Replenishment

In a warehouse as product is removed from a location, the inventory in that location requires re-stocking. This process is called as 'replenishment.'

A warehouse consists of zones that are classified for multiple UOMs. For example, a zone that holds units with UOM as EACH or a zone that holds cases with UOM as CASE or a zone that holds pallets with UOM as pallet. The replenishment strategy would involve a multi-step strategy covering moves from pallet storage to case storage or loose storage and from case storage to loose storage. This is called "multi-step replenishments" as shown in the following figure. In a scenario, where offsite storage is used, the first step of replenishment is to the pallet storage, thereby increasing one more step in the process.

The Sterling Warehouse Management System supports replenishments that are based on demand or inventory levels. The Sterling Warehouse Management System also allows placing ad-hoc requests for replenishment of locations.

In outbound planning, a replenishment request is created due to demand and the demand causing the inventory of a SKU at a location to fall below its 'minimum' level. Demand is created from work orders in VAS, shipments and wave. Demand is also created by a manual move request.