Displaying Warehouse Locations for Products

Use Product Location Maintenance to help establish and track multiple stocking locations for a product. In contrast, use Warehouse Location Maintenance to view and track what products are located in each warehouse location.

The Product Location Maintenance screen has different screen views to assist you in tracking the product locations. The views change the right-hand columns' display to show different statistics for the product, such as the home location, pre-packaged quantities, or the last count and expiration date.

Using the Product Location Maintenance screen, you can do the following to display a product's locations:

Display All Locations for Products in the Warehouse

Use the Product Location Maintenance screen to determine all the locations and the quantities in each location for a product in your warehouse.

To display the locations for a product:

  1. From the Whse Mgt menu, select Product Location Maintenance to display the Product Location Maintenance screen.

  2. In the Branch field, enter the branch for which you want to view product location information.

  3. In the Product field, enter the product ID preceded by a period, product name, or product catalog number of the product for which you want to view location information. Press F10 for a list of recently accessed products.

The system populates the rest of the screen with the product and location information for the product, as described below:

Field

Description

Control Type

How the material is tracked, for example, as a detail lot. Press F10 and select one of the following choices:

  • None - All products are interchangeable and require no individual identification or inspection.

  • Lot - The product is tracked individually or by group, such as a spool of wire or a group of tile from a particular dye batch. When receiving the product, record a lot number so when the product ships, you can identify it with that lot number. Lots can have any quantity from zero. Products with no on-hand amounts do not require lot numbers for a location without inventory. Common lot control products are items such as wire that you cut from a spool and tile that requires color matching.

  • Detail Lot - The product is set up as a detail lot, which allows you to closely monitor manufacturing quality of selected inventory at the lot level. Along with manufacturing information, Detail Lot Maintenance allows you to track the original cost of a product, value of any enhancements, and the current appraised value.

Total On-Hand

The total number of products per unit on-hand in your warehouse.

Ser# Balance

The total number of products that are serialized and on-hand in your warehouse.

T (Type)

The type for the product, such as S for stock and F for defective. To change the type, press F10 and select a type.

Location

The product's location in your warehouse. Location codes identify the physical location in your warehouse where you store the product. For example, your location codes may be XX-XX-XX-XX  for a four dimensional locator for zone, row, section, and shelf location, or a description such as South Yard.

Lot/Serial#

The lot ID for the products in this warehouse location, if the product is lot controlled. Lot controlled products have a control type of Lot in the Control Type area.

If the product requires serial numbers, the serial number of the products in this location. Select Serial Queue from the Inquiry menu to set the serial numbers for the product.

Note: The system limits this field display to 15 characters.

Tag ID

The sales order, purchase order, transfer order, or adjustment number for types other than Stock. The tag ID only displays when stock in the location is associated with an order. If the location holds vendor consignment inventory, the vendor name displays in this field.

On Hand

The on-hand quantity of the product at the matching location.

Any change to a quantity assigned to a location results in a posting to Inventory Adjustments noted with a Locations Adjustment comment, regardless of whether the overall on-hand quantity changed.

UM

The unit of measure for the product quantity, for example, each (ea).

S (Status)

The location status for the product:

  • Primary – First location to stock the product.

  • Secondary – Backup location when the primary location is full.

  • Floating – Temporarily assigned location that is used only until supply in that location reaches zero quantity.

  • Remnant – Location for material that contains less than the original amount. For example, half a spool of wire. For more information about remnants, see Assigning Products a Remnant Location Status.

  • In Process – Processing location that cannot be changed.

Note: Additional fields may be available depending on the view you are using.

  1. Press Esc to save changes and exit the screen.

Changing the Location Display Order

You may have a product that has multiple serial numbers or lots, or that you store in multiple locations in your warehouse, creating a lengthy locations list for a product. Change the display order in the Product Location screen for locations that fall at the bottom of the list, that you access or monitor frequently. Changing the display order allows you to place the locations you access or monitor through this screen frequently to the top of the list so you do not have to scroll through the list to find them.

To change the location display order:

  1. Display the locations for a product.

  2. Move your cursor to the line item you want to move.

  3. Use the Move Ln hot key and move your cursor to the line to which you want to move the selected line item.

  4. Press Enter.

The line item for the location moves to the new location.

  1. Press Esc to save your changes. The next time you use the Product Location Maintenance screen to view the locations, the locations display in the new order.

More Options from the Product Location Maintenance Screen

The Product Location Maintenance screen also offers these options.

Hot Key

Function

Fut Ldgr

Displays the Future Ledger screen. Use this screen to view the product's future activity, such as committed sales orders.

Hist Ldgr

Displays the History Ledger screen. Use this screen to view every transaction for the product that resulted in the current on-hand quantity.

Inv Inq

Displays the Inventory Inquiry screen. Use this screen to view up-to-the-minute product inventory data.

View Tag

Displays the purchase order, sales order, transfer order, or return to which the product is attached, if any.

Actv Log

Displays the product's activity log.

View

Displays the Views screen. Use this screen to change the Product Location Maintenance view

Serial #

Displays the Serial Number Entry screen. Use this screen to list or assign available serial numbers for the product in the location selected by your cursor in the Product Location Maintenance screen.

DetLots

Displays the Detail Lot screen. Use this screen to view the detail lots tied to the product

See Also:

Changing Product Locations

Changing Product Quantities

Displaying Products in Warehouse Locations

Product Location Maintenance Overview