ABC classes
This function is used to define the ABC classes assigned to the item containers and the locations.
Note: The A, B and C classes coming from the 20/80 rule are generally used.
Each location is assigned to an ABC class.
When searching storage locations, the system tries to match the ABC class of the product and the ABC class of the location.
The ABC class represents one of the 5 common criteria to items and locations allowing optimization when putting items away in Warehousing.
The other criteria are:
Finally, the sequence of ABC classes enables the system to be informed of the order in which the classes must be investigated.
The use of the sequence rules is authorized by the setup of the Input mode.
For instance:
For a product whose ABC class is defined as class B, the sytem first searches a class B location in the item storage field.
Note: The sequence rule can only be defined after the corresponding classes have been created, the system will then perform an existence check on the entered values.
Prerequisite
Refer to documentation Implementation
Screen management
Entry of the class and class sequences.
Entry screen
Presentation
To create an ABC class, a code is assigned to it that identifies it in a unique manner with 1 character and a title. These pieces of information are located in the management screen header; then a gird is displayed with the ABC class sequence.
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Fields
The following fields are present on this tab :
Block number 1
| The ABC class is characteristic to the location and item container. The ABC class features one of the 5 criteria allowing optimization when putting items away in GEODE. |
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Grid Sequencing
| The sequence of ABC classes makes it possible to oblige the system to follow the order in which the classes need to be explored within the framework of the location search. |
Dynamic Picking
| It features the interval of admissible promptings for a given ABC class. This piece of information will be used in the calculation processing of the ideal classes in the picking dynamization module. If no value is entered in this table, the system does not calculate any ideal ABC class for the picking items. The value associated with each class corresponds to the maximum prompting for the class. For instance: If the value associated with the ABC class A is 999 and the value associated with the ABC class B is 500: For a number of daily promptings ranging from 501 to 999, the considered picking has an ideal ABC class A. Note: The weakest class (alphanumerical order) must be associated with the highest range of promptings. |
ABC class
| This field stipulates the % of distribution of the promptings for the ABC class. It is exclusively used by the ABC class calculation functionality. |
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Error messages
In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :
Class, the master value cannot belong to the sequence.
The master class cannot be part of the sequence.
Code already exists on line N
The same ABC class has been entered twice on two different lines in the grid.
This prompting rate already exists for class: X
The same prompting rate has already been entered on the ABC class X.