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Create Bins, Bin type, Bin Status, Bin Class, Bin Alias, Bin Location (version 1.0)

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What is a Bin?

A bin is a storage location in the warehouse, that is capable of holding an inventory tag. This bin is a scannable barcode that serves as a license plate for the storage location. To store an inventory in the warehouse, a bin must first be assigned to a specific location that contains a tag. The inventory can then be placed within the bin, which is associated with the tag and its location.
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To access Bins, go to

☰ > Warehouses > Bins

Understanding a Bin Location.

A bin location is a description of where a bin can be found, indicating the Zone, Aisle, Bay, Level, and Position.

 

A zone is an area within the warehouse that can contain multiple aisles. Each aisle can be divided into multiple bays. Each bay can have multiple levels, representing the vertical location from the ground to the top. The position is a location coordinate that indicates whether something is in the front or the back.

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​Example: Bin 00-02-08-01-01
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The above bin is in zone 00, aisle 02, and on bay 08.

The bin is on level 01, one level above the ground and the position is 01, which is in the front.
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Definitions

Bin Type

A bin type determines whether a single or multiple tags can exist in a bin.

Single

This means that a bin can only have one tag.

Multi

This means that a bin can have one or multiple tags.

Bin Class

A bin class specifies the type of storage for inventory.

Bin
Shelf

Lane

These bin classes are typically used for a fixed storage location in the warehouse, where items will be transferred from the receiving bins. When you create bins with these classes, it generates a tag (type: bin) within the bin that cannot be removed.

Pallet

This class is used for storing inventory pallets.

Receiving

This bin class is used to create storage locations for receiving items in the warehouse.

Consumption

Bin Status

Empty

No items in this bin. There can be one or more tags that do not contain any items.

Locked

Tags and items are locked, no actions can be performed with this bin.

Full

This bin is determined to be full.

In use

When a bin has items in it but it is not locked or reserved

Reserved

Bin is currently being picked from.

Hold

When a user manually puts a bin on hold (edit bin page > bin status dropdown, net new action). This should prevent users from picking any items from this bin *net new status

Bin Temperature

Assign a temperature zone for the bin using this.

Ambient

This is used for a bin that stores inventory in a room-temperature zone.

Chilled

This is used for a bin that stores inventory in a chilled or refrigerated zone.

Frozen

This is used for a bin that stores inventory in a freezing-temperature zone.

Create a Bin

  1. On the tags screen click + New Bin .

  2. Select a Warehouse, in which you want to create a bin.

  3. Choose a Bin Type. *

  4. Select a Bin Class.

  5. Select a Bin Status.

  6. Select a Bin Temperature, if applicable.

  7. Add a Bin Alias, if applicable.

  8. Toggle Active if you want the tag to be active.

  9. Toggle Create Tag, if you want to create a tag inside the bin.

  10. Toggle Storage, if you want to mark the bin as storage.

  11. Add location by adding a Zone, Aisle, Bay, Level & Position.

  12. Add Planogram coordinates, if applicable.

  13. Add Dimensions for the bin by adding Length, Width & Height, if applicable.

  14. Click Create .

Note: When bin class Bin, Shelf, or Lane is selected, it toggles Create Tag by default and creates a tag (type bin) in the bin. Once created, this tag can't be removed or moved to another bin.

View Bin

To take a quick look in a bin, on the bin click ⌄ (dropdown) . This shows any tags within the bin and any inventory on them.

Bin Actions

Show Details

To view the bin details with tags, go to Actions > Show Details . Here you can see, additional bin information such as dimensions, unit, coordinates, and item temperature type. Also, the tags that are inside the bin.

Print Barcode

To print the Bin Barcode, click Actions > Show Details > Print Barcode .


Move All

To move all the tags from one bin to another, click Actions > Move All . Once all the tags are moved, the bin status becomes Empty.


However, if the Bin contains one of the tags that is tag type: bin, you can not perform this action.

Edit Bin

Click Actions > Edit Bin , once changes are done click Update .

Delete Bin

Click Actions > Delete Bin , on the popup window click Confirm .

Bin Generator

With a bin generator, you can create multiple bins at once that range from one location to another.


To access Bin Generator, go to

☰ > Warehouse > Bins > Bin Generator

For example, to create a bin in Zone 21, that ranges from Aisle 01 to 05 and has Bays 01 to 05. Each of the Bins is located in Levels 00 to 01 and the position is 01 to 01, follow the steps below.

  1. Select the Warehouse.

  2. Select Type, Class, and Status.

  3. Select Temperature, if applicable.

  4. To create all bins for one single zone, add the same Zone value in the from and to fields.

  5. Add from and to the Aisle range.

  6. Add from and to, the Bay range.

  7. Add Level range.

  8. Add Position Range.

  9. Add planogram and dimensions details, if required.

  10. Click Generate .


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