Configuring the Enhanced Receipt Quarantines Workflow

Note:

You can only implement either the Receipt Quarantines or Enhanced Receipt Quarantines workflow at any specific time.

For more information, see the following topics:

Follow this procedure to configure the appropriate parameters for your bins and inventory statuses for the Enhanced Receipt Quarantines workflow.

To inspect an item available in inventory from a specific bin or inventory status, see Creating an Ad Hoc Inspection Queue Without a Transaction Reference.

To configure the Enhanced Receipt Quarantines workflow:

To set up the specification context at an item record level for inspection queue generation based on a transaction, complete Creating a Specification Context.
Go to Customization > Workflow > Workflows.
Click Receipt Quarantines, and then complete the following:
1. Click Edit.
  
  The Basic Information window opens.
2. To stop executing the Receipt Quarantines workflow, set the Release Status to Suspended.
3. Click Save.
Go to Customization > Workflow > Workflows.
Click Enhanced Receipt Quarantines, and then complete the following:
1. Click Edit.
2. To prevent the initiation of new records into the Enhanced Receipt Quarantines workflow, set the Release Status to Not Initiating.
3. Click Save.
4. From the More… list, select Make Copy.
  
  The workflow copy opens in edit mode. For example, Enhanced Receipt Quarantines (2).
To configure the workflow states for the workflow copy, click the Fail state in the diagrammer, and then complete the following:
1. In the context panel, on the State subtab and under the Entry section, hover over the Quarantine On Quality Data action.
2. Click the edit icon.
  
  The Workflow Action window opens.
3. In the Parameters section, to assign your NetSuite transaction inventory detail a bin before an inspection, select your preferred bin for the Pre-Inspection Bin.
  
  You can assign a pre-inspection (quarantine) bin to all the lots for the item.
  
  By default, Quarantine Bin is selected.
  
  Note:
  To configure the workflow properly, you must assign the same Pre-Inspection Bin for the Fail, After Data Creation, and Pass states.
4. To move the inspected item or lot to the Pass bin when the inspection passes, select your preferred bin for Bin On Pass.
5. To move the inspected item or lot to the Fail bin when the inspection fails, select your preferred bin for Bin On Fail.
6. To assign your NetSuite transaction inventory detail an inventory status before an inspection, select your preferred status for the Pre-Inspection Status.
  
  You can assign a pre-inspection status to items or lots you want to inspect.
  
  By default, Quarantine Status is selected.
7. To move the inspected item or lot to the Pass inventory status when the inspection passes, select your preferred status for Inventory Status On Pass.
8. To move the inspected item or lot to the Fail status when the inspection fails, select your preferred status for Inventory Status On Fail.
9. Click Save.
Note:
By default, the Create Bin Transfer and Change Inventory Status boxes are checked to implement bin transfers and change inventory statuses, respectively. You should not clear the boxes.
Click the After Data Creation state in the diagrammer, and then repeat steps 6a-i.
Click the Pass state in the diagrammer, and then repeat steps 6a-i.
In the context panel of the workflow copy, click the Workflow subtab.
Click the edit icon.

The Workflow window opens.
To run your workflow with the configured parameters for your bins and inventory statuses, in the Basic Information section, set the Release Status to Released.
Click Save.

To configure the Enhanced Receipt Quarantines workflow:

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