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In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can control which bin your production components are picked to by setting up a default bin on the work center card or machine center card. When you add a “To-Production Bin Code” on the work center or machine center, that bin overrides the default bin code from the location card on the component lines of a released production order.
The bin code follows the work center or machine center used in the last operation of the routing. If you have multiple operations, the last one determines where the components are picked to, not the first.
If you remove the To-Production Bin Code from the work center, the component lines fall back to the default bin code from the location card.
Setting a default bin for production components in Business Central
If you work with warehousing in Business Central and use directed put-away and pick, you can decide exactly which bin your production components should be picked to. You do this by setting up default bins on the work center card or the machine center card. This is useful when you want the item placed in a specific bin until you register consumption for the production order.
How the location card and work center bin codes work together
Start on the location card for your warehouse location. Here you set up the standard open shop floor bin code, the to-bin code, and the from-bin code. In this example, the location uses directed put-away and pick, and there is a standard open production bin defined.
On the work center card, you can then add a To-Production Bin Code that points to a different bin. In this scenario, machine center 400 has its To-Production Bin Code set to bin 120.04, which is different from the standard production bin on the location card.
What happens when you refresh a released production order
When you create a released production order on an item and refresh it, the component lines pick up the bin code from the work center instead of the location card. In the example, the component line uses bin 120.04 because that is the To-Production Bin Code defined on the machine center.
The important detail is that the bin code comes from the work center on the last operation in the routing. If the routing runs through work center 100 first and work center 400 last, it is work center 400 that determines the bin code. The first work center in the routing has no effect on this.
Falling back to the default bin code from the location card
If you open the work center again and delete the To-Production Bin Code, then go back to the production order and refresh it, the component lines switch back to the default bin code from the location card.
So the rule is straightforward: the bin code follows the last operation in the routing. The work center or machine center used for that operation defines the bin code that the warehouse pick will be created to when you generate a pick from the production order.
Q&A
Where do you set up a default bin for production components in Business Central?
You set it up on the work center card or the machine center card by adding a To-Production Bin Code. This is the bin you want the components picked to.
Which work center determines the bin code when a routing has several operations?
The work center or machine center on the last operation in the routing determines the bin code, not the first one.
What happens if you do not set a To-Production Bin Code on the work center?
The component lines use the default bin code from the location card instead.
When is the bin code applied to the warehouse pick?
The bin code is applied when you create a warehouse pick from the production order. It follows the work center or machine center used in the last operation of the routing.