Picking bin contents in manufacturing

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I’ve searched all trought the forum, but i can’t get no clear answer to this.

Nav 5.0

I got:

Location RAW with bins where i put the raw materials
location WIP without bins where i put the wip materials
Location FIN without bins where i put the otuput materials

From the RAW location i got to do pickings to put the raw materials to WIP location, but the Picking Sheet in NAv doesn’t work because there are not in content, in fact the materials are all in the RAW location.

Can i sort out a picking list from RAW to WIP creating the Whse. Pick from released production order? The real problem is that this function does not pick the materials form the RAW location to propose a transfer to WIP. Anymore, i don’t want to use Transfer Orders, it’s too compliated to epxlaion to the operators.

Or, if i convert WIP location to a bin of RAW location, how can i sugget this transfers in a picking list?

For me, NAv pretend to do all transfers/reclassification before production, but it makes no sense, because i want to show to the warehouse employee the bins where he can get the materisl for the productions.

Any suggestion before i customize the reclassification worksheet?

Thanks in advance.

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Financially the items will be in WIP - why are you physically moving the stock there? Why have you created a WIP location - what is its purpose?

A picking list picks stock, you are trying to use it to transfer stock and you do not want to use the transfer order to do this when the system would automatically suggest the orders based upon the SKU metrics depending upon the setup.

Difficult to give a suggestion when I do not understand why you are trying to do what you are doing.

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I’ll try to explain…

I need to pick items from the RAW location and put them to WIP location, because some prod. order takes 1-5 days to flush and i need to take away the quantities from the RAW location.

That’s why my picking list is a real transfer order from RAW to WIP (and then to FIN).

I don’t want to use the NAV standard feature, the “transfer” replenishment method on SKU only suggest to create transfer orders and i need to avoid that.

I’m going to develop a custom feature, but if you have an alterantive idea, i’ll appreciate your suggestion.

Thank you.

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What is the need to move it from RAW to WIP - this is presumably not replicated on the shop floor, so the stock is alr eady in the wrong location. If it is physically moved then why not forward flush or manually pick the components so they are not in stock, but that said even if they are in stock they are not available.

I am just not sure why you are putting this step in the process, the fact it takes 1-5 days to flush should not be an issue - where else can the stock go if none is available anyway - NAV will not produce a pick list where the item is not available.

Ultimately a picking list is just that, you pick stock from it. You are moving stock [:D]

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Thank you for the reply, but i need to understand more about it and maybe i have to show you the entire context of the matter.

Maybe i don’t need different locations, because the pick makes bin quantities unavailable.

I got some complications:

  1. Multiple Prod. Order can have the same components in different quantities and i need to group them in the picking

  2. My items got item tracking by lot, so i have to move the whole lot even i if pick just a bit of it (for ex. if i need 50 pcs and the lot is 1000, i need to move 1000 pcs)

  3. Once the lot has been picked, it can return it to RAW without the entire presumed consumption and it must be available for other production orders (ex. Expected Quantity 500, consumed 100, i need to return 400 to RAW)

So, there comes the questions:

  1. if i use Pick Worksheet to group prod. orders and then create the pick usign locations and bins, in the pick document i got 2 lines with the pick & put actions, i really don’t understand this… but this is not a great problem

  2. if i post the pick, the quantities are not more available for the picking… to put the remaining quantity again to the stock for the same or the next prod. orders, shall i use the put-away documents? Doing this, does it adjust the Qty. Picked on the component line of the prod. order?

  3. If i use the MRP features for planning future requirements, is there any issue i’m not thinking about in all this scenario?

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Hope i’ve been “clear” in my explanation… :slight_smile:

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Hi

With the first point are you trying to create a daily picking report for all production and therefore rather than having numerous lines for the same item you want one? If so what report are you using? Why not modify the report? As standard the picking process will produce a document per order, to “pick” if you want a requirements listing and to move it this would be a transfer, as previously discussed, but it would still treat each line independently. I think this is just a rouped report really.

With point 2 what is the business reason for moving 1000 when you need 50? This is not a requirement of it being lotted, but is it a requirement of the business?

With point 3 when are you returning it? After usage or pick? Not sure why you are doing this!

With regards to your questions to use the picking worksheet you need full WMS and all the processing actioned, I presume this is a correct assumption? By posting the pick for the full 1000 you are correct they are not available, you have picked them! You would need to putaway the remainder, but I do not know why you are picking stock you do not need!

MRP will drive the production and planning, not how you pick, so I am not sure of any issue you are missing, but this is a complex area to deal with, so I will not say you are not!