Transfer Rule in Automatic Replenishment is used to define how items should be distributed to the locations when the location’s demand exceeds the warehouse effective inventory.
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Open the Replenishment Transfer Rule page from the Replenishment menu LS Retail - Replenishment - Automatic - Administration - Replenishment Transfer Rules.
Transfer Rules must have a unique Code, and Transfer Type is either Auto-Single or Auto-Full.
Auto-Single means that each location gets one item in a Priority order (1, 2 …). This is the same order as in the Lines FastTab. When a location has an item, the next location gets another item and so on, until there is no more effective inventory in the warehouse. In the example in the above image, all locations in the Replenishment Group LARGE will get one item, followed by the locations in the MEDIUM group. Locations S0001 and S0003 will be excluded from the groups. If a distribution location for an item is not listed in the rule, that location will be handled as a group with the lowest Priority (the highest number).
Auto-Full means that each location gets its calculated quantity in a Priority order (1, 2 …), or until there is no more effective inventory in the warehouse. In the above example, all locations in the Replenishment Group LARGE will get the requested number of items, followed by the locations in the MEDIUM group. Locations S0001 and S0003 will be excluded from the groups. If a distribution location for an item is not listed in the rule, that location will be handled as a group with the lowest Priority (the highest number).
Note: To assign a Replenishment Transfer Rule to an item, you must select a value in the Replen. Transfer Rule Code field on the Retail Item Card page, the Merchandising FastTab.
Comparison between Auto-Single and Auto-Full, example
In this example item 10000 has a demand quantity of 5 in three locations each. The warehouse, however, only has 12 units of the item and is unable to fulfill the demand of all the locations. The Replenishment Transfer Journal will calculate the distribution of item 10000 between the locations based on the Replenishment Transfer Rule that is set up in the priority order of S0001, S0002, and S0003.
The example shows the calculated distribution quantity of the item based on different Transfer Types:
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