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In Business Central, you pick and ship items using one of four methods, as described in the following table.
Method | Outbound Process | Require Pick | Require Shipment | Complexity Level (Learn more at Warehouse Management Overview) |
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A | Post the pick and shipment from the order line | No dedicated warehouse activity. | ||
B | Post the pick and shipment from an inventory pick document | Turned on | Basic: Order-by-order. | |
C | Post the pick and shipment from a warehouse shipment document | Turned on | Basic: Consolidated receive/ship posting for multiple orders. | |
D | Post the pick from a warehouse pick document, and post the shipment from a warehouse shipment document | Turned on | Turned on | Advanced |
To learn more about shipping items, go to Outbound Warehouse Flow.
This article refers to methods C and D in the table. In both methods, you start by creating a shipment document from a business source document. Then you pick the specified items for the shipment.
When a location requires warehouse shipments, you can ship items based on source documents that were released to the warehouse. Releasing source documents makes the items on them ready to be handled in the warehouse. The following are examples of source documents:
You can create a warehouse shipment in one of two ways:
Choose the icon, enter Warehouse Shipments, then choose the related link.
Choose New.
In the No. field, choose the number series to use to create an ID for the shipment.
In the Location Code field, choose the location you're shipping from.
When you retrieve source document lines, some of the information from the location is copied to each line.
If the location requires bins, fill in the Bin Code field. Depending on your setup, Business Central] can add the bin code for you. Learn more at Zone and bin codes.
You can get the source document in two ways:
Note
If your location uses cross-docking and bins for each line, you can review the quantity of items placed in the cross-dock bins. Business Central calculates the quantities whenever the fields on the shipment are updated. If they're the items on the shipment you're preparing, you can create a pick for all the items and then complete the shipment. Learn more at Cross-Dock Items.
Create a warehouse pick. If the location requires picking, you can create pick activities for warehouse shipments in one of two ways:
Tip
For a location that doesn't require picking, you can print warehouse shipment and use it as a picking list.
Specify the quantity to ship.
For a location that requires picking, the Qty. to Ship field is updated automatically when the pick is registered. Otherwise, the Qty. to Ship field is filled with the quantity outstanding for each line when warehouse shipment line is created.
You can change the quantity, but you can't ship more items than the number in the Qty. Outstanding field on the source document line or the Qty. Picked field if picking is required.
To set the value in the Qty. to Ship field on all lines to zero, choose the Delete Qty. to Ship action. For example, setting the quantities to zero is useful if you're using a barcode scanner to update the shipping quantities. To add the quantity available for shipping, choose the Autofill Qty. to Ship action.
Post the shipment.
Tip
To avoid mistakes, use the Preview Posting action to review the entries that posting will create.
One thing to note though is that you can't preview warehouse receipts and shipments if they have lines that contain a quantity to handle from several source documents.
From a warehouse shipment, you can use the Filters to Get Source Docs. page to retrieve the released source document lines that define which items to ship.
In the warehouse shipment, choose the Use Filters to Get Src. Docs. action.
To set up a new filter, enter a descriptive code in the Code field, then choose the Modify action.
The Source Document Filter Card - Outbound page opens.
Use the filters to define the type of source document lines to retrieve. For example you can select types of source documents, such as sales or transfer orders.
Choose Run.
All released source document lines that meet the filter criteria are added on the Warehouse Shipment page on which you set the filters.
You can make an unlimited number of filter combinations. Filters are saved on the Filters to Get Source Docs. page and are available the next time you need them. You can change the criteria at any time by choosing the Modify action.
If bins are mandatory at the location, Business Central suggests a zone and bin code on the warehouse shipment document.
In assemble-to-order scenarios, use the Qty. to Ship field on warehouse shipment lines to record how many units are assembled. The quantity is posted as assembly output when you post the warehouse shipment. For other warehouse shipment lines, the value in the Qty. to Ship field is zero.
When workers finish assembling some or all of the assemble-to-order quantity, record the quantity on the Qty. to Ship field on the warehouse shipment line. Then choose the Post Shipment action. The assembly output is posted, including the component consumption. A sales shipment for the quantity is posted for the sales order.
From the assembly order, you can choose Asm.-to-Order Whse. Shpt. Line to access the warehouse shipment line.
After you post the warehouse shipment, various fields on the sales order line are updated to show progress in the warehouse. The following fields are also updated to show how many assemble-to-order quantities remain to be assembled and shipped:
Note
In combination scenarios where a part of the quantity must be assembled and another must be shipped from inventory, two warehouse shipment lines are created. One is for the assemble-to-order quantity, and one is for the inventory quantity.
The assemble-to-order quantity is handled as described in this article. The inventory quantity is handled as a regular warehouse shipment line. To learn more about combination scenarios, go to Understanding Assemble to Order and Assemble to Stock.
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