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Putaway

After the GRN, received stock sits in the receiving bin. Putaway moves it to its storage bin. For every pallet, PrismaWMS suggests a bin using your putaway strategy and live data — free space, temperature, hazmat, the bins the owner may use. The worker moves the pallet and confirms; only then is the stock in its new bin.

Where: Inbound → Putaway (also on the PDA app)

A putaway task from start to finish​

The worklist​

Putaway
Putaway
  1. From — where the pallet is now (the receiving bin).
  2. Suggested → To — the bin the strategy suggests; after confirmation, the bin it was really put in.
  3. Status — Open, In progress, Confirmed or Cancelled.
  4. Actions, from left to right:
    • Resolve bin — open the task with the suggestion and alternatives (next section);
    • Print LPN label — the pallet label;
    • Start (assign to me) — take the task;
    • Confirm → bin — confirm the putaway to the suggested bin in one click;
    • Cancel task.

Check the suggestion and confirm​

Click Resolve bin on a task.

Putaway task
Putaway task
  1. From bin — the pallet's current bin. Above it: the GRN, owner, lot and stock on hand.
  2. Strategy suggestion — the suggested bin and why: which strategy was used (here the warehouse default PUT-KL-DEFAULT), its score, and how many bins were eligible (8 eligible of 58). Re-suggest recalculates it — useful when bins have filled up since the GRN.
  3. Ranked candidate bins — the other possible bins with their score, free space and walking distance. Further down, ineligible bins are listed with the reason (e.g. bin is full, single-owner bin holds another owner's stock). Click a bin to choose it instead of the suggestion.
  4. Print LPN — print the pallet label.
  5. Cancel task — cancel this putaway.
  6. Confirm → bin — confirm that the pallet is now in that bin. The stock moves.
Choosing a different bin

If you confirm to a bin that is not the suggested one, PrismaWMS first checks that the bin is eligible (right temperature, not full, allowed for the owner …) and asks for an override reason — some reasons also need a note.

Good to know​

  • On the PDA app, workers scan the pallet's LPN and the destination bin's barcode instead of clicking.
  • If your process has putaway turned off, received stock simply stays in the receiving bin.
  • Stock that was not put away by mistake can always be moved later with Inventory → Transfers.