Show TOC

  Identification Point

Definition

Place in an automated warehouse at which you identify newly-arrived goods.

Use

In many warehouses, certain storage types (such as high rack storage areas) require identification points (ID points). In these warehouse types, you have to use the ID point to execute the putaway of all handling units (HUs). In Extended Warehouse Management ( EWM ), the ID point is a physical place in a HU-managed warehouse at which you identify goods receipts for further processing.

The following figure illustrates the transfer of products from the goods receiving zone to a high rack storage area using an ID point.

For example, if you have assigned the ID point storage type 0081 to the storage type 0080, and want to put away goods in the storage type 0080, then EWM proposes the ID point storage type 0081.

Structure

The purpose of an Identification Point includes the following:

  • Contour control

    A contour check often occurs at an ID point to determine whether the HU was built correctly.

  • Changing the mode of transport

    A conveyor equipment change can occur at an ID point. For example, the HUs are loaded from a forklift onto a conveyor.

  • To determine the final destination

    EWM determines the destination storage bin in the final storage type at the ID point. Since EWM only assigns the destination storage bin after the HU arrives at the ID point, EWM determines the location of the storage bin based on the most current information about the storage type's space availability.

Integration

  • You define an ID point in EWM as the storage type “identification point“ in Customizing for EWM under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Define Storage Types End of the navigation path , by setting the storage role Storage Type Is ID Point .

  • You connect the ID point to the HU-managed storage type in which the putaways from the ID point are to occur:

    1. In Customizing, choose Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Define Storage Types. End of the navigation path

    2. Select the storage type to which you want to assign the ID point.

    3. Choose ID Point Active .

    4. In Customizing for EWM, assign your IDpoint to a storage type, by choosing Start of the navigation path Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Warehouse Task Next navigation step Define Layout-Oriented Storage Control End of the navigation path .

      Note Note

      For more information about layout-oriented storage control, see Layout-Oriented Storage Control .

      For more information about Customizing for layout-oriented storage control, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Warehouse Task Next navigation step Define Layout-Oriented Storage Control. End of the navigation path

      End of the note.