Transitional Area Setup

Transitional areas are non-standard bins that impact the receiving and picking process outside of the processing:

• If more than one of the transitional areas is in use across a location, the area names must be unique.
• To be available for selection, you must set the bin to Is mixed in Inventory Location Maintenance.
• To create bin transfers to and from the transitional areas, you must select the Automatically generate transaction/document reference on the Inventory Module Control > Bin Adjustment > Transfer form.

Receiving Area

Use this feature to define a receiving area in the warehouse that is separate from the picking locations. If a receiving area is set up, all inventory receipts for items located in bins are received into the nominated receiving area in the first instance.

Greentree can then generate put away requests to transfer the items from the receiving area into bulk or picking bins using the Replenishment and Put Away Process. YOu can access the Receiving Area setup form under the System > Inventory > Warehouse Bin Management menu.

Packing Area

Use this feature to define a logical or physical packing area in the warehouse . The area is used to temporarily transfer inventory into after it is picked (up until it is invoiced). The picking location capacity is properly adjusted increased capacity to support calculations made during the Replenishment and Put Away Process. If a packing area is not used, the capacity of the picking location is not adjusted until you invoice the picked line.

Set up a packing area the same way you would set up a receiving area.

To generate a bin transfer to the nominated packing area when an order is picked, select the option to Automatically generate transaction/document reference in IN Control for transactions. Greentree generates the transfer transaction is when the packing slip line indicator is picked updates to true. When the line is invoiced, the packing area is cleared of invoiced quantities.

Cross docking area

Cross docking provides an area to hold receipted goods in a separate (non receipting) area before releasing linked sales orders. The cross docking area is excluded from the picking hierarchy. Inventory held in this area is included in the inventory on hand balance but is not available to other transactions