Open Shop Floor Bin Code Query

ryanwhittaker

Hi,

Can anyone help me out with what the Open Shop Floor Bin Code is supposed to be used for on the Location card. I can see that it is used only when Directed Put-away and Picks are in operation, but have searched and found nothing further on what this is used for and how it may differ from the Inbound or Outbound Shop Floor Bins?

I suspect it may be something to do with an extra staging point between moving stock (internal pick) to the shop floor, before picking it against a production order but I have found nothing to support this theory.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Regards

Ryan

vanrofi

The Open Shop Floor Bin Code is defined in the Location Card, Bins tab and it is activated when location is defined as WMS Location (Directed Put-away and Picking enabled).

It is use to integrate WMS and Manufacturing when automatic flushing (backward or forward) is also defined. In this situation, the component quantity being automatically posted as consumed would need to be stored in the bin number provided as the Open Shop Floor Bin in order for the automatic flushing of inventory components to occur. In other words, the Open Shop Floor Bin is used for flushing.

Keep in mind, you must have the items that will be flushed set up on the item card for pick+forward or pick+backward in order for this to work as well as you must also have sufficient stock of those items in the open shop floor bin. Then, using the normal logic for when items are flushed, the system will consume items out of that bin.


Found this explanation by googling...nothing explained in any courses (production nor WMS) or in help of Navision.

Good luck!

vanrofi

And the link was...
https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/navscmsupport/archive/2007/12/27/open-shop-floor-bin-code.aspx

mind the white font...that makes it unreadable on first sight...