Bin Rules are used to provide rules that prevent items being stored in adjacent areas of the warehouse. They can be used in the following types of scenarios:
- Items cannot be stored with close proximity of certain other items where the is a risk of cross contamination.
- A maximum of an item or category of an item can be held in a certain area of the warehouse due to health and safety reason (such as COMAH) or to limit the quantities of high value goods stored in certain areas.
Bin Rules can be set on either the Item Card, Stockkeeping Unit Card or Location Card. For Items and Stockkeeping Units the action can be found under the Warehouse menu of the ribbon and for Locations the action can be found under the Location menu of the ribbon:
Bin Rules are always enforced irrespective of Put-away Templates. Bin Rules can apply to both Basic Warehouse and Directed Put-away and Pick scenarios.
The Bin Rule has the following fields:
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Type |
Select from Item or Item Category depending whether the rule applies to a single item, or a category of items. |
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No. |
The Item No. or Item Category Code that the rule applies to dependant on the Type field. |
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Variant Code |
The Variant Code of the item (if applicable). If variants exists and this field is left blank the rule will apply the rule to all variants. This field is only enabled if Item is selected for the Type field. |
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Location Code |
The Location Code the rule applies to. if this field is left blank the rule will apply to all locations. |
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Restriction |
The restriction to apply (see below). |
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Restriction Applies to |
Current Item/Item Category (Limits quantities of a specific item or item category in a warehouse area) or Related Item/Item Category(Bin proximity Rules) |
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No. of Bins. |
The number of bins item should be keep apart (or quantities limited to). |
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Related Type |
Item or Item Category. Only applies if Restriction Applies to is Related Item/Item Category. |
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Related No. |
The Related Item No. or Item Category Code dependant on the Type field. Only applies if ‘Restriction Applies to’ is Related Item/Item Category. |
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Related Variant Code. |
The Related Variant Code of Type is Item. A blank Variant Code will apply the rule to all variants. Only applies if ‘Restriction Applies to’ is Related Item/Item Category. |
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Maximum Qty. (Base) |
The Maximum Quantity in Base Unit of Measure of the item that can be stored. Only applies if ‘Restriction Applies to’ is Current Item/Item Category. |
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Cross Related |
Specifies if a related restriction works both ways. |
The following restrictions are available:
- Same Bin
The bin rule is limited to the contents of a single bin.
- Same Rack Level
The bin rule is limited to the contents of a rack level
- Same Rack Section
The bin rule is limited to the contents of a rack section
- Within x Bins on the Same Rack Level
The bin rule is limited to the contents of range of bins with the same rack level based on the No. of Bins field. For example, if the No. of Bins is '2' the restriction will apply to the two bins before to the left, the bin containing the item and the two bins to the right therefore covering 5 bins in total.
- Within x Bins on the Same Rack Section
The bin rule is limited to the contents of range of bins with the same rack section based on the No. of Bins field. For example, if the No. of Bins is '1' the restriction will apply to one bins above, the bin containing the item and one in below therefore covering 3 bins in total.
- Same Rack
The bin rule is limited to the contents of a whole rack.
| Note: Bin Rules only restrict rules with storage bins and do not apply to Shipment, Receipt, Assembly or Production bins. |