Zones
P4 Warehouse Zone Setup
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P4 Warehouse Zone Setup
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Zones are a key feature in P4 Warehouse, zones allow a level of control not commonly included in Warehouse Management Systems. As the configuration will show there are very powerful options in the zone setup screens.
On the warehouse edit screen, click the button in the Zones section of the screen.
After clicking new you will get the following screen, complete the zone code, mask, description and Product Handling Type then click submit.
Now you will see your new zone in the zone list below the warehouse setup screen.
Open your new Zone by clicking the link in the Code column. Here you will setup the details for the Zone.
Setup the dimensions for your bins, this will let the P4 Warehouse system tell you where product will fit. Without this information P4 Warehouse will not know what product fits into what size of bin location.
In the zone settings screen, you will encounter various detailed settings for the zone behavior.
Zone Mask is an especially important feature, this is best managed by the implementation team. In a brief overview zone mask will assist you in creating hundreds or thousands of bin locations.
Mask Structure: Mask segments are inside of { } each segment is numbered. Below are a couple samples with the results.
01-A-{0:00}-(1:0} = 01-A-12-A
This format is aisle, zone, bin, level
A-{0:00}-{1:0} = A-03-A
This format is Zone, Bin, Level
Zone masking all depends on your physical warehouse layout, use this feature with care as you can accidently create hundreds of thousands of bin locations.
When designing your zones keep in mind, Staging Zones, Cross Dock Zones, Receiving Zones, Refrigerated Zones, Frozen Zones, Hazardous Materials Zones, etc.
There are four types of Zones: Product Zone, LPN Zone, Quarantine Zone and Production Zone.
Product Zone is for units and box storage and movement, this is typically referred to as a pick zone.
LPN Zone is for Pallet quantity products often referred to as Overstock zone.
Quarantine Zone is for broken, damaged or expired product, this inventory does not show as available to pick for sales orders.
Production Zone is for manufacturing products, a production zone typically is a series of Production Lines. Raw goods are delivered to the production area, finished good are removed from the production area.
This setting is normally turned off for most bins, placing various products in one bin can cause slow-downs in the warehouse processes.