Warehouse management

Path: Business functionality > Warehouse management · tier official · system warehouse · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

Overview

Warehouse management groups the pages on handling inventory in a warehouse. The overview page “Manage warehouse activities” explains the configuration options, document types, bin types and workflows for receipt, picking, shipping and internal movements. It is the best place to start.

Three subtopics follow the flow of goods: inbound (receiving, put-away, cross-docking), outbound (picking and shipping for sales orders, transfer orders, purchase returns and service orders) and internal (production, assembly and job components, moving items, counting and adjusting inventory). Each one distinguishes basic from advanced warehouse configurations, so check which setup you use before choosing a page, journal or document.

The reports and analytics page covers statistics on current and past inventory and warehouse activity, and printing of barcodes and QR codes.

Key points

• Start with ‘Manage warehouse activities’ for configuration options, document types, bin types and workflows.
• Overview topics include bin management, directed put-away and pick, warehouse receipts and shipments, bin types and bin ranking.
• Inbound covers warehouse receipts, inventory put-aways, warehouse put-aways and cross-docking, in basic and advanced setups.
• Outbound covers four outbound methods, inventory picks, warehouse picks and shipments, and cross-docking for sales, transfer, purchase return and service orders.
• Internal processes cover production, assembly and job components and output, moving items within and between locations, and counting and adjusting inventory.
• Reports and analytics page covers barcode and QR code printing, with encoding of item GTIN, reference number, lot number and serial number.
• Many pages differ between basic and advanced warehouse configurations, so confirm the setup first.

Subtopics

• Inbound warehouse processes (8 pages)
• Outbound warehouse processes (7 pages)
• Internal warehouse processes (11 pages)

More Learn pages

• Inventory and Warehouse Reports and Analytics: Explore the inventory and warehouse reports and analytics that are available in the standard version of Business Central.
• Manage warehouse activities: In addition to receipts and shipments, Business Central supports a series of internal warehouse activities.

Videos, posts and code changes

Linked by a Haiku matcher with a grounding quote from the item’s summary (link/topics.ts); machine-generated.

• #10277 Slice 554749: Inventory put-away/pick support for subcontracting purchase lines and WIP item transfers (code change): “Inventory put-away/pick support for subcontracting purchase lines and WIP”
• #11157 [main] Bug 647991 Assembly-to-Order Item Incorrectly Blocks Shipment of Unrelated Sales Order Line (code change): “Posting inventory picks for non-ATO lines no longer fails due to pending warehouse”
• #12293 Remove CLEAN27 from Warehouse (code change): “Removes code guarded by CLEAN27 from warehouse codeunits”
• #8905 [Master] Different source reference on reservation entries created directly from Job Planning Line and via a warehouse pick. (code change): “Reservation entries for project job planning lines now get the same source reference”
• #9224 [main] GitHub event batch 1746 (code change): “Whse.-Source - Create Document. The description does not say what each fix does”
• #9333 [Main]-Bin content Block Movement does not prevent outbound posting for negative adjustments and sales orders (code change): “Warehouse management logic updated to enforce bin content block rules consistently”
• Direct transfers from warehouse-enabled locations in Business Central 2026 wave 2 (community post): “Direct transfers now support outbound warehouse handling at the source location”
• What’s New: Warehouse Management (2023 release wave 2) (video): “put-away templates; bin policy; warehouse configuration; picking by ranking”
• What’s New: Project Management Receive Project Items with Receipts or Put-Aways(2025 release wave 1) (video): “warehouse receipt; put-away; project purchases; warehouse processes”
• What’s New in Manufacturing: Integration to Warehouse (2025 release wave 1) (video): “Warehouse Putaway for Production Output; Automatic Putaway Document Generation”

Business Central pages and reports

The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.

• Report 704 “Inventory - Transaction Detail”
• Report 707 “Inventory - Availability Plan” · captioned “Inventory - Availability Plan (Obsolete)”
• Report 711 “Inventory - Top 10 List” · captioned “Inventory Top 10 List”
• Report 713 “Inventory - Customer Sales” · captioned “Inventory Customer Sales”
• Report 716 “Inventory Cost and Price List”
• Report 723 “Item - ABC Analysis” · captioned “Item - ABC Analysis (Excel)”
• Report 813 “Inventory Picking List”
• Report 1001 “Inventory Valuation”
• Report 5806 “Item Charges - Specification”
• Report 5807 “Item Age Composition - Qty.” · captioned “Item Age Composition - Quantity (Obsolete)”
• Report 5808 “Item Age Composition - Value” · captioned “Item Age Composition by Quantity and Value”
• Report 5809 “Item Expiration - Quantity”
• Report 6625 “Item GTIN Label”
• Report 6626 “Reference No Label” · captioned “Reference No. Label”
• Report 6627 “SN Label”
• Report 6628 “Lot No Label”
• Report 7150 “Item Dimensions - Detail”
• Report 7151 “Item Dimensions - Total”
• Report 7313 “Whse. Shipment Status” · captioned “Warehouse Shipment Status”
• Report 7319 “Warehouse Bin List”
• Report 7320 “Whse. Adjustment Bin” · captioned “Warehouse Adjustment Bin”
• Page 15 “Location List” · captioned “Locations” · on Table 14 “Location” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 393 “Item Reclass. Journal” · captioned “Item Reclassification Journals” · on Table 83 “Item Journal Line” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 5703 “Location Card” · on Table 14 “Location” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 5768 “Warehouse Receipt” · on Table 7316 “Warehouse Receipt Header” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7302 “Bins” · on Table 7354 “Bin” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7315 “Warehouse Movement” · on Table 5766 “Warehouse Activity Header” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7330 “Posted Whse. Receipt” · on Table 7318 “Posted Whse. Receipt Header” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7332 “Warehouse Receipts” · on Table 7316 “Warehouse Receipt Header” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7333 “Posted Whse. Receipt List” · captioned “Posted Warehouse Receipts” · on Table 7318 “Posted Whse. Receipt Header” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7335 “Warehouse Shipment” · on Table 7320 “Warehouse Shipment Header” · via Outbound warehouse processes
• Page 7337 “Posted Whse. Shipment” · on Table 7322 “Posted Whse. Shipment Header” · via Outbound warehouse processes
• Page 7339 “Warehouse Shipment List” · captioned “Warehouse Shipments” · on Table 7320 “Warehouse Shipment Header” · via Outbound warehouse processes
• Page 7340 “Posted Whse. Shipment List” · captioned “Posted Warehouse Shipments” · on Table 7322 “Posted Whse. Shipment Header” · via Outbound warehouse processes
• Page 7341 “Whse. Shipment Lines” · on Table 7321 “Warehouse Shipment Line” · via Outbound warehouse processes
• Page 7342 “Whse. Receipt Lines” · on Table 7317 “Warehouse Receipt Line” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7349 “Registered Movement” · on Table 5772 “Registered Whse. Activity Hdr.” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7351 “Movement Worksheet” · captioned “Movement Worksheets” · on Table 7326 “Whse. Worksheet Line” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7362 “Posted Whse. Shipment Lines” · on Table 7323 “Posted Whse. Shipment Line” · via Outbound warehouse processes
• Page 7363 “Posted Whse. Receipt Lines” · on Table 7319 “Posted Whse. Receipt Line” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 7382 “Inventory Movement” · on Table 5766 “Warehouse Activity Header” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7384 “Registered Invt. Movement” · on Table 7344 “Registered Invt. Movement Hdr.” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7386 “Registered Invt. Movement List” · captioned “Registered Inventory Movements” · on Table 7344 “Registered Invt. Movement Hdr.” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7387 “Reg. Invt. Movement Lines” · on Table 7345 “Registered Invt. Movement Line” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7399 “Internal Movement” · on Table 7346 “Internal Movement Header” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 7400 “Internal Movement List” · captioned “Internal Movements” · on Table 7346 “Internal Movement Header” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 8510 “Over-Receipt Codes” · on Table 8510 “Over-Receipt Code” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 9000 “Whse. WMS Role Center” · captioned “Shipping and Receiving - Warehouse Management System” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 9008 “Whse. Basic Role Center” · captioned “Inventory Manager” · via Inbound warehouse processes
• Page 9314 “Warehouse Movements” · on Table 5766 “Warehouse Activity Header” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 9330 “Inventory Movements” · on Table 5766 “Warehouse Activity Header” · via Internal warehouse processes
• Page 9345 “Registered Whse. Movements” · captioned “Registered Warehouse Movement List” · on Table 5772 “Registered Whse. Activity Hdr.” · via Internal warehouse processes

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