Configuring storage containers

You can add storage containers individually or to the
Independent Containers
 group. When adding a container, a general description of the container must be created before you can define the properties of the container. There are three types of containers: Composite, Plug Flow, and Pallet.
  • A
    composite
     container holds more than one lot, but the lots are mixed. You cannot distinguish between lots, therefore the lot IDs do not matter, and you will not keep inventory on the lot. For example, a tank can be filled with one lot of milk. When another lot of milk is added, the two lots become mixed, and are, therefore, indistinguishable from one another.
  • A
    plug flow
     container holds one type of material, but is comprised of two or more different lots. The first lot that went in is the first to come out. For example, you can add a lot of grain to a silo containing another lot of grain and the two lots remain separate (for the most part). Each lot can be inventoried.
  • A
    pallet
     can have multiple materials, which usually are bags of a specific quantity of material. For example, a pallet could be stacked with 100 pound bags of flour, sugar, and cocoa.
    composite
    Composite
    plugflow
    Plug Flow
    pallet
    Pallet
    Description
    Contains like material
    Contains multiple sublots layered in vessel
    Contains multiple materials
    # of materials container may hold
    1
    1
    n
    # sublots container may hold
    1
    n
    n
    Access to sublots
    Sequential
    Sequential
    Random
    Sublots trackable?
    No; anything added is combined with original sublot
    Yes; assumption is that active sublot is at bottom of vessel
    Yes; any sublot is always accessible
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