How to create an Inventory Put-Away from a Purchase Order or other Inbound Source Documents

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Inventory put-aways in Business Central let you handle the physical receipt of goods on locations that require put-away but not shipment. This article explains when to use inventory put-aways, how to set up the location, and how to create the document directly from a purchase order, sales return order, or transfer order.

You use inventory put-aways on locations where the Require Put-away field is checkmarked, but the Require Shipment field is not. This applies to simpler warehouse setups that do not use the full warehouse document flow.

You create an inventory put-away directly from the source document. Release the purchase order first, then go to the action menu, select Warehouse, choose Create Inventory Put-away/Pick, and set the Create Inventory Put-away checkmark.

You can open the created put-away from the purchase order itself or from the Inventory Put-away list.

What an inventory put-away is and when to use it

An inventory put-away is a document you use to register the physical placement of goods when they arrive. It applies to locations where you have checkmarked the Require Put-away field, but left the Require Shipment field unchecked.

This setup fits warehouses that need some structure around receiving items, but do not need the more advanced flow with separate warehouse receipts and shipments.

Which source documents support inventory put-away

You can create an inventory put-away directly from a source document. That means you can generate it from:

• A purchase order
• A sales return order
• A transfer order

In each case, the document needs a location code that is set up to require put-away.

How to create an inventory put-away from a purchase order

Say you have a purchase order with a location code, for example a location called Distribute, that is set up to require put-away. Here is how you create the inventory put-away directly from that document.

First, the purchase order needs to be released. You cannot create the put-away from a document that is still open.

Next, go to the action menu and select Warehouse, then Create Inventory Put-away/Pick. Set the Create Inventory Put-away checkmark and run it.

This creates an inventory put-away document directly from the purchase order.

How to open the created inventory put-away

Once the document is created, you have two ways to open it.

You can open it from the Inventory Put-away list, where all your put-away documents are gathered.

You can also open it directly from the purchase order. Navigate into Warehouse, then Inventory Put-away Lines, and from there open the inventory put-away that was created for the order.

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