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Last Updated: 2025-04-04
Steps: Set Up Zone Picking at Inventory Sites

Steps: Set Up Zone Picking at Inventory Sites

  • Create locations for the Inventory functional area.
  • Set up inventory sites.
  • Review setup considerations for zone picking.
You can identify locations as zones, enabling workers to split a stock request into multiple picking lists to:
  • Pick items in tandem, at separate zones within the inventory site.
  • Ship zone picking lists separately from each other.
When you want to ship all items from a stock request, you can merge all zone picking lists from the stock request together before shipment.
You can also enable the inventory site for wave picking that groups picking lists together to better organize and prioritize your inventory picking process.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Inventory Site
     task.
    On the
    Picking
     tab:
    • Select the
      Use Directed Picking
       check box, then select the
      Use Zone Picking
       check box.
    • Select the
      Enable Wave Picking
       check box, to activate wave picking for the inventory site.
    Security:
    Set Up: Inventory
     domain in the Inventory functional area.
  2. Access the
    Maintain Stocking Locations
     task.
    For each location you want to designate as a zone, select the
    Inventory Zone
     check box.
  3. (Optional) Configure the
    Inventory Pick List Event
     business process and security policy in the Inventory functional area.
    Add the
    Initiate Inventory Shipment Events from Inventory Pick List for Inventory Stock Request
     service step to enable the automatic shipment of individual zone picking lists.
Workers can use the
Create Inventory Shipment
 task to:
  • Merge zone picking lists for shipment.
  • Manually ship individual zone picking lists, if you haven't configured the
    Inventory Pick List Event
     business process.
Nicole and Aaron are pickers at your inventory site. They use 2 zone picking lists for an urgent stock request and begin picking at separate zones within the warehouse. If either worker completes their picking list first and you've enabled individual shipments, they can avoid delays by shipping the picking lists separately. If Nicole and Aaron finish picking around the same time, they can merge the zone picking lists and send a single shipment to fulfill the stock request.