Zones

Zones represent a series of inventory locations. When setting up a warehouse in Deacom, customers can do so by Zone to improve the efficiency of picking for both Jobs and Sales Orders. Zones are comprised of specific Locations within the warehouse and often have operators assigned directly to the Zone for picking purposes.

Considering warehouse hierarchy, Zones are optional. While Facilities, Location Types, and Locations are required within Deacom, customers have the option of whether or not to take advantage of Zones through the configuration process. One helpful use of Zones is in situations where large orders require more than one person to pick for the order. For example, if the warehouse is set up by aisles A-Z, one person can pick in aisles A-D (Zone A to D) and another person can pick in aisles E-J (Zone E to J), etc.

As mentioned above, there are also restrictions available by Zone. The "Zone" field on the Facility Item form, available on the "Facilities" tab of the Item Master record, restricts what inventory can be received to only Locations within the destination Location's Zone. This is useful for situations where companies need to restrict items to certain areas of the warehouse. For example, certain materials can only be stored in the cooler. This "Zone" field on the Facility item will direct users to the cooler and not allow users to move this product into a non-cooler Location. Only available in web versions of Deacom. Also, when a user is restricted to a Zone, they can only issue, pick, and ship (without assigning lots) from within their Zone. Specifically, issuing, reserving, shipping, moving, staging, and receiving (on negative Purchase Orders) inventory should limit the lot chooser to only seeing lots from the specified Zone. Scanning a lot should confirm that the lot is in that Zone. This essentially breaks down to inventory that is in Locations that are in the User's Zones.

System Navigation

• Inventory > Maintenance > Zones

Edit Zone form

Opened via the "New" or "Modify" buttons on the Zones form.

Field/Flag	Description
Name	Name of the Zone, which must be unique.
Facility	Pick list used to select the Facility that the Zone will belong to. Multiple Zones may be assigned to one Facility.
Part
Active	If checked, this record is active. Only active records may be used in the system. Note: After inactivating Zones, scanner users must log out then back in to Deacom to refresh the Zones list.
Default	If checked, this will be the default Zone on forms throughout the system that contain a "Zone" field. Users may override the default if necessary.
Prevent Inventory Transactions	If checked, prevents inventory transactions (issuing, reserving, moving) other than physical inventory postings from occurring for this record. This flag should be selected during physical inventories to ensure that no transactions occur between the time the inventory snapshot is taken and the time when the physical inventory worksheet is posted. When this flag is checked, if a user attempts to perform inventory transactions in the system for the Zone, a system prompt will be displayed to prevent the transaction from occurring. Note: This flag also exists on Item Master records, Facilities, Locations, and Location Types. Also, when the "Automatically Prevent Included Item Transctions" field on the Physical Inventory Forms form is checked, this prevents users from performing inventory transactions on all items, or facility-specific items, if a Facility is indicated on the form when performing a physical inventory or cycle count. The field allows companies to more quickly prevent inventory transactions then using the alternative option of checking the "Prevent Inventory Transaction" flag on the item master record, either individually, or via the Price Updates Excel feature.

Edit Location form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Edit Zone form.

Field	Description
Location	Pick list used to select the Locations that will belong in this Zone. A blank value for location is not allowed, but the use of the name “None” is valid.