picklist on out of stock items

[Si Chen-2]

Hi.

Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the items on  
the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This causes out of  
stock items to show up on picklists, and it also causes items which  
are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are needed) to show up.

Si

[David E Jones-2]

The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in stock at  
the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items are to be picked  
so that the picker and packer know that it is a partial order and  
such, and by how much.

-David


On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the items  
> on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This causes out  
> of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also causes items  
> which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are needed) to show up.
>
> Si

[Si Chen-2]

Does that require that the product inventory items have facility  
locations associated with them?

Si


On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:39 AM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in stock  
> at the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items are to be  
> picked so that the picker and packer know that it is a partial  
> order and such, and by how much.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the items  
>> on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This causes  
>> out of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also causes  
>> items which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are needed) to  
>> show up.
>>
>> Si

[Si Chen-2]

So does the product need to be associated with a location for that to  
happen?  If it seems that if you don't have location defined, then  
the whole quantity of the order item shows up with "----" as location.

Si

On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:39 AM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in stock  
> at the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items are to be  
> picked so that the picker and packer know that it is a partial  
> order and such, and by how much.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the items  
>> on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This causes  
>> out of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also causes  
>> items which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are needed) to  
>> show up.
>>
>> Si

[David E Jones-2]

It should still show the inventory counts even there is no facility  
location, and yeah the location is just blanked out.

-David


On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Si Chen wrote:

> So does the product need to be associated with a location for that  
> to happen?  If it seems that if you don't have location defined,  
> then the whole quantity of the order item shows up with "----" as  
> location.
>
> Si
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:39 AM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in stock  
>> at the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items are to be  
>> picked so that the picker and packer know that it is a partial  
>> order and such, and by how much.
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the items  
>>> on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This causes  
>>> out of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also causes  
>>> items which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are needed)  
>>> to show up.
>>>
>>> Si
>

[Si Chen-2]

David,

Ok, I looked at it some more, and this is what it seems to do:

Let's say you order an item, and it is out of stock.  The picking  
sheet will still show a quantity of 1.  On the packing sheet, to the  
right, is a column with header "Inventory Avail:Not Avail" and it  
will show "11000 1:1", "11000" being the inventoryItemId of the  
reservation.

Similarly, if you order 12 of something and only 6 are in stock, on  
the picking sheet it will show 12, and on the packing sheet it will  
show 12:6.

So it seems to me that there are two strange things here.  First, why  
is it showing on the picking sheet?  Second, why does it show up in  
both the "avail" and the "not avail" column?


Si


On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:26 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> It should still show the inventory counts even there is no facility  
> location, and yeah the location is just blanked out.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Si Chen wrote:
>
>> So does the product need to be associated with a location for that  
>> to happen?  If it seems that if you don't have location defined,  
>> then the whole quantity of the order item shows up with "----" as  
>> location.
>>
>> Si
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:39 AM, David E Jones wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in stock  
>>> at the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items are to be  
>>> picked so that the picker and packer know that it is a partial  
>>> order and such, and by how much.
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the  
>>>> items on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This  
>>>> causes out of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also  
>>>> causes items which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are  
>>>> needed) to show up.
>>>>
>>>> Si
>>

[David E Jones-2]

Sounds a bit like a bug then...

-David


On Sep 14, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Si Chen wrote:

> David,
>
> Ok, I looked at it some more, and this is what it seems to do:
>
> Let's say you order an item, and it is out of stock.  The picking  
> sheet will still show a quantity of 1.  On the packing sheet, to  
> the right, is a column with header "Inventory Avail:Not Avail" and  
> it will show "11000 1:1", "11000" being the inventoryItemId of the  
> reservation.
>
> Similarly, if you order 12 of something and only 6 are in stock, on  
> the picking sheet it will show 12, and on the packing sheet it will  
> show 12:6.
>
> So it seems to me that there are two strange things here.  First,  
> why is it showing on the picking sheet?  Second, why does it show  
> up in both the "avail" and the "not avail" column?
>
>
> Si
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:26 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> It should still show the inventory counts even there is no  
>> facility location, and yeah the location is just blanked out.
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Si Chen wrote:
>>
>>> So does the product need to be associated with a location for  
>>> that to happen?  If it seems that if you don't have location  
>>> defined, then the whole quantity of the order item shows up with  
>>> "----" as location.
>>>
>>> Si
>>>
>>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:39 AM, David E Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in  
>>>> stock at the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items  
>>>> are to be picked so that the picker and packer know that it is a  
>>>> partial order and such, and by how much.
>>>>
>>>> -David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the  
>>>>> items on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This  
>>>>> causes out of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also  
>>>>> causes items which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are  
>>>>> needed) to show up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Si
>>>
>

[Si Chen-2]

Ok.  Just wanted to make sure it wasn't a feature that I didn't  
understand.  I'll take a look.

Si

On Sep 14, 2006, at 11:34 AM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> Sounds a bit like a bug then...
>
> -David
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> Ok, I looked at it some more, and this is what it seems to do:
>>
>> Let's say you order an item, and it is out of stock.  The picking  
>> sheet will still show a quantity of 1.  On the packing sheet, to  
>> the right, is a column with header "Inventory Avail:Not Avail" and  
>> it will show "11000 1:1", "11000" being the inventoryItemId of the  
>> reservation.
>>
>> Similarly, if you order 12 of something and only 6 are in stock,  
>> on the picking sheet it will show 12, and on the packing sheet it  
>> will show 12:6.
>>
>> So it seems to me that there are two strange things here.  First,  
>> why is it showing on the picking sheet?  Second, why does it show  
>> up in both the "avail" and the "not avail" column?
>>
>>
>> Si
>>
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:26 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It should still show the inventory counts even there is no  
>>> facility location, and yeah the location is just blanked out.
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Si Chen wrote:
>>>
>>>> So does the product need to be associated with a location for  
>>>> that to happen?  If it seems that if you don't have location  
>>>> defined, then the whole quantity of the order item shows up with  
>>>> "----" as location.
>>>>
>>>> Si
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 10:39 AM, David E Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The picklists show how much (according to the system) is in  
>>>>> stock at the location(s) (or lack thereof...) where the items  
>>>>> are to be picked so that the picker and packer know that it is  
>>>>> a partial order and such, and by how much.
>>>>>
>>>>> -David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Si Chen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a design reason why the picklist will show all the  
>>>>>> items on the order, instead of just what's in inventory?  This  
>>>>>> causes out of stock items to show up on picklists, and it also  
>>>>>> causes items which are short stocked (ie 3 in stock when 5 are  
>>>>>> needed) to show up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Si
>>>>
>>