This page allows you to search and select a zone under a warehouse for activation / inactivation. A zone can be inactivated only if that zone and the bins associated with it does not have any stock. When a zone is inactivated, all the bins associated with the zone will be automatically inactivated.
To search for a zone that is to be activated / inactivated, you need to specify the zone, zone desc. and zone status in the “Search Criteria” group box. The system will retrieve all the zones matching the search criteria. You can change the status of the selected zone to “Active” or “Inactive”.
Select the “Activate / Inactivate Zone” link at the bottom of the “Activate / Inactivate Warehouse” page.
The “Activate / Inactivate Zone” page appears.
The system displays the following:
Warehouse Code |
The code identifying the warehouse. |
Warehouse Desc. |
The description of the warehouse. |
Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box:
Zone |
A unique code identifying the zone in the warehouse (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. |
Zone Desc. |
A textual description of the zone (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory |
Zone Status |
The status of the zone. Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the zone. The system displays “ALL” by default. |
Click the “Search” pushbutton to retrieve the search results.
The system displays the following in the “Search Results” multiline based on the specified search criteria:
Zone |
The zone code. |
Zone Type |
The type of the zone. It could be either “Normal” or “Free” |
Zone Desc. |
The description of the zone. |
Picking Priority |
The number specifying the priority of issuing the items from the zone. |
Status |
The status of the zone. It could be either “Active” or “Inactive”. |
Reason Code |
A unique code identifying the reason for activation / inactivation (Alphanumeric, 6). This reason code should have been already defined in the “Classes” component. |
Help facility available. |
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Reason Desc. |
A textual description of the reason code (Alphanumeric, 100). |
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the zone for which the bin has to be activated / inactivated and attaching notes.
Click the “Activate Zone” pushbutton to activate the zone under the warehouse.
Click the “Inactivate Zone” pushbutton to inactivate the zone under the warehouse.
To proceed, carry out the following
Select “Activate / Inactivate Bin” link at the bottom of the page to activate / inactivate a bin under the zone.