In Business Central, you can set up a location to require put-away and pick without requiring the warehouse receipt and warehouse shipment documents. This gives you a one-to-one flow where you receive directly on a put-away document and pick directly on a pick document.
This setup is the right choice when you handle one put-away per inbound document and one pick per outbound document. If you need to combine several outbound documents in a single pick, you must use the receipt and shipment functionality instead.
On the Warehouse Mobile app, this location setup gives you separate tiles for inventory put-away purchase, inventory put-away transfer, inventory put-away production, and a standard inventory put-away. Choosing the specific document type lets you work faster.
Location setup with require put-away and require pick
You set this up on the location card. As an example, take a distribution location configured with require put-away and require pick, and with bin mandatory enabled.
With this configuration, you handle one put-away per purchase order, receiving document, or other inbound document, and one pick per outbound document.
When to use receipt and shipment documents instead
The limitation of this setup is that you cannot combine several outbound documents in one pick. If you need to consolidate multiple outbound documents into a single pick, you have to use the warehouse receipt and warehouse shipment functionality.
But if your flow is a simple one-to-one, you do not need that extra layer. You receive directly on a put-away document and pick directly on a pick document.
How the setup works in the Warehouse Mobile app
When you select a location with this setup on your user, and you use the Warehouse Mobile app, the tiles reflect the functionality. You get separate options:
- Inventory put-away purchase
- Inventory put-away transfer
- Inventory put-away production
- Inventory put-away (standard)
The idea is that you work faster when you already know you are doing an inventory put-away for a purchase order. If you do not know which document type applies, you select the standard inventory put-away. The same logic applies on the picking side.
Where a shipment document would normally combine these functions, this location setup gives you a more agile mobile flow with the functions split out.
Q&A
Can you use put-away and pick without warehouse receipt and shipment documents?
Yes. You can set up a location to require put-away and pick but not require the warehouse receipt and warehouse shipment documents. This gives you a one-to-one flow where you receive directly on a put-away document and pick directly on a pick document.
When do you need the warehouse receipt and shipment functionality?
You need it when you want to combine several outbound documents in one pick. The simpler put-away and pick setup handles one put-away per inbound document and one pick per outbound document only.
What put-away options appear in the Warehouse Mobile app with this setup?
You get tiles for inventory put-away purchase, inventory put-away transfer, inventory put-away production, and a standard inventory put-away. The picking side works the same way.
Which settings do you enable on the location card?
You enable require put-away, require pick, and bin mandatory on the location card.