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Put-Away for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
After goods are received, they need to be placed in the correct bin quickly and accurately. Warehouse Insight’s put-away application connects your receiving dock to your bin network through a scan-to-confirm workflow driven entirely by Business Central’s put-away rules. Workers follow directed instructions on their mobile device, scan to verify placement, and post — without returning to a desktop.
At a Glance
- One-step or two-step put-away: receive to staging first, or put-away directly, all configured in Business Central
- Business Central’s put-away rules direct workers to the correct bin automatically, for both fixed and open (chaotic) bin layouts
- Scan a license plate barcode to move an entire pallet to a bin in one step, no line-by-line confirmation required
- Every workflow detail, including fields displayed, scan sequence, auto-post behavior, and UI view, are configured inside Business Central, not in a separate system
Key Capabilities
One-step and two-step receiving. Warehouse Insight supports both direct put-away and a staged approach, where goods are received into a holding area first, then put away as a separate, directed task. The workflow is set in Business Central’s warehouse configuration, and the device follows it automatically.
BC-driven bin routing. Put-away instructions come directly from Business Central’s put-away rules and bin rankings. Fixed bin items are directed to their designated location. For open-bin (chaotic storage) warehouses, the system recommends the optimal available bin based on bin capacity and ranking. Workers confirm placement by scanning — they do not navigate the routing decision themselves.
License plate put-away. If pallets or containers were built as license plates during receiving, a single scan of the LP barcode puts the entire pallet away in one step. No scanning individual items or lines.
Auto-post on close. Put-away documents can be configured to post automatically when the worker closes the task, eliminating the risk of forgetting to post. Manual posting is also available as a menu option, or posting can be restricted to supervisors.
Auto-split on partial placement. When a bin cannot accept the full quantity on a line, Warehouse Insight can automatically split the remaining quantity to a new line so the worker can continue without stopping to manually manage the document.
Multiple UI views. Workers can use Grid view to see all put-away lines at once, or switch to Card view for a single-line-at-a-time directed experience. Card view is well-suited to tablets mounted on forklifts or pick carts, where a focused display reduces errors.
Bin and item inquiry on the device. Workers can launch a bin inquiry or item inquiry directly from within the put-away application without exiting the task. If a bin label is damaged, the bin can be entered manually as a fallback.
Full configurability in Business Central. Which columns appear on the device, what scan behaviors apply, whether auto-post is enabled, and whether take lines require manual confirmation — all of it is set in Business Central. Nothing requires a separate portal or external configuration tool.
How Put-Away Works in Warehouse Insight
When a warehouse receipt is posted in Business Central, or when an inventory put-away is created, a put-away document becomes available on the worker’s device. The worker opens the document, scans the destination bin, scans the item, confirms the quantity, and marks the line as handled.
For license plate put-away, the worker scans the LP barcode once, and the entire pallet is assigned to the bin. When all lines are complete, the document is posted from the device, and Business Central’s inventory records are updated in real time.
The two-step process, where goods first land in a staging bin before a separate put-away task is created, is fully supported and runs through the same device workflow.
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Why Warehouse Insight Put-Away Stands Out
Put-away logic in Warehouse Insight lives entirely inside Business Central. The bin routing rules, the fields shown on the device, the scan sequence, and the posting behavior. All of this is configured in BC and read by the device at runtime. There is no external system to configure or keep in sync.
Most WMS solutions for Business Central offer a single mobile interface for put-away. Warehouse Insight gives your team multiple fully configurable views: Grid for high-density document visibility, Card for forklift-mounted tablets where one directed step at a time reduces errors. Each view is configured in Business Central, so the right experience reaches the right worker without any device-side setup.
License plate put-away is where high-volume receiving operations see the clearest time savings. A worker who builds pallets as license plates during receiving can put entire pallets away with one scan per pallet. For warehouses processing dozens of inbound pallets per shift, that compresses what would otherwise be dozens of line-by-line confirmations into a single motion per pallet.
Who Uses Put-Away
Receiving clerks and warehouse associates use put-away as the natural next step after confirming inbound goods. In two-step receiving operations, a second worker, often operating a forklift, picks up staged pallets and executes the put-away task from a tablet mounted on the vehicle. Warehouse supervisors configure the workflow in Business Central: which bins are suggested, whether auto-post is on, and whether posting requires supervisor authorization. Once that configuration is in place, workers follow directed steps on the device, and the system handles the rest.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. In a one-step workflow, goods are received directly into a storage bin in a single transaction. In a two-step workflow, goods are first received into a staging or receiving area, and a separate put-away task is then created in Business Central for the worker to execute. Both workflows are supported and driven by Business Central’s standard warehouse configuration. The device reads the setup and automatically presents the correct task to the worker.
Bin routing is driven by Business Central’s put-away rules and bin rankings. For items assigned to a fixed bin, the system directs the worker to that bin. For warehouses using open-bin or chaotic storage, Business Central calculates the optimal available bin based on bin capacity, ranking, and item classification. Workers confirm placement by scanning the bin barcode, which physically verifies the location before the transaction is posted.
Yes. If the pallet was built as a license plate during receiving, the worker scans the LP barcode once to assign the entire pallet to the destination bin. This eliminates line-by-line scanning for multi-SKU or high-quantity inbound pallets, significantly reducing the time required for high-volume put-away shifts.
Everything is configured inside Business Central. The fields displayed on the device, the scan sequence, auto-post behavior, whether take lines require manual confirmation, and which UI view workers see are all set in BC’s device configuration pages. There is no separate portal, no external administration tool, and no configuration that lives outside Business Central.
Yes. The put-away application handles both inventory put-aways and warehouse put-aways within Business Central. Inventory put-aways, which are used in standard warehousing configurations without directed bin routing, are processed through the same application using the same scan-to-confirm workflow. The device presents the appropriate document type based on Business Central’s warehouse configuration at the location.
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