Inventory types are being mixed when using a dock management profile

Symptoms

You're using shipment consolidation policies. You've set up a dock management profile for a location profile, but when work is created, the inventory types are mixed at the final location.

Resolution

Dock management profiles require work to be split up front. In other words, the dock management profile expects that a work header won't have multiple put locations.

For the dock management profile to effectively manage the mixing of inventory, a work header break must be set up.

In this example, our dock management profile is configured such that Inventory types that should not be mixed is set to Shipment ID, and we'll set up a work header break for it:

1. Go to Warehouse management > Setup > Work > Work templates.
2. Select the Work order type to edit (for example, Purchase orders).
3. Select the work template to edit.
4. On the Action Pane, select Edit query.
5. Open the Sorting tab and add a row with the following settings:
   • Table - Temporary work transactions
   • Derived table - Temporary work transactions
   • Field - Shipment ID
6. Select OK.
7. You return to the Work templates page. On the Action Pane, select Work header breaks.
8. On the Action Pane, select Edit.
9. Select the check box associated with the Field name Shipment ID.
10. On the Action Pane, select Save.