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Shortage in Picking

Interim process for inventory shortage during picking: block the affected inventory and automatically search for alternative inventory.

Purpose

When a picker finds less inventory during withdrawal than recorded in the system, this process blocks the reserved inventory and automatically searches for an alternative free inventory in the warehouse. This is a special process outside of regular stocktaking.

Prerequisites

• An open picking order must exist.
• Blocking code for inventory discrepancies stored.
• Setting "Block inventory discrepancy" set to "Container".

Input | Output

Input	Output
Inventory to be picked	Blocked inventory, alternative inventory is searched

Setup

• Create blocking codes.
• In the SIEVERS WMS Setup under "Stocktaking": set "Block inventory discrepancy" to "Container".

Hinweis

With the "Container" setting, if there is more than one inventory item on a load carrier, the entire carrier is blocked to prevent incorrect withdrawals.

Roles

• Picker: Identifies and reports the discrepancy.
• Clearing point in the warehouse: Processes blocked inventory.

Documents

• Picking document

Process Flow

Step 1: Open picking

• Open A4 Picking.
• Select order.
• Scan load unit.

Step 2: Pick partial quantity

• Enter the quantity actually available (e.g. 80 instead of 100).
• Scan load unit again.
• Enter 0 to activate the shortage search.

Step 3: Block inventory

• System asks: "Should inventory be blocked due to shortage?"
• Confirm with "Yes".
• System automatically searches for alternative inventory to fulfil the requirement.

Step 4: Follow-up

• The "Blocked inventory positions" tile in the role center is displayed in red.
• Clearing point checks blocked inventory and posts discrepancy via Inventory Adjustment.

Variants

Variant	Description
Partial quantity blocked	Picker withdraws partial quantity, remainder is reported as 0 and blocked
Alternative inventory found	System automatically finds and reserves replacement inventory
No alternative inventory	Order must be adjusted manually or deferred

Tipp

After completing the process, the blocked inventory should be resolved promptly via Inventory Adjustment or a regular stocktaking.