Zone Picking in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations using Advanced Warehouse

Today we'll take a look at how to setup and execute zone picking using Advanced Warehouse in Dynamics 365. Zone picking is when you divide your warehouse up into zones and assign a worker to a zone to pick goods in that particular zone. This makes the warehouse worker more efficient because they do not have to move all over the warehouse to pick goods.

[@SteveTurner1]

Thanks for all your videos, Scott. They are very helpful on topics in areas that I am not familiar with - Thanks again!

[@antonywang6451]

Hi Scott, I really like your video, the way how you presented the Zone picking in D365 FO using ADVWHS & Mobile device. Clear and straight to the content. Kudos for your lovely work. Cheers!

[@Scott-Gaines]

Thank you!

[@sksingh763]

Great. Thank you for sharing it. Please continue the good work.

[@Scott-Gaines]

Thank you!

[@MrLaChien]

Hi Scott, thank you for this video, I noticed that the Locations you created with Location profile ID - NotLP, have you a video on creating a NotLP location within an AWS warehouse? I had been under impression LP active is necessary for AWS warehouses, but also read something about it can be disabled if you need this requirement.

[@gururajansethurao5763]

Great. Thanks

[@Scott-Gaines]

You are welcome!

[@andrewcardnell2321]

Thanks Scott. Have you any experience in staged picking, in D365 where pick can only commence in one zone after another zone has been completed?

[@PaulEtienneRoy]

When we talk about Zone picking, is it recommended to configure also Rack and Aisles in Inventory Management in addition to that or it is kind of useless?

[@Scott-Gaines]

In AWMS there really isn't a rack and aisles like there are in non-AWMS d365. What I generally do is set up my zones small enough so that a worker can comfortably stay within one zone. I see sometimes warehouses with huge zones and the worker is moving all over the place. I would definitely look to create smaller zones than to create larger ones.

[@ellejay2439]

Can you please do a video on cluster picking?

[@Scott-Gaines]

Yes I'll put that into the queue to do. Thanks!

[@danielackerman349]

If you zone pick in a high volume sales order environment how do you consolidate the goods at the packing area into one shipment efficiently? Doesn't this become a nightmare to sort?

[@frederikeilschouholm321]

We are facing the same issue. Any recommendations in order to make it a dream for warehouse operator?

[@kamilmusialski1791]

How i can use range in this query on work templates if i would like to change scheme of work (f.e. - pick, put, pick, put ) and simple (pick, put) depending if the work is collecting from one or more zones ?

[@Scott-Gaines]

I don't know of a way to do a range of zones. You can enable extra fields on the locations. The feature is called Additional location zone. This adds new fields what you would do is create a code that would go across zones. In other words if you have a zone 1 location and a zone 2 location in the new code field just put 1and2 or some code that means zone 1 and 2 then put that code in the query of the work template.

[@kothamasupavan91]

What is main difference between 2012 r3 and d365fo Advance Warehouse Module? Please provide video on this topic

[@Scott-Gaines]

I'll take a look at this one. The problem that I have is that I don't really have access to a 2012 environment anymore to show the comparison. I'll see what I can come up with though.

[@vijaysam6069]

Do we need to set up location directive as well with respect to zones

[@Scott-Gaines]

You need location directives, but you really don't have to do it in respect to zones. Most of the time you're looking for a location profile. You might use a zone in your location directive if you had a zone 1 for regular picking and zone B for bulk items. Your location directive would specify zone 1.

[@vijaysam6069]

DynamicsPost Thanks. I was testing the scenario with location profile in the location directive and had three different work template for zone 1, zone 2 as you had demonstrated and a standard work template for that warehouse. Sequence of the work template was zone 1,zone 2 and standard template. But it failed to create work wrt to zone instead it created work using standard work template

[@alidanish6822]

@@vijaysam6069 work is always created by work template.