The Warehouse Mobile app in Business Central includes an action for posting a warehouse shipment directly from a scanner. You use this when you are walking around the shipping area with inventory and have no computer nearby.
You post the shipment from the mobile app once the pick has been performed and everything is ready to ship. Find the shipment by searching on the sales order number, since that is the number you usually have at hand rather than the warehouse shipment number.
Posting the warehouse shipment also posts the sales order. This is standard Business Central behaviour. After posting, the open warehouse shipment is deleted and becomes a posted warehouse shipment, and the shipped quantity updates on the sales order.
Posting a warehouse shipment from the Warehouse Mobile app
In the Warehouse Mobile app you have an action for warehouse shipment. It is essentially a posting action that lets you ship using a scanner instead of a computer. This is useful when you are out in the shipping area among the inventory and don’t have a workstation close by.
You use this action on a warehouse shipment that has already been handled and is ready for shipping. The pick has been performed, so the only step left is to ship it. You can do that directly from the mobile app.
Finding the right shipment through the sales order number
In the app you select warehouse shipment and then look it up through the sales order number. The reason is practical: out in the warehouse you normally have the sales order number to hand, not the warehouse shipment number.
Keep in mind that you can have several sales orders on the same warehouse shipment. The sales order search is only a way to find the correct shipment document number. If you already have the sales order open, you could instead look up the warehouse shipment directly and find the right one that way.
Posting and printing the shipment
Once you have the shipping document, you select the posting date. The app asks whether you want to post the warehouse shipment. When you press yes, it also prints the shipment.
What happens when you post
Posting the warehouse shipment also posts the sales order. This is standard behaviour in Business Central, so you don’t need a separate step for it.
After posting, the open warehouse shipment is deleted and you are left with a posted warehouse shipment. If you go back to the sales order and scroll right, you can see that the shipped quantity has been updated to reflect what was shipped, for example six and five.
Q&A
When should you use the warehouse shipment posting action in the Warehouse Mobile app?
Use it when the pick has been performed and the shipment is ready to ship, and you are in the shipping area with a scanner but no computer nearby.
How do you find the right warehouse shipment in the mobile app?
Search on the sales order number, since that is usually the number you have available in the warehouse. The search helps you locate the correct shipment document number, even though one warehouse shipment can cover several sales orders.
Does posting a warehouse shipment also post the sales order?
Yes. Posting the warehouse shipment also posts the sales order. This is standard Business Central behaviour.
What happens to the warehouse shipment after you post it?
The open warehouse shipment is deleted and becomes a posted warehouse shipment. The shipped quantity is updated on the sales order.