Receive and put away items with an inventory put-away document
The second method of receiving and putting away allows companies to record put-away information separately from the order information. This method requires that the Require Put-away check box is selected on the Warehouse FastTab on the location card.
To register the item's physical placement in the warehouse, rather than using the purchase order line, the warehouse worker uses a separate document: an inventory put-away. This document is a copy of the order document but only displays information that is relevant to the warehouse. Moreover, the inventory put-away document offers you greater flexibility regarding additional warehouse requirements such as splitting lines and document printing.
Therefore, for companies with dedicated warehouse workers who don't typically work with orders, the ability to work with inventory put-away documents can be an advantage in terms of simplicity and better usability.
Watch the following video to learn how to receive and put away items with an inventory put-away document in Business Central.
Receive more items than ordered
By using over-receipt codes, you can receive more items than ordered.
You can set up over-receipt codes as follows:
Choose Search for page, enter "Over-Receipt Codes", and choose the related link.
Select New.
Enter a code and description.
In the Over-Receipt Tolerance % field, enter the percentage by which the ordered quantity is allowed to be exceeded.
If you want over-receiving items with this over-receipt-code code to be approved first, select the Approval Required field.
If you want to set this over-receipt code as the default one, select the Default field.
Other over-receipt codes than the default one should be assigned to an item or a vendor. You can assign an over-receipt code to an item on the Inventory FastTab, and to a vendor on the Receiving FastTab.
You can use over-receipt codes to receive more items than ordered, using the inventory put-away.
The following demonstration shows how to receive 105 units of item 1900-S, while only 100 units were ordered.