# Presentation: 840305

## ICBS-R Project 

- Warehouse Zones and Locations Overview
*Mar 11 2008*

## Key principles

- The National Cache Managers have adopted a standard zones and location scheme to:
- Take maximum advantage of the ICBS functionality
- Reduce the time to bring each cache onboard the new system
- Lessen the orientation time for cache workers assigned to other caches

## Terminology

- A zone** **classifies a set of locations with common properties
- Zones** **can have both tasks and locations ascribed to them
- A location is the physical location where inventory is stored

## Zone abbreviations

- Standard zone abbreviations have been developed for the new ICBS
- Users will see these in various screens in the application
- Zone abbreviations are also incorporated in location numbering (e.g. STOR1 – 01010201) and will appear on bar coded location labels

## Zone abbreviations 

| Inventory |  |
| --- | --- |
| Storage Zones | STOR1, STOR2  |
| Bulk Zones | B1, B2, B3,...B6 |
| Forward Pick Zones | FP1, FP2  |
| Cold Storage Zones | CSTOR |
| Hazmat Zones  | HAZ1, HAZ2 |
| Fleet | FLEET |
|  |  |

## Zone abbreviations

| Inbound |  |
| --- | --- |
| Receive Zone | RECEIVE |
| Returns Zone | RETURN |
| Outbound |  |

| Manifest Zone | MAN1 |
| --- | --- |
| Packing Zone | PK1 |
| Shipping Zone | SHIP-SORT |
|      Weigh Zone | W1 |

## Zone abbreviations

| Returns Staging |  |
| --- | --- |
| RFI Zone |  RFI |
| NRFI Zone |  NRFI |
| Unserviceable Zone |  UNS |

| Unserviceable
Normal Wear and Tear |  NWT |
| --- | --- |
|  |  |
|  |  |

## Zone abbreviations

| Refurbishment |  |
| --- | --- |
| General Refurbishment Zone | GREF |
| NRFI Zone | NRFI |
| Off Site Zone
     (L&D Laundry)
     (Simpson Hose)
     (Stroups Saw Shop)
 | OFSIT
OFSIT1
OFSIT2
OFSIT3
 |

## Zone abbreviations

| Refurbishment |  |
| --- | --- |
| Small Engine Repair Zone | SMENG |
| Laundry Zone | LAUND |
| Tool Zone | TOOL |
| Outside Refurb Zone | OTREF |
| QC Zones | QC1, QC2 |
| Hose Zone | HOSE |

## Zone abbreviations

| Value Added 
(Kitting and De-kitting) |  |
| --- | --- |
| Value Added Zone | V1, V2, V3 |
| Radio Zone | RADIO |
| RAWS Zone | RAWS |
| Publications Zone | PUB |
| First Aid Zone | FIAID |

## Zone abbreviations

| Miscellaneous |  |
| --- | --- |
| Intransit | INT1 |
| Virtual Pack Zone |  PACK_BIN |

## Locations

- A location is always associated with zone within the cache
- It has attributes like aisle number, bay number, level number and bin number
- Storage locations also have a capacity as measured in inches
-   (H x W x D)

## Location capacity size codes

- Storage location capacity size codes will be assigned an alphabetic code according to different volume capacities measured in cubic inches (Length x Width x Height)
- Location capacity size codes will be determined at each cache to match the existing location and storage configuration

## For example the alphabetic location size codes used at RMK are:

-  10 x 6.5 x 7 inches = 1/4 Bin = A code
-  28 x 24 x 4 inches  = 1⁄2 Bin = B code
-  28 x 24 x 10 inches  = Bin = C code
-  24 x 24 x 24 inches  = 1⁄2 Pallet = D code
-  48 x 48 x 48 inches  = Pallet = E code
-  48 x 48 x 96 inches  = 2 Pallet High = F code
-  48 x 96 x 48 inches  = 2 Pallet Wide = G code
-  96 x 96 x 48 inches  = 4 Pallet = H code
-  48 x 48 x 192 inches  = 4 Pallet High = I code

## Storage location numbering

- Location numbers (in storage and forward pick zones) designate the Aisle, Bay, Level and Bin or the mnemonic ABLB
- Example: 09030209
- 	 - Aisle 09
- Bay 03
- Level 02
- - Bin 09

## Bulk zones 

- Bulk zones won’t necessarily have bay, level, and bin associated with them.
-    Bulk zones with many pallets should be given row numbers.
- Example: B1-01,  B1-02, B1-03

## Other locations 

- For other locations, the location numbering scheme is defined based on the particular needs of the zone
-  For example:
- SHIP-SORT1, SHIP-SORT2
- RETURN1

## Next step

- The “Locations Numbering Aid” provides:
- Instructions for numbering aisles, bays, levels and bins
- Strategies to maximize the underlying picking algorithms in the application
- Sample cache layouts