Inward Staging Area
This area serves as an organized holding space for incoming boxes. It is a designated space within a warehouse where inward boxes after receiving are temporarily stored for the Sample QC or GRN process. Crossdock boxes can also be picked from the inward staging area for shipping. The primary purpose of the Inward Staging Area is to facilitate efficient storage and easy retrieval of boxes, ensuring that they are readily accessible for sample QC, Box GRN/ Piece-wise GRN, or Crossdocking activities. It contributes to maintaining order and clarity in the warehouse workflow, allowing for systematic handling of incoming goods and contributing to overall operational efficiency.
Post Gate entry and Receiving the boxes, the boxes are put away in the Inward Staging Area. Inward Staging Area is utilized under the following conditions:
When the Sample QC process is applicable OR when cross dock boxes are received.
Dedicated aisles are configured for this staging area.
Inward boxes, classified as either Storage or Crossdock inventory, are managed within this space.
Multiple boxes may coexist in a single location, all associated with the same gate entry.
Several locations within the area can contain boxes from the same gate entry.
Boxes selected from this area, post the sample QC approval process, undergo the following transformations
For storage inventory, they are converted into bins and relocated to the Storage Live Inventory Area.
In the case of Crossdock inventory, they are moved to either the Crossdock Staging Area or the Packing desk.
Location Configuration for Inward Staging
Please follow the below steps to configure the Inward Staging locations.
In WMS, go to the Location Configuration screen.
Go to the Configure Aisles tab and choose the Aisle type as Inward Staging. Aisle can be created by uploading the Aisle names in a CSV file by choosing the Action as create Aisle(s).
Existing Inward Staging Aisles can be enabled and disabled using actions present in this screen.
Go to the Configure Locations tab. Locations can be created by choosing Action type as Create location(s) and uploading a CSV file of the Location Name, Aisle name, and Distance.
Additionally, locations can be enabled, or disabled by choosing the required action from this screen. Further, the distance for existing locations can be updated.
⚠️ NOTE: Aisles cannot be disabled if live inventory exists in any of the bins in the aisle.
The below table represents the CSV file format for creating locations.
locationName | aisleName | distance |
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locationName This is the name given for a particular location.
aisleName This is the Aisle to which the location belongs
distance This denotes the relative distance of the location from the start of the particular aisle.