Perform Putaway

Explanation

This activity is used to perform a putaway for parts that are either: to be received in the purchase order arrival flow, currently in an arrival or quality assurance location (purchase parts), parts that have been received into the default location for a manufacturing order (shop order and/or production schedule parts) and parts from a general stock location (inventory parts).

Note that for parts that are to be received in the purchase order arrival flow or parts that have been received into the default location for a manufacturing order (shop order and/or production schedule parts), the putaway is performed automatically based on basic data settings. For parts currently in an arrival or quality assurance location or parts in a general stock location, the putaway has to be triggered manually.

For inventory parts in a general stock location, putaway is performed for the quantity available on that location and the parts will be moved to the best available location. Note that if parts are already stored in the best putaway zone, no transport tasks will be created. For the other flows, the putaway will try to find suitable locations for the quantity entered on arrival/receipt or move transaction.

The putaway logic will evaluate the part storage requirements regarding capacity, conditions and capabilities and compare it to inventory locations, evaluating locations in the order of putaway zone ranking in order to find the best available location. The result of the putaway process is the creation of one or several transport tasks.

It is also possible to perform putaway of handling unit in these flows and then it will be the capacities, conditions and capabilties for the handling unit that is considered.

Dimensions: The height, width and depth of the handling unit is used
Weight: The gross weight of the handling unit is used
Volume: Volume for handling unit is used. Could be additive volume (pallets) or specifed volume for handling unit (box)
Temperature: Putaway consider the common temperature interval required for all the parts in the handling unit.
Humidity: Putaway consider the common humidity interval required for all the parts in the handling unit.
Capabilities: Putaway will consider all the capability requirements for the parts that included in the handling unit.
Handling unit capacity: Putaway consideres any handling unit capacity i.e. the maximum number of top-level handling units, that is allowed on a location for a certain handling unit type. As soon as a location capacity exists for a handling unit type and that handling unity type is moved there or planned to be moved there, the location will be dedicated only for this handling unit type.

Putaway zone: Putaway will consider the putawat zones that are common for all the part in the handling unit.

When performing putaway for a complete order object (for example a purchase order receipt) it will perform putaway on the outermost handling units as defined for that object and try to keep those handling unit structures intact.
If putaway is performed on the most detailed level (for example per inventory part in stock record level for a purchase order receipt) it will perform putaway per such record one by one. This means that the handling unit structure would be split.
Then it is also possible to perform putaway for a specific handling unit in a handling unit structure (like selecting specific handling unit in the handling unit in receipt window). Then the putaway is performed to that handling unit and its sub-structure. If any parent handling unit structure exist, the handling unit will be disconnected from that parent structure.

Prerequisites

Putaway zones must have been set up for the inventory part.
For the purchase order arrival flow, the Receive into Arrival, Perform Putaway receive case must be used.
For the purchase order receipt flow, purchased inventory parts must exist in an arrival or quality assurance location.
For the shop order and/or production line flow, parts must be received into a default location as setup on either production line or work center. The default location must have the Perform Putaway check box selected on the basic data for production line or work center.

System Effects

Transport tasks are created suggesting the move from a temporary receipt location to the best available location(s) in stock. Note that the putaway process could include moving parts into arrival, quality assurance or default receive location for manufacturing first.

Window

Register Arrivals
Receive Shop Order
Production Line
Production Receipt
Receipt
Handling Units in Receipt
Move Into Stock
Inventory Part in Stock
Handling Units in Stock

Related Window Descriptions

Register Arrivals
Receive Shop Order
Production Line
Production Receipt
Receipt
Move Into Stock
Handling Units in Receipt
Inventory Part in Stock
Handling Units in Stock

Procedure

From the Receipt window or the Move Into Stock window or the Inventory Part In Stock window:

Open the relevant window and query for the order or part for which you wish to perform putaway.
Right-click and then click Perform Putaway.

Note: It is possible to perform putaway from the Receipt/Detail tab as well. Putaway is triggered as part of the normal receipt flow in manufacturing as long as the receipt location is the default location that has the Perform Putaway check box selected. The perform putaway process can also be triggered when registering a purchase order arrival, a shop order receipt or a production schedule receipt. In these cases, the perform putaway is triggered automatically based on basic data setup and requires no manual action.

From Handling Unit in Stock window or the Handling Unit in Receipt window.

Open the relevant window and query for handling unit for which you wish to perform putaway.
Right-click and then click Perform Putaway.

Note that when performing putaway in an order object header (like a whole receipt) the putaway will be performed for the outermost handling units included on that order object.