Calming The Chaos – How To Get Everyone Moving To The Same Beat With Location Directives In Dynamics 365

To an outsider, a warehouse may look like chaos but the insiders know that a well-run warehouse is actually a carefully choreographed dance.  It can be a challenge to acclimate new staff members into the dance so they don’t throw off the rhythm.  Enter Location Directives.

Location Directives (Warehouse Management>Setup>Location Directives) give specific instructions at the location for workers.  They are the choreography for the warehouse.

Location Directive Header

Location Directives have a Header, Lines and Line Actions.  In the header the location directive is associated with a Work Order Type and Work Type.  Each Location Directive is associated with a specific Site and Warehouse combination.  This allows a multi-warehouse environment to have different rules set up for each warehouse.

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