Working Area

Definition

A working area is an area of the warehouse, located between two zones or zone groups, that is defined for administrative purposes to organize the work of resources in specific areas of the warehouse.

Use

In Customizing, you define working areas and assign them to resource types .

Caution Caution

If you do not assign any working areas to a resource type, the resource type will not be active and no resource element can log on as this resource type.

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Using the TRM Monitor , you can:

Assign working area priorities to resource types via the Change qualification priority method.
Assign working areas and their priorities to resource elements .

Note Note

If you do not assign any working areas to a resource element, the resultant resource inherits its working area qualifications from the resource type.

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The assignment of working area priorities affects the final priority of tasks. For more information, see Priority Model .

Note Note

For information on defining working areas, see the IMG for Start of the navigation path Logistics Execution Next navigation step Task & Resource Management Master Data Site Map Management Define Working Areas End of the navigation path .

For information on assigning working areas to resource types, see the IMG for Start of the navigation path Logistics Execution Next navigation step Task & Resource Management Master Data Resource Management Define Resource Types Working Area Assignment End of the navigation path .

For information on assigning working area priorities to resource types, see Monitor Methods .

For information on assigning working areas and their priorities to resource elements, see Creating Resource Elements .

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