Improving the receiving process is essential in the never-ending quest to simplify warehouse operations and enable firms to do more. This blog post explores the revolutionary role of the “Deferred Processing” feature in Dynamics 365 SCM Warehouse Management.
It’s a framework for improving operational efficiency by postponing the creation of work. With the Deferred Processing feature, incoming inventory can be quickly registered without having to wait for each put-away task to be generated.
The warehouse worker in charge of the process can keep going uninterrupted thanks to deferred processing, which generates work in the background. You won’t have to wait for anything since “work will be created, but it will be done in the background,” it says, so you can keep getting other things.
Despite the fact that the actual transaction has not occurred yet, the deferred processing enables the cashier and the client to perceive the grocery money transfer as finished and processed. This is also how it operates in the Dynamics 365 SCM warehouse system. The user is informed that the task has been finished and can proceed with inventory movement or receiving, but in reality, the creation of the task has simply been deferred to be processed in the background.
Comparison of Regular and Deferred Receiving in Warehouses
The key distinction between ordinary receiving and postponed processing for receiving in a warehouse setting is best illustrated by an example. Picture a truck pulling into the warehouse with a stack of purchase orders.
First Scenario: Consistently Receiving
The warehouse employee(s) in charge of the receiving procedure scan each order’s items or license plate. Workers may have to wait for related work to be created before moving on to the next item in the purchase order, depending on the complexity of the put-away configuration logic. In this case, the creation of work entails moving items from the receiving area to their “put” location in the warehouse. Although most put-away cases go through quickly, there are a few that may require more time owing to a more intricate set of put-away criteria. The worker ends up with greater downtime because of the accumulation of waiting times, even though consumers only have to wait a short amount for each. Deferred processing, as seen in scenario 2, can prevent this from happening.
Second Scenario: Receiving via Deferred Processing
To avoid any potential delay on WMA-powered devices during the production of put-away work, we employ the postponed receiving feature in this circumstance. This feature is used when the put-away rules inside the WMS configuration are complex. With deferred processing, the put-away work generated from the receiving inventory is processed in the background, allowing the warehouse worker in charge of inbound receiving to continue scanning license plates and items for each order without interruptions. Although processing is taking place in the background, the warehouse worker may perceive the task as finished. The warehouse worker can get the same amount done in less time thanks to this.
Deferred job processing configuration for the warehouse
The user can choose the policy’s application type, the operation type processed, and the processing technique for the work line on this page. When processing the line without any work processing regulations, the behaviour is similar to what happens when the method is set to Instant. When the method is set to deferred, the batch framework is utilized for deferred processing.
If the value is 0, it means that no threshold is present. Here, postponed processing is employed wherever possible. We apply the Immediate technique if the specific threshold calculation is less than the threshold. If the deferred approach is applicable, it is applied in all other cases. The number of connected source load lines handled for the work determines the threshold for sales- and transfer-related tasks. Determining the threshold for replenishment work is the number of work lines that are being restored. For work with fewer than five initial source load lines, deferred processing will not be used. On the other hand, larger works will use it if the sales threshold is set to, say, 5. The work processing technique must be defined for the threshold to be effective.
Execution and Supported Procedures
This function can be used for the following methods of receiving items into your warehouse: purchase order receiving.
- Purchase order item receiving.
- Purchase order line receiving.
- Transfer the order item to receiving.
- Transfer the order line to receiving.
- Load item receiving.
- License plate receiving.
The following kinds of work orders are compatible with deferred put-away processing:
- Sales orders.
- Transfer order issues.
- Replenishment orders.
Deferred processing in action:
When warehouse workers encounter a tiny delay for each item that is received, it’s because another system is determining the correct location for the item, which is causing processing to slow down the worker’s inventory registration. One solution is deferred processing.
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Conclusion
Even when put-away logic is complicated and processing wastes time, deferred processing allows for great productivity on incoming docks. No matter how long a worker is on the clock, deferred receiving allows them to efficiently manage incoming inventory. To boost production and cut down on wasteful delays, it’s a great tool.
Warehouse employees are able to concentrate on their work without interruptions since we postpone the production of work and process it in the background.
As a strategic framework that enables enterprises to do more, postponed processing is more than simply a function; it is a fantastic instrument in the modern environment of warehouse operations. It allows users to maintain high productivity regardless of storage setup.
Embrace deferred processing if it’s necessary for your warehouse operations and watch them soar to new heights.
