, by default.
Default Picking Bin	The bin from which the part is picked for issue, by default.
Picking Strategy	The picking method of the part, which could be “LIFO”, “FIFO”, “Shelf Life Expiry”, “Min Remaining Life“, “Max Remaining Life“, “Min Lot“, “Default Zone/Bin“ or “Manual”.
	LIFO - (Last In First Out) - indicates that the part must be issued at the latest receipt . Issues thereafter are made at previous receipts . A strict chronological order is followed.
	FIFO - (First In First Out) – indicates that the part must be issued at the earliest receipt . Issues thereafter are made at recent receipts . A strict chronological order is followed.
	Shelf Life Expiry – indicates that the part must be issued based on its shelf life or expiry value, which could be in terms of years, months, weeks or days. Ensure that the part is defined as ‘shelf life controlled’ in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.
	Min Remaining Life – indicates that the part must be issued based on its minimum remaining life. Ensure that the part is of type “Component”, as defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.
	Max Remaining Life – indicates that the part must be issued based on the maximum remaining life. Ensure that the part is of type “Component”, as defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.
	Min Lot – indicates that the part to be issued is lot number controlled, as defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.
	Default Zone/Bin – indicates that the part must be issued from its default zone and bin.
	Manual – indicates that the part is issued manually from the warehouse.
	Earliest Certificate Date - Indicates that when a part is requested through MR, issue must be created for the part with earliest certificate date.