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Warehouse Picking

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Hello,
 
Is there any setup I can configure for when I create a Warehouse Pick for a Warehouse Shipment to have the system consider the quantity of the item that's already in the Bin I'm shipping from? For example, I'm shipping item 1053JT, qty 100 from Bin P9RECEIVE and that bin already has 60 1053JT. When I create a pick, the pick wants me to pick the full 100 from other bins to P9RECEIVE. I want the system to recognize the qty of 60 already in P9RECEIVE and only create pick lines for the remainder 40. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thank you!
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    93,808 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Warehouse Picking
    As far as I know, there's no way to automatically identify it, but customization should be possible.
    Alternatively, you can manually adjust these inventory levels before picking the items.
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU
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    Teagen Boll Profile Picture
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    Warehouse Picking
    As Zhu mentioned there isn't a way to automatically set this.
     
    When I setup inventory for clients what I usually do and recommend is to have a "Shipping" bin that is not used for any other purpose. But you can have a "Shipping Staging", "Shipping Inbound" bin or other type of bin as well. You can use bin rankings to pick from that bin before other bins.
     
    If you have a lot of items sitting in the shipping bin I recommend performing a quick internal movement to move it out of the Shipping bin and into another. To do this you can follow these steps.
    1. First delete any Warehouse Pick you have that includes the items in the Shipping Bin.
    2. Create an internal Movement and select Get Bin Contents:
    3. Grab everything from the Shipping bin:
    4. Put it into another bin (Shipping staging or some other bin)
    5. After posting that internal movement then make sure to register the Inventory Movement or Warehouse Movement (depending on your location setup)
    6. Recreate the pick from the warehouse shipment.
     
    Those steps are a lot easier than other customizations. You can always perform internal movements on a frequent basis to move items out of Shipping and into another Bin (even if its technically still in the Shipping bin). This is what most of my clients do.
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    Alex A Profile Picture
    2,718 on at
    Warehouse Picking

    It doesn't work exactly the way I think you're describing it, but you can use the following features in combination with advanced warehousing to accomplish something similar:
     
      Bin Ranking
      - Higher numbers indicate higher priority during picking.
        Example: Bin X = Rank 100, Bin Y = Rank 50 => Bin X is preferred.
     
      Bin Types
      - For example: PICK, PUT, RECEIVE, QC, SHIP, RETURN
      - This tells the system which bins to use for picking.
     
      Bin Content
      - Item & Bin associations
      - Define which items are stored in which bins so BC can suggest bins based on both ranking and availability.
     
     
    When creating a Warehouse Pick, Business Central will suggest bins based on:
      Bin Ranking
      Quantity Available
      Bin Type (PICK)
     
     
    * You use the Bins page (from Location), Bin Types page, and Bin Contents page to set these
     
    * Bin Mandatory needs to be turned on.
    * Directed Pick and Put-away needs to be enabled to fully utilize these features. or you’ll need to manually select bins during warehouse transactions.
     
     
    Regards,
     
     
     
    Please mark the answer if it helps.

     

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