Use of Storage Bin Type Determination Rules 

Use

There are two options for determining the optimum storage bin type in slotting:

●     Using the condition technique (in the same way as determining the putaway control indicator and the storage section indicator)

●     Using storage bin type determination rules

The option that the system uses depends on the parameters that you have defined at storage type level for slotting.

Prerequisites

In Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), you have defined whether you want to work with the condition technique or with storage bin type determination rules. In the latter case, you have chosen the required storage bin type determination rule. For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM under Goods Receipt Process ® Slotting ® General Settings ® Define Storage Type Parameters for Slotting.

Features

The following storage bin type determination rules are available:

●     Maximum Weight

●     Capacity Factor: Material

●     Simple Volume Check

●     Simple Dimension Check

The system compares the dimensions of the relevant packing level (PL) with the dimensions of the storage bin type (BT) in accordance with the following logical expression:

Length (PL) < Length (BT) AND Width (PL) < Width (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Height (BT)

The system calculates the maximum number of packages by dividing the length, width, and height of the storage bin type by the length, width, and height of the packing level. The result is a maximum number per dimension. The global maximum number is then the product of the three maximum values per dimension.

●     Dimension Check with Z-Axis Rotation

The system compares the dimensions of the relevant packing level with the dimensions of the storage bin type in accordance with the following logical expression:

Length (PL) < Length (BT) AND Width (PL) < Width (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Height (BT)

OR

Length (PL) < Width (BT) AND Width (PL) < Length (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Height (BT)

The system calculates the maximum number of packages as described in the section Simple Dimension Check for each of the two orientations allowed. The global maximum number is then the greater of the two maximum values per orientation.

●     Dimension Check with Rotation and Tilt

The system compares the dimensions of the relevant packing level with the dimensions of the storage bin type in accordance with the following logical expression:

Length (PL) < Length (BT) AND Width (PL) < Width (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Height (BT)

OR

Length (PL) < Length (BT) AND Width (PL) < Height (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Width (BT)

OR

Length (PL) < Width (BT) AND Width (PL) < Length (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Height (BT)

OR

Length (PL) < Width (BT) AND Width (PL) < Height (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Length (BT)

OR

Length (PL) < Height (BT) AND Width (PL) < Length (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Width (BT)

OR

Length (PL) < Height (BT) AND Width (PL) < Width (BT) AND

Height (PL) < Length (BT)

The system calculates the maximum number of packages as described in the section Simple Dimension Check for each of the six orientations allowed. The global maximum number is then the greatest of the six maximum values per orientation.

●     Weight Check and Simple Volume Check

●     Weight Check and Simple Dimension Check

●     Weight Check and Dimension Check with Z-Axis Rotation

●     Weight Check and Dimension Check with Rotation and Tilt

Additional Parameter Dimension Ratio

The product master attribute Dimension Ratio (on the Slotting tab page) considers the ratio between the length, width, and height of the relevant packing level.

The system calculates all the ratios between length, width, and height that make sense on the basis of the orientations allowed. Orientations are not permitted in cases where the calculated ratio exceeds the parameter value from the product master.

The system uses the dimension ratio in the following storage bin type determination rules:

●     Simple dimension check (one orientation)

●     Dimension check with z-axis rotation (two orientations)

●     Dimension check with rotation and tilt (six orientations)

●     Weight check and simple dimension check

●     Weight check and dimension check with z-axis rotation

●     Weight check and dimension check with rotation and tilt