Hi Everyone,
I am wondering if anyone has experience with the following combination of allocation and warehouse settings.
1. Items that are lot managed (for color matching)
2. Customer requirement to ship only one lot per order line
3. Allocation method 5 utilized to meet the above requirement
4. Warehouse configured with a zone for full pallet picks and another zone for partial pallet picks (different pickers/picking equipment for warehouse efficiency)
5. A preference for container management in the full pallet zone (but not required)
We are finding that M3 does not do a great job of allocating inventory for optimal picking in this scenario. Manual workarounds are needed which slows down the warehouse. This includes adjusting pick allocations and replenishing the partial pick area before releasing for picking.
We understand that MMS057 is not utilized for allocating inventory when using allocation method 5. We are finding that items will allocate alphabetically by location name, where balance IDs of the required item/lot are available (either system assigned or assigned on the CO line).
The result is picks being split across zones that could be better met in a single zone (partial pick from each zone instead of a full pallet pick from the full pallet zone) or picks in a single zone that make more sense to split between zones (1.5 pallets from the full pallet zone instead of using the partial pick zone for the half pallet).
Looking to see if anyone else have run into this situation and/or has a solution within M3 (or a solution as an add-on to M3).
Thanks!
