Stock location numbers rely too much on human memory, which makes it slow for new employees to find goods, and it is easy to cause confusion after moving shelves. The WMS storage location system needs to reflect the locations that can be identified on-site, and at the same time manage the relationships between warehouses, areas, shelves, and storage locations as independent data.

How to arrange records and operations

Encoding should have stable rules, and the number and readable position should be displayed on the label at the same time. Update location relationships when moving shelves, avoiding the need to rebuild all inventory records to describe changes. Check remaining inventory and unfinished tasks before deactivating a warehouse location, and it is prohibited to directly delete warehouse locations that still have goods in stock.

The location code should be separated from the display name. When the label is damaged and reprinted, it will still be associated with the original location. If the shelf structure changes, inventory and unfinished tasks should be migrated first, and then the old location should be deactivated. The picking guide can describe the aisles, shelf sides and levels, especially the left and right when facing the shelf. The acceptance check allows people who are unfamiliar with the layout to follow the guidelines to find the designated storage location and check for characters that are easy to misread. Manual input is allowed for labels that cannot be scanned, but the operation method is saved to facilitate the discovery of recurring label problems.

Specific scenarios that need to be checked

For example, if two adjacent shelves have the same layer number, scanning the code should be able to locate the complete location. Test the task guidance after creating, adjusting, and deactivating a warehouse location, and check whether manual input can identify common errors. The layout diagram and text paths also need to be synchronized to prevent the warehouse site and the system instructions from speaking one thing.