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Setting up a 3PL warehouse

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Posted on by KHayston 76
Hi
 
we need to set up a 3PL warehouse in Dynamics: we sell customer goods, they pay and therefor own the goods. The goods now have to be moved into the 3PL warehouse (to protect from being shipped to other customers).
 
As the order has already been paid, we need to ship & invoice from the 3PL warehouse without impact to the general ledger and so it doesn't distort the averages.
 
Our consultant is now suggesting that we create all our products with a 2nd product code, i.e. duplicate our products and use those in the 3PL warehouse.
 
My instinct tells me that there has to be a better way. 
 
Any suggestions?
 
thank you.
 
Katarina
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  • Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    Inge M. Bruvik 32,748 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    Setting up a 3PL warehouse
    I  have no experience with 3PL. But my main concern here will be that you also need to have the correct inventory and accounting in Business Central.
    Do you have a custom built integration with 3Pl?
    Or maybe you use the 3PL term as any 3.party logistic partner?
  • KHayston Profile Picture
    KHayston 76 on at
    Setting up a 3PL warehouse
    Hi Inge
     
    thank you for the time to reply.
     
    I believe it is the "definition" of the 3PL in our system that is the problem. I just don't know what to recommend to fix this.
     
    Once we have the 3PL set up I believe we could use power automate to process the move from normal to 3PL warehouse.
     
    Katarina
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    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    Inge M. Bruvik 32,748 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    Setting up a 3PL warehouse
    If you have the sales order for the product in Business Central you can make a reservation against your inventory that will prevent the items to be shipped to other customers.
    You could also transfer them to another location that is defined in the system.
    So with out knowing all the details about your solution I kind of agree with you that having duplicate product codes does not sound like the optimal solution.

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