3PL Warehouse Manager

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    • Item Creation
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        • Understanding Units of Measure
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        • Defining Units of Measure
        • Creating Item Assemblies
        • Configuring Item-Level Recurring Storage Charges
        • Configuring Item-Level Storage and Handling Charges
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        • Using the Manage Inventory Page
        • Understanding Allocation Logic
        • Making Adjustments
        • Transferring Inventory
        • Editing Track-By Values
        • Getting Started with Directed Putaway
        • Understanding Directed Putaway Logic
        • Understanding Replenishments
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Using the Manage Inventory Page

Once you confirm a receipt, you can view the associated inventory on the Manage Inventory page. This page allows you to view available inventory levels for each of your customers and facilities, place and release items on hold, and perform customer-to-customer inventory transfers.

This article reviews the basic components of the Manage Inventory page.

To access the Manage Inventory page, you must have the following permission assigned to your user role: Inventory Module > Manage Inventory.

 

If you're interested in learning about how 3PL Warehouse Manager handles inventory allocation, please see Understanding Allocation Logic.

 

Manage Inventory Components

Navigate to Inventory > Manage Inventory in 3PL Warehouse Manager, then continue reading below to learn about each main component of the Manage Inventory page.

Search Filters

In the left pane on the Manage Inventory page, you can find various search filters to help you quickly find what you're looking for in the Manage Inventory grid.

  • You can search for specific inventory items based on the relevant Transaction, Item Detail, Track-By's, Date Range, or Placement in the warehouse.
  • Once you find the search filters that work best for you, you can minimize the filters that take up space, as well as drag-and-drop the filter containers to your preference.
  • You can easily Clear your applied search filters, as well as Save [your customized] View to quickly apply those specific search criteria the next time you access this page. If you make changes to an applied view, click Update to save your changes.
  • You can also click the collapse icon in the top-right corner to hide the search filters and maximize viewing space for the data grid.

Data grid

In the main pane, you can find the customizable Manage Inventory grid.

  • Want enhanced visibility? Select Combine Identical Rows at the top of the grid to combine all "identical" items into a single row to allow for better visibility. Items are considered identical if they have the same Customer, SKU, Qualifier, Lot, and Expiration Date. You can tell rows are combined when they have multiple values separated by commas, such as in the Transaction ID column below.
  • Wish the grid was sorted differently? You can sort columns to your preference by dragging/dropping them, as well as sort your data by a specific column header, with the click of a button.

    Smart User Tip:

    Use < Ctrl > on your keyboard as you click on the column headers to sort by two headers at once.

     
     
  • By selecting Options > Columns, you can select which columns you’d like to display in the grid.


     
  • Need more search filters than what's provided in the left pane? Click the ellipsis next to a column header to filter the data in that column.
  • Just like the ability to save your search filter configurations, you can Save [the] View of your grid customizations from the left pane, as well as revert to the default column data by clicking Options and selecting one of the Reset/Clear options.
  • Do you need to use this data elsewhere? You can export all data displayed in the grid to an Excel or CSV file by clicking Options and selecting one of the Export options.

    Exporting from our system normally gives a 1-to-1 representation of the data from the grid. However, when numerical values contain leading zeroes or exceed 11 characters, those values automatically convert to scientific notation upon opening the file.

     

    One method of avoiding this in Excel is saving the file, converting it to a .txt file, then importing into Excel. To do this, open a blank worksheet, select the Data tab, then specify to import 'From Text/CSV'. For further guidance on this, please refer to Microsoft's help article here.

Action options

You also have several options to take action on your inventory items. Once you select one or more inventory lines from the grid, you can take any of the actions outlined below.

Smart User Tips

Use < Ctrl > or < Shift > on your keyboard to select multiple inventory items. If an option is disabled, you can hover over the option to populate a message at the top of the page that explains why it is unavailable for selection.

 

The Hold drop-down menu allows you to manage the hold status of your inventory. You can also access hold actions by right-clicking on an inventory line.

To utilize the hold functionality, you must have the following permission assigned to your user role: Inventory Module > Manage Item-based Hold.

 

  • Place on hold: Allows you to place one or more inventory items on "hold" and select a 'Reason for Hold'—this action prevents order allocation

    Inventory placed in a Quarantine location is automatically placed on hold and must be moved to a storage location to release that inventory from hold.

     
  • Release from hold: Allows you to release one or more inventory items from "hold"—this action allows orders to be placed against the inventory

The Transfer drop-down menu allows you to transfer inventory to another customer. To learn more about C2C transfers, please see Transferring Inventory.

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