Introduction
With the warehousing functionality in Business Central, you can efficiently manage the picking and shipping of outbound orders such as sales orders, purchase return orders, and outbound transfer orders.
The process of shipping outbound orders consists of two major tasks:
Picking items from the shelves
Shipping items out of the warehouse
Similar to the receiving and putting away processes, four methods support picking and shipping:
Post pick and shipment from the order line.
Post pick and shipment from an inventory pick document.
Post pick and shipment from a warehouse shipment document.
Post pick from a warehouse pick document and post shipment from a warehouse shipment document.
The difference between the four methods is the complexity of the picking process or warehouse organization for a company.
In the order-by-order warehousing environment, for a company with straightforward processes where the bin structure is simple, picking and shipping from the order line is appropriate.
For a company where items for one order line might come from more than one bin, or where warehouse workers typically don't work with the order documents, the use of separate pick documents is more appropriate.
Where a company's picking and shipping processes involve multiple order handling and thus require greater control and overview, the company might choose to use a warehouse shipment document and warehouse pick document to separate the picking and shipping tasks.
The following units in this module demonstrate the options to pick and ship items in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.