Default Staging Warehouse (E15)

Purpose: Use this screen to define the warehouse for the system to use when suggesting Staging Warehouse/Location Placement during PO Receipts if you use Radio Frequency to manage your inventory.

Number field: Enter the warehouse code for the staging area where you keep PO receipts that are awaiting putaway. The warehouse code is a 3-position, numeric code that is defined in and validated against the Warehouse table.

Normally, you would define the staging warehouse to be non-allocatable and non-viewable in Order Entry. See Radio Frequency Setup

Assigning LPNs to Inventory

If you define a default staging warehouse, the LPN Tracking (E16) system control value must be selected to assign LPNs (license plate numbers) to stock in order to facilitate the use of radio frequency devices in managing your inventory.

Staging Warehouse/Location Placement

If you use RF, the system will suggest you place PO receipts in the staging warehouse. You must define locations in the Working with Default Warehouse Locations (WWDL) for the system to use in the suggest location placement process. Each default location has a specific type, such as bulk, primary, or in-transit. For example, if you receive a shipment that should be used to replenish an item's primary location, the system will suggest you place the stock in the default primary location in the staging warehouse. When you are ready to move the stock from the staging area to the actual primary location, you would process an additional transaction to register that the inventory is available in that location. See Staging Warehouse/Location Placement for an overview of the process to system takes to suggest inventory placement in the staging warehouse during PO Receipts.

Leave this field blank if you do not have the LPN Tracking (E16) system control value selected. The system will use the Standard Warehouse/Location Placement routine to suggest inventory placement during PO Receipts.

For more information: See:

• Radio Frequency Overview for an overview of the RF process.

• Radio Frequency Setup for more information on the setup required for RF.

• Staging Warehouse/Location Placement for more information on how the system determines where merchandise should be placed in the staging warehouse during PO Receipts.