Warehousing settings

The Warehousing group sets the names of the four standard bin locations every warehouse location has: receiving, picking, problem and kitting. Find them under Admin › Settings › Warehousing. For how levels and conditions work, see Settings; for bin locations see Bin locations and Warehousing setup.

How the names are used

The names are used in two ways:

1. When a location is created, Boxture automatically creates four bin locations in it, named after these settings: a picking bin, a problem bin, a receiving bin and a kitting bin, each with the matching purpose.
2. When Boxture needs a default bin, it looks in the location for a bin location with the right purpose and the configured name. Those defaults are:
   • the receiving bin: preselected on the receive screen and used when items are received without choosing a bin,
   • the problem bin: preselected when unpicking items,
   • the kitting bin: where built kits are put when a kit order is built.

All four settings are read from the account that owns the location and have the Location condition.

Renaming

Changing a name afterwards does not rename existing bin locations. If you change the setting, also rename the bin location (or create one with the new name and the right purpose), otherwise Boxture no longer finds the default bin for that location.

TIP

The automatic bins are created right after the location is saved, before you can choose that location in a level condition. To give a new location different names, use a level without conditions, create the location, and then add a location-specific level and rename the bins as needed.

Receiving bin location name

Key	warehousing.receiving_bin_location_name
Type	Text
Default	RECEIVING
Conditions	Location
Account lookup	The account that owns the location

What is the default receiving bin name?

The name of the receiving bin created with a new location, and of the bin used by default when receiving inbound orders. Received goods land here until they are put away. See Receiving.

Picking bin location name

Key	warehousing.picking_bin_location_name
Type	Text
Default	PICKING
Conditions	Location
Account lookup	The account that owns the location

What is the default picking bin name?

The name of the picking bin that is created with a new location. It gives a new warehouse a pickable bin location straight away; most warehouses add their own picking bins (shelves, racks) later.

Problem bin location name

Key	warehousing.problem_bin_location_name
Type	Text
Default	PROBLEM
Conditions	Location
Account lookup	The account that owns the location

What is the default problem bin name?

The name of the problem bin created with a new location. It is preselected when items are unpicked, so items that could not be packed are set aside for investigation. See Picking problems.

Kitting bin location name

Key	warehousing.kitting_bin_location_name
Type	Text
Default	KITTING
Conditions	Location
Account lookup	The account that owns the location

What is the default kitting bin name?

The name of the kitting bin created with a new location. Kits that are assembled on a kit order are placed in this bin. See Kit orders.