WMS - Purchase Order Receiving - Same item on several PO Lines

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Posted on by JO-22010714-0

One of our customers would like to create purchase orders with the same item number on several lines.
So, for example we have a PO with 3 rows like this:

Line 10 - Item A - 10 PCS - 2025-03-31
Line 20 - Item A - 20 PCS - 2025-02-31
Line 30 - Item A - 30 PCS - 2025-01-31

So far so good, while setting up the mobile device we could utilize Purchase order item receiving or Purchase order line receiving.

We've also setup detours so that it's possible to lookup Purchase order lines after the end user has entered the Purchase order number.

Purchase order item receiving
While receiving we use our detour that auto submits the purchase order number and can bring back the item number. However, we were supposed to receive Line 30 (which was also selected during the detour).

When we get back to our menu item for Purchase order item receiving we observe that the Warehouse app has selected line 10 instead and I'm forced to receive this line.
Of course this might not be something that the end user observe so it just automatically happen and it needs to be corrected later.

Problem: I can't decide what line to receive and/or the detour doesn't allow me to bring back the line number from what was selected.

Purchase order line receiving

Same scenario as above and this can actually work, I would select any of above lines during the detour however, now I'm forced to enter a Line number as a next step again. Minor issue if you receive a small amount of PO's, but having hundreds of PO lines every day makes this inefficient and would force the user to go back and forth into the detour for viewing purchase order lines to determine the Line number to be received.

Problem: Inefficient for high volume receiving where we still need to receive line by line due internal processes and other limitations stopping us from Load/LP receiving and/or ASN's.

Question: Does anyone know if this can be done efficient or are we forced to enter PO Line or go with a development on the detour bringing back the PO Line as well?

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JO-22010714-0 on at

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WMS - Purchase Order Receiving - Same item on several PO Lines

I don't know why I didn't test this out with Line number as part of the inquiry and detour..
Anyway, your suggestions work fine and I appreciate you taking the time to answer.

Cheers!
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Sagar Suman 5,837 on at

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WMS - Purchase Order Receiving - Same item on several PO Lines

Hi,

For the receiving you are doing via purchase order line receiving it is possible to view all the lines without entering any lines in the Detour.

Please make sure you Look up query for the detour menu does not have a line for the Purchase order lines. Keep it like mine as shown below and it will work.
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WMS - Purchase Order Receiving - Same item on several PO Lines

Hi,

For your case, the first setting is to select the mobile menu item for receiving to be "Purchase order Line receiving".

Secondly, the menu item for PO Line Inquiry must have Line number in "Field items" as below:

Thirdly, the detour must be setup at LineNum with the Receiving menu item.

Within the setup you must go with Detour of the already configured "PO Line Inquiry". Seems you have all of this already setup. But check again for any minor issues. Also check whether you have selected to call the correct fields from the detour as per below picture:

These configurations, if properly executed, will make sure, that whenever the receiving of any purchase order begins and the user enters or scans the PO Number on the device, the navigation to PO Line Inquiry detour will display the lines that are available on PO. The line selected by the user here will be populated in the Line Number entry field on the receiving page automatically. This will enable correct selection of line number, and lessen the confusion for the user as well as administrator.

Hope this clears your issue and makes your processes efficient, easier and swift.

Best Regards.