Working with Putaway Reservations

This chapter provides an overview of putaway reservations and discusses how to:

• Create putaway reservations.

• Change existing putaway reservations.

Understanding Putaway Reservations

You can create putaway reservations to reserve space for incoming items. You can receive incoming items directly into specific locations that you reserve, or you can use the putaway location selection process to use the reservation. This makes putaway more efficient because space is already reserved for the items prior to receipt. You can create a reservation for all the items on a purchase order line, and you can split the line into multiple location reservations.

Working with reservations is an optional task during warehouse putaway processes.

Interactive Method

You create putaway reservations interactively using the Online Putaway Reservations program (P46130). This program enables you to reserve space in locations for incoming items. For example, you create a reservation interactively for one item in an incoming shipment. You can enter location reservations directly online. When you create putaway reservations online, if the item quantity is too large to fit in one location, the system might suggest multiple locations. If the system cannot create a suggestion for a purchase order line, it displays an error message. You can create reservations manually for any lines on the purchase order. If an error relates to only part of the purchase order line's quantity, you can still make reservations for the remaining line quantity. The system displays an error message only for the quantity in error.

You can also use the Online Putaway Reservations program to cancel reservations. You cancel reservations to make the reserved location's space available again.

When you access the Online Putaway Reservations program, the system displays both purchase orders that have a corresponding reservation and purchase orders that do not have corresponding reservations. You can differentiate between purchase orders that do and do not have reservations by reviewing open quantity information on the Online Putaway Reservations form. If a purchase order has a corresponding reservation, no open quantity exists because the quantities have already been assigned to a reserved location. Conversely, if a purchase order does not have a corresponding reservation, open quantity exists for which the system can suggest a location to reserve.

Batch Method

You can reduce the system processing time required for creating reservations by creating them in a batch for many purchase orders at one time, thus eliminating the need to enter reservations one order at a time.

When you run the Batch Putaway Reservations program (R461301), the system can:

• Create putaway reservations.

• Print an audit report.

You control which functions the system performs by setting processing options in the Batch Putaway Reservations program.

Alternate Reservations

You can create alternate putaway reservations if you do not agree with the system's suggestions for reserved putaway locations.

As you create alternate suggestions for reserved locations, the system displays new locations for possible reservations. The system also can display the previously reserved location if there have not been any changes to either the putaway movement instructions or the inventory levels.

Creating Putaway Reservations

This section lists a prerequisite and discusses how to:

• Create putaway reservations for individual or all order lines.

• Create putaway reservations by batch.

• Create alternate putaway reservations.

• Set processing options for Online Putaway Reservations (P46130).

Prerequisite

Before you complete the tasks in this section, review the processing options for the Online Putaway Reservations program (P46130) to ensure that you have specified the types and statuses of purchase orders that you want the system to display.

Forms Used to Create Putaway Reservations

Creating Putaway Reservations for Individual or All Order Lines

Access the Online Putaway Reservations Detail form.

Creating Putaway Reservations by Batch

Select Inbound Warehousing Operations (G4611), Batch Reservations.

Creating Alternate Putaway Reservations

Access the Online Putaway Reservations Detail form.

Setting Processing Options for Online Putaway Reservations (P46130)

Processing options enable you to specify the default processing for programs and reports.

Defaults

Use these processing options to specify the order type and statuses for the system to use.

Changing Existing Putaway Reservations

This section provides an overview of changing putaway reservations, and discusses how to:

• Change existing reservations by splitting order lines to multiple locations.

• Change existing reservations manually.

Understanding Putaway Reservation Changes

You can manually change a reserved putaway location to a different location. You would do this if you wanted to change the current reserved location to one that is more convenient for employees or is closer to locations containing other similar items.

The system does not verify that the total item quantity for which you have reserved locations equals the total item quantity for the purchase order line With Online Putaway Reservations.

Forms Used to Change Existing Putaway Reservations

Changing Existing Reservations by Splitting Order Lines to Multiple Locations

Access the Online Putaway Reservations Detail form.

Changing Existing Reservations Manually

Access the Online Putaway Reservations Detail form.