Exercise - Add More Items and Create UM Groups

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Management identified a new item 03240 to add to the warehouse inventory

1 Set up a new unit of measure group for the above conversions, using UM Group Maintenance.


Field	Data to Enter
Unit of Measure Group
UM	EA
Alt UM	BX
Conversion (How many eaches fit in a box.)
Alt UM	PL
Conversion (How many eaches fit on a pallet).

2 Assign the new item to the warehouse.

a See Item Master Maintenance exercise above.

b See Multi-Level Item Maintenance exercise above.

Assign the new UM Group to the new item using Multi-level Item Maintenance. For efficiency, you can also use Item Maintenance to make this change.

3 Run UM Conversion Generation to apply the new UM Group:


Field	Data to Enter
UM Group
Confirm three boxes in lower frame are checked.

The UM Conversion Generation report displays the UM changes made. If the report is blank, the UM Conversion did not occur.

4 Use Receipts-Unplanned to receive: 120 EA, item 03240

What loads are created and which locations are selected for item put-away? (View Inventory Detail Inquiry.)

When done properly, three pallets with 40 each are created and put-away to the next empty pallet location

5 Use Location Full% Report to check the warehouse 02 space utilization. Relative Full% = 28.13, Absolute Full% = 50.00.

Question: What loads are created and which locations are selected for item put-away? (View Inventory Detail Inquiry.)

When done properly, the system creates three pallets with 40 each.

6 Use Movement Confirmation Workbench to complete all moves.

Question: What is the warehouse space utilization? (Use Location Full% Report.)

Relative full = 18.75%

Absolute full = 33.33%