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One of the goals in designing PowerHouse WMS was to make it as powerful and flexible as
possible while still being simple to administer.
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PowerHouse provides groupings such as Item Classes and Location Types to make administration
easier. By allowing parameters to be set at the group level, the characteristics of thousands
of items or locations can be changed in a few seconds in a single place. Values applied to the
group can also be overridden at the individual level. For instance, if lot control is not
generally required, lots can be turned off at the global (Owner) level. If there is a group of
items that do require lots, lot control can be turned on for all items in the group (Item Class)
in one operation. If there happen to be a few items within the group that do not require lots,
lot control can be turned back off on those particular items.
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Individual locations can be created in the system en masse using our Global Location Maintenance
screen. A profile is created detailing the location numbering scheme and pick path mappings.
The administrator defines the ranges of values to be used for the aisles, bays, levels and slots
covered by the profile and chooses which elements will be used during pick path sortations. Once
the profile is defined, the administrator will supply the dimensional values for the locations
that are to be created, as well as other information such as the location type, whether it has
any special characteristics for putaway, restocking or picking, etc. Upon clicking the generate
button, thousands of locations can be created in a few minutes. After they have been created,
the same screen and profile can also be used to modify the locations instantly (for instance, to
change the maximum allowed weight in the locations).
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Picking, Put-away, Restocking and Cross-docking are all controlled by configurable rules.
An administrator can modify these rules at any time to effect changes to the business model.
Rules can be as simple as "Find an empty location and put it there" or they can be complex evaluations
of min/max levels for locations (or groups of locations), calculations of distance from the
assigned pick face, applied holds and many other factors.
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