Putaway Rules
Which storage type an arriving item should go to, in what order to try. Evaluated most specific first: a rule naming this item beats one naming its category.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Warehouse
- Section: Warehouse Structure
- Screen: Putaway Rules
Address in the console: /scm/putaway-rules
List · 10 columns · 17 fields on its form · 4 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Warehouse | Code | warehouse_code |
| Code | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Item | Code | item_no |
| Item type | Status | item_type |
| Strategy | Status | strategy |
| Areas tried | Number | storage_type_count |
| If none fits | Status | on_no_bin |
| Priority | Number | priority |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehouse required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| For item | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Leave this and the two below empty for the catch-all rule. |
| For category | Choice | Configuration list | |
| For item type | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Only for hazardous items | Yes or no | ||
| Only for temperature-controlled items | Yes or no | ||
| From quantity | Number | ||
| To quantity | Number | ||
| For package type | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Strategy required | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Fixed bin | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| If nothing has room | Choice | stage, refuse, overflow, manual | Refusing is usually right: an arbitrary bin is how stock ends up in the freezer. |
| Priority | Number | ||
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Where would this go?
Propose a bin, and say why
Asks for: Warehouse* Item* Quantity
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.