There are several difficulties and pain points in listing:

What should I do if the quantity on the shelf is inconsistent with the quantity received?

What is the strategy for listing?

Can goods on shelves be mixed?

The inconsistency between the quantity on the HE Tuber shelf and the quantity received is generally the responsibility of the warehouse - if the counting is wrong when receiving the goods, the customer's actual inventory will be inaccurate when it is put on the shelf.

If the quantity on the shelves is more than the quantity received, then the customer has more inventory; if the quantity on the shelves is less than the quantity received, then the customer has less inventory. No matter which one it is, it will be very confusing for customers to see that the received quantity and the put-on-shelf quantity are inconsistent.

Therefore, it is generally mandatory that the quantity on the shelf and the quantity received must be consistent. If there is indeed a difference, the customer will be contacted to replenish the order or the warehouse will perform a stock loss operation in a timely manner.

Generally speaking, domestic warehouses will have a relatively complete set of configuration rules for shelving strategies, which are mainly used to automatically recommend appropriate storage locations.

For overseas warehouses, the strategy still depends on the actual business volume. If the warehouse business volume is not very large, then the listing strategy will be simpler. Generally speaking, the "recommendation based on historical records" method will be used. It is enough to put a certain customer's goods together in one area, and then try to recommend the same SKUs to be placed together.

If you want to learn more about this content, it is recommended to look at the launch strategies of domestic mature WMS, such as Dabao WMS, Fuller WMS, etc.

Ideas for WMS listing strategy

After talking about the issue of shelf strategy, another important consideration is the issue of mixed storage of goods on shelves.

The mixed goods on the shelves can generally be divided into:

Products can be mixed, and multiple different products can be mixed in one location.

Batch mixing, the same product but different batches can be mixed in one storage location.

Product mixing and batch mixing are two different control dimensions. They can be turned on at the same time or only one of them can be turned on.

As shown below:

When recommending storage locations for shelves, you also need to take into account the limitations of mixed storage locations to avoid an error message after recommendations but when shelves are put on shelves.

For overseas warehouses, most of the products stored are general goods, and there is relatively little refined batch management. Therefore, mixed products and batches are generally enabled. Only some products with refined requirements will not allow mixed products or batches.

As mentioned before, goods received from overseas warehouses are generally counted and received according to the box mark dimension, but when put on shelves, they are put on the shelves according to the product SKU dimension.

Therefore, in the receiving process, it is necessary to locate and scan the goods according to the outer box mark. After receiving the goods, all products in the box mark will be received by default.

When the box mark is received, different putting orders will be generated according to different receipt submission times. Multiple batches of goods received in one warehousing order will generate multiple corresponding putting orders, and then the corresponding putting orders will be generated through the SKU details to complete the shelf task, you can increase the corresponding SKU inventory.

One warehousing order can generate multiple putting orders

If there are some overseas warehouses that hope to conduct quality inspection after receiving the goods, and then distinguish genuine and defective products based on the quality inspection results, and then adopt different strategies, you can insert a receipt note between the pre-arrival notice and the shelf order. (It is also called "pending quality inspection sheet").

If multiple batches of pre-arrival notifications are received, different receipts will be generated, and then quality inspection will be carried out based on the SKU details of the receipts to distinguish genuine products from defective products.

For genuine products, a genuine product shelf order will be generated, and then the goods can only be put on the shelves in the genuine product location; while for defective products, a defective product shelf order will be generated, and the goods can only be put on the shelves in a single product location.

PDA shelf process

There are several difficulties and pain points in listing:

What should I do if the quantity on the shelf is inconsistent with the quantity received?

What is the strategy for listing?

Can goods on shelves be mixed?

The inconsistency between the quantity on the shelf and the quantity received is generally the responsibility of the warehouse - if the counting is wrong when receiving the goods, the customer's actual inventory will be inaccurate when it is put on the shelf.

If the quantity on the shelves is more than the quantity received, then the customer has more inventory; if the quantity on the shelves is less than the quantity received, then the customer has less inventory. No matter which one it is, it will be very confusing for customers to see that the received quantity and the put-on-shelf quantity are inconsistent.

Therefore, it is generally mandatory that the quantity on the shelf and the quantity received must be consistent. If there is indeed a difference, the customer will be contacted to replenish the order or the warehouse will perform a stock loss operation in a timely manner.

The strategy of listing is also a difficulty in listing.

Generally speaking, domestic warehouses will have a relatively complete set of configuration rules for shelving strategies, which are mainly used to automatically recommend appropriate storage locations.

For overseas warehouses, the strategy still depends on the actual business volume. If the warehouse business volume is not very large, then the listing strategy will be simpler. Generally speaking, the "recommendation based on historical records" method will be used. It is enough to put a certain customer's goods together in one area, and then try to recommend the same SKUs to be placed together.

If you want to learn more about this content, it is recommended to look at the launch strategies of domestic mature WMS, such as Dabao WMS, Fuller WMS, etc.

Ideas for WMS listing strategy

After talking about the issue of shelf strategy, another important consideration is the issue of mixed storage of goods on shelves.

The mixed goods on the shelves can generally be divided into:

Products can be mixed, and multiple different products can be mixed in one location.

Batch mixing, the same product but different batches can be mixed in one storage location.

Product mixing and batch mixing are two different control dimensions. They can be turned on at the same time or only one of them can be turned on.

As shown below:

Fuller WMS storage location mixed configuration

When recommending storage locations for shelves, you also need to take into account the limitations of mixed storage locations to avoid an error message after recommendations but when shelves are put on shelves.

For overseas warehouses, most of the products stored are general goods, and there is relatively little refined batch management. Therefore, mixed products and batches are generally enabled. Only some products with refined requirements will not allow mixed products or batches.