How to: Set Up Items for Directed Put-away and Pick

When you set up a warehouse location for directed put-away and pick, you have new functionality available to you to help run the warehouse in the most efficient way possible. In order to make full use of this functionality, you provide additional information about the items, which in turn helps to make the calculations necessary to suggest the most efficient and effective ways to conduct warehouse activities.

To set up an item for directed put-away and pick

  1. In the Search box, enter Items, and then choose the related link.

  2. Select the item that you want to set up for directed put-away and pick.

  3. On the Navigate tab, in the Item group, choose the Units of Measure button. Fill in the fields in this window to define the different units of measure in which the item may be transacted. In this window, you should also fill in the height, width, length, cubage, and weight for the unit of measure. If the column is not visible, open the shortcut menu for the column headings, and then choose Choose Columns to add it. Choose the OK button.

  4. On the Navigate tab, in the Warehouse group, choose Bin Contents. In this window, you can define the location and bin to which the item should be associated. The Default field is not used when the location is set up for directed put-away and pick. Choose the OK button.

  5. On the Warehouse FastTab of the item card, fill in the fields to define how the item should be handled in the warehouse.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Set Up Locations to Use Bins
How to: Convert Existing Locations to Warehouse Locations
How to: Set Up Warehouses for Directed Put-away and Pick