Setting up OWM per Location

Advanced Online Warehouse Management for Drink-IT  •  Article  •  3/29/2024  •  3 min

You can customize the specifications for each warehouse location with the location setup and tailor Avanced Online Warehouse Management to suit the specific needs of your warehouses.


Supported warehouse configurations in the Aptean Advanced Online Warehouse Management

Guided Directed
Bin Mandatory Bin Mandatory
Require Shipment Require Shipment
Require Pick Require Pick
Require Receive Require Receive
Require Put-Away Require Put-Away
Directed Put-away and Pick Directed Put-away and Pick
  1. Select the Search icon , enter Locations, and then choose the related link.
  2. Select the Location, you wish to setup for Advanced Online Warehouse Management.
  3. On the action bar,select Configure OWM.
  4. Fill in the fields as necessary. Hover over a field to read the tooltip.
  5. On the Request Forms FastTab, in the Processing Module field, select Advanced Online Whse. Management.
  6. When using Advanced Online Warehouse Management, the Put-Away, Pick, and Production Output actions are always direct registered and posted. So, there is no need to enable those options on the On completion, post.. FastTab. The shipment is never posted, so there is no need to enable it. Following options can be enabled to post when completing the document on the scanner:
    1. Receipt
    2. Consumption Journal
    3. Returnable items: Please check the Walkthrough: Shipping returnable empty goods to the vendor
  7. On the Journal Setup FastTab, select the appropriate journals for the Production Output, Production Consumption and Bin Movement (non directed) groups. Based on the modules you choose, enter the corresponding details in the Adv. Consumption, Bin Replenishment and Loadlist groups.
    When using the Adv. Consumption group, it is mandatory to fill in the Warehouse Template Group and Warehouse Template Code fields.


What does Direct registering and posting mean in Advanced Online Warehouse Management?

OWM start to process and register or post the scanned information, from the moment you complete the document on the scanner. Direct registering and posting in Advanced Online Warehouse Management immediately registers or posts every scan you do. It gives you the advantage, every item and license plate is always in the correct bin after a put-away, pick, production output, and movement. It ensures the following conditions:

  • Your inventory is always up to date.
  • Any mistakes when picking will immediately trigger a warning or an error on the scanner.
  • No intermediate table to check when inventory is not up to date.

See also

Walkthrough: Shipping returnable empty goods to the vendor