Outbound
Outbound is everything that happens to send goods out: a customer order arrives, PrismaWMS reserves the stock, workers pick it, pack it into cartons, put the cartons on the staging lane, load the truck and ship. Stock only leaves the warehouse at the very end — when the shipment is confirmed.
The outbound journey
| Step | Document | What changes in stock |
|---|---|---|
| Order Pool | SO-… | nothing — the customer's demand |
| Allocation | reservation | stock is reserved for the order (no longer free for others) |
| Waves | WV-… | pick tasks are created from the reservations |
| Picking | pick tasks | stock moves from its bin to outbound staging |
| Packing | cartons CTN-… | nothing — picked units are put in cartons |
| Staging | stage task | cartons move to a staging lane |
| Loading | LD-… | nothing — cartons are scanned onto the truck |
| Shipping & Docs | SHP-… | stock is issued out of the warehouse |
Your warehouse decides which steps to use
Your administrator sets the outbound steps in Administration → Workflow Designer → Process (and can override them per owner):
- Waves — on by default. When off, picks are released order by order.
- Packing — required by default. When off, picked units can ship without cartons.
- Loading — optional by default: use it when you want carton-by-carton load control.
- Ship confirm from — Packed (default) or Picked.
Screens in this chapter
Order PoolAll customer orders and where they are.AllocationReserve stock for orders.WavesGroup orders and release pick work.PickingPick tasks from bin to staging.PackingPack picked units into cartons.StagingMove cartons to the outbound lane.LoadingLoad cartons onto the truck.Shipping & DocsShip, print documents, track delivery.