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Business Benefits

Columns are specific areas within an "Aisle". Their use expedites picking since warehouse staff need not "search" a larger area for specific stock.

A Column may represent multi-tiered racking, a bulk bay that only accommodates floor storage, a tank in a row, etc.

Characteristics (i.e., starting column number, interval and number of columns) may also be used to generate a range of locations at once.

Note: For related documentation and workflows, see SL - Stock Locator.

Usage

Use this program to define column characteristics. At least one column characteristic must be defined in order to generate multiple locations at once.

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Preconditions

Determine the similar column characteristics in your operation.

Examples:

• Left side of all Aisles are Odd Numbered
• Right side of all Aisles are Even Numbered
• No aisle exceeds 25 Columns
• 3 Aisles only use 10 Columns

Typically the following programs are run prior to defining Columns Characteristics:

WP.11 [Warehouses]
SL.87 [Zones]
SL.78 [Storage Types / Type Profiles]
SL.81 [Storage Dimensions]
SL.80 [Popularity Codes and Profiles]
SL.82 [Separation Codes and Profiles]
SL.77 [Access Type]
SL.91 [Aisles - Create]
SL.92 [Aisle Sides - Create]

Subsequent Actions

After defining Column Characteristics the next step is create locations in program SL.90 [Locations].