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title: "Locating Assignment Master"
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# Locating Assignment Master

## 🗂️ Understanding Locating Assignment Master in Canary7

The **Locating Assignment Master** in Canary7 determines **which Locating Rule** is applied to each item during **Putaway Job Execution** or **Replenishment Job Execution**, based on user-defined criteria.

It allows you to create multiple assignment rules that intelligently route items to the most appropriate storage locations; tailored to your warehouse zones, item groups, clients (companies), and operational requirements.

### 🧠 Why It Matters

The Locating Assignment Master is key to:

- ✅ Automating **Putaway** and **Replenishment** strategy selection
- 🏗️ Ensuring storage consistency across different clients, item types, and warehouses
- 📦 Minimising manual decision-making and speeding up job execution
- 🔄 Supporting scalable, logic-driven warehouse operations

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## 🧱 Key Concepts

- 📌 You can create **as many Assignment Rules** as needed.
- 📋 Each rule evaluates **criteria** to determine which **Locating Rule** to apply.
- 🕒 Rules are evaluated **at the moment of job execution** — not during receipt upload.
- 📍 Locating Rules must already be created before they can be assigned.

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## ⚙️ Configuration Tabs Overview

### 🧾 **General Tab**

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Name** | Give the assignment rule a clear, descriptive name (e.g. *Returns – THFC*) |
| **Active** | Tick this to ensure the rule is currently applied by the system |

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### 📌 **Locating Tab**

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Locating Rule** | Select the pre-configured **Locating Rule** that should be triggered if the rule’s criteria are met |

> 📝 *Note: The Locating Rule must already exist before it can be assigned here.*

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### 📊 **Criteria Tab**

This is where you define *when* the Locating Rule should apply. Criteria are set using **Column / Operator / Value** logic — the same flexible format used in other assignment modules in Canary7.

You can create rules that are **broad** (e.g. apply to an entire warehouse) or **granular** (e.g. apply only to a specific item group from a specific company).

#### Available Columns Include:

- **Company**
- **Warehouse**
- **Receipt Type**
- **Item Group**
- **Source ID**

### 🧪 Example Use Case

📦 **Goal:** Automatically direct *returns* from a specific client (**THFC**) to a dedicated inspection zone.

| Column | Operator | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Receipt Type | = | Returns |
| Company | = | THFC |

✅ When this rule is triggered, the system will apply the assigned Locating Rule to guide items into the returns location.

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### 📌 Summary

The **Locating Assignment Master** gives you powerful control over where stock goes — without needing manual input at the point of job execution. By aligning **Locating Rules** to key operational criteria, you can:

- Streamline putaway and replenishment
- Reduce picker error
- Maximise storage efficiency
- Improve inventory accuracy

Every item is guided to the **right place, the first time**; based on smart, rule-driven logic.

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