The warehouse activity of picking items before they are shipped or consumed is performed in different ways, depending on how warehouse management features are configured. The setup complexity can rank from no warehouse features, through basic warehousing for order-by-order handling in one or more activities only, to advanced configurations where all warehouse activities must be performed in a directed workflow.
The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.
| To | See |
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Get an overview of the different ways to pick items depending on the complexity of the warehouse configuration. | |
Print a list of the items to pick for one or more orders. | |
Post the shipment of items directly in the outbound order document because no warehouse features exist. (Works the same for sales, transfer, and production orders.) | "Posting Sales orders" in Processing Sales Orders |
Pick items order by order and post the shipment in the same activity, in a basic warehouse configuration. | |
Pick components for production at a location with basic warehouse configuration. | |
Pick components for production at a location with advanced warehousing configuration. | How to: Pick for Internal Operations in Advanced Warehousing |
Pick items for multiple orders in an advanced warehouse configuration. | |
Pick components for production in an advanced warehouse configuration. | "Pick Components with the Pick Worksheet" in Picking for Production |
Get immediate access to picks assigned to you as a warehouse worker. | |
Plan optimized pick instructions for a number of shipments rather than have warehouse workers act directly on posted shipments. | |
Pick items technically for a special purpose, such as a production unit in need of extra components, in such a way that the items do not technically leave the warehouse. | "Create a Pick from the Internal Pick" in Picking and Putting Away Without a Source Document |
Break a larger unit of measure into smaller units of measure when creating warehouse instructions. | "Breakbulk in Picks" in Automatic Break Bulk for Directed Put-away and Pick |
Record which serial/lot numbers are picked as items leave inventory to enable tracking of the items after they are sold. | How to: Assign Serial Numbers and Lot Numbers During Outbound Transactions |
Pick serial/lot numbers specified by the source sales order because, for example, the customer has requested a specific lot. | |
Split a put-away line to place part of the put-away quantity in available bins because the designated bin is full. |