Introduction to Warehouse Pick & Store Zoning (One SKU Multiple Shelves)

If the volume of the goods is quite large or there is a large number of goods, it is not possible to place all the goods on one shelf. In this case, the One SKU Multiple Shelves function can be used to place the same SKU on multiple shelves

1. What is Pick & Store Zoning

• Picking Shelves:

  • Normally, only one SKU is stored on one shelf.
  • If the Picking Area with One SKU Multiple Shelves feature is enabled, one SKU can be stored across multiple shelves.

• Storage Shelves:

  • Support storing one SKU across multiple shelves.

Pick&Store zoning can compress the picking area and improve picking efficiency; At the same time, the storage area reduces the frequency of inventory changes and reduces stock count hours.

 

2. Enable Pick & Store Zoning

🔈 From now on, the Warehouse Pick&Store Zoning feature can be used without the need to enable the wave (WMS). This allows for more flexible and efficient inventory management.


💡 Notes

• The third-party warehouse does not support enabling pick & store zoning.
• After enabling pick&store zoning, the warehouse will also enable Unstored Inventory Management by default.
• Warehouse enabling pick&store zoning does not support simple stock count and on shelf / off shelf in BigSeller APP.

2.1 How to Enable

2) If you want to enable this feature, please contact our customer service.

2.2 Changes after enabling

1) The shelf info cannot be checked in the Inventory List, please check the shelf info on Inventory Details.

2) The existing merchant SKUs will be initially synced to the two warehouse areas, and their stock will default to increasing to the picking area. The inventory in the storage area will be processed as 0 by default;

3) The shelf info will not be displayed on merchant SKU label. (Because a merchant SKU may be placed on multiple shelves);

4) The available stock can not be edited in the Inventory List, please use the Manual Stock In/Out to adjust the inventory;

5) When creating a new merchant SKU to this warehouse, the initial inventory quantity cannot be set (i.e. you cannot edit the inventory quantity). Please increase the inventory by manually stocking in.
 

3. Manual Stock In / Out

How to manual stock in or stock out?

4. Out of Stock

After enabling Pick&Store Zoning, BigSeller will allocate stock Qty in 2 stages when processing orders. This section will tell you why there are orders in the Out of Stock list.

• When packing an order, the order will first allocate the stock of the whole warehouse. If the order is successfully packed and moved to In Process Orders list, it means that the inventory of the whole warehouse is sufficient.

This situation requires restocking from the storage area to the picking area before shipping lables can be printed.
 

5. Inventory Restock

Step 1: Set restock upper and lower limit in Restock Warnings

• Method 1: Set restock warnings for single SKU

• Method 2: Import Restock Warnings

• Method 1: System Generated -- The system will automatically calculate the data based on the Restock Warnings at 3am every day.
• Method 2: Manual Generated -- Click Generate Restock Data

💡 What is unstored Qty?  
 




Note: If a sub-account cannot assign, please contact the main account to grant the "Restock-Assign" permission.

 

📚 Restocking Using BigSeller APP [New Feature]

The Restock Storage feature is now supported on the BigSeller APP. Warehouse staff can use Restock feature on BigSeller APP to pick from the storage shelves and add items to the picking shelf.
 

💡 Note:  [Picking] and [Adding to Shelf] only track picking and shelving actions performed on BigSeller APP. Once an operation is started on the mobile version, the "Click to Move" action cannot be performed on the PC version.

Step 4: Refresh the Inventory

After you replenish the stock, you can click Refresh Inventory on In Process Orders > Shelf Out of Stock to continue processing orders.




💡 Notes: You can check the restock data on the Area Stock Movement. You can find Area Stock Movement Record on Inventory Module > Stock Out / In > Area Stock Movement Record

6. Inventory Details

• You can find Inventory Details on the Inventory Module > Warehouse > Inventory Details

• In Inventory Details, you can view the Area, Shelf, and Shelf Type of each merchant SKU. Additionally, you can set or change the shelf location as needed.

 

7. Stock Count

Introduction to Stock Count

• If the warehouse has enabled the Pick&Store Zoning feature, the counting merchant SKU is marked based on the dimensions of Warehouse-merchant SKU-Shelf.

• For example, SKU A is stored in both shelf 001 and shelf 002. When you are counting SKU A on shelf 001, SKU A on shelf 002 will not be marked as in counting and can stock in and out operations normally.

 

8. Purchase/ Transfer/ Scan to Receive

• If only Pick & Store Zoning is enabled (without Picking Area with One SKU Multiple Shelves)

  • The same SKU can be added to multiple storage shelves during receiving, but only one picking shelf can be assigned.

• If both Pick & Store Zoning and Picking Area with One SKU Multiple Shelves are enabled

  • The same SKU can be added to multiple storage shelves and multiple picking shelves during receiving.