You are a system administrator for a company that uses Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. The warehouse manager reports that pickers are frequently going to the wrong locations for items, causing delays. The warehouse uses a directed putaway and picking process. Currently, location profiles are set up but not optimized. The manager wants to ensure that items are stored in locations that minimize travel time and that pickers are directed to the correct locations. The warehouse has 10,000 SKUs and high turnover. Which configuration should you implement?
Zone-based slotting optimizes storage locations based on item velocity, reducing travel time.
Why this answer
Option B is correct because location stocking limits and zone-based slotting in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management allow you to assign items to optimal locations based on velocity (pick frequency). This ensures high-turnover items are stored in easily accessible zones, minimizing travel time and directing pickers to correct locations, directly addressing the warehouse manager's requirements.
Exam trap
The trap here is that candidates confuse operational features like wave processing or barcode scanning with strategic inventory placement, failing to recognize that slotting is the specific capability designed to optimize location assignment based on velocity.
How to eliminate wrong answers
Option A is wrong because wave processing is used to group and release orders for picking, but it does not optimize where items are stored or prevent pickers from going to wrong locations. Option C is wrong because barcode scanning improves accuracy during transactions but does not determine optimal storage locations or reduce travel time. Option D is wrong because fixed locations for all SKUs would be impractical for 10,000 high-turnover SKUs, leading to inefficient space usage and increased travel time, as items cannot be dynamically placed based on velocity.