Order Fulfillment Worksheet is a planning tool rather than a handheld scanning application, so it is not something warehouse staff open directly on a handheld device. Its role is to decide what should be picked, while execution of that pick happens on the handheld once the worksheet has done its job.
The Worksheet Is a Planning Tool
The worksheet is typically used by a warehouse supervisor, shipping manager, or in some cases a customer service representative who needs to determine what can actually ship today. It presents sales orders and transfer orders sorted by criteria such as shipment date or order value, shows current availability and allocation for each line, and lets that person decide what to pick right now versus what should wait. None of this decision making activity is intended to happen on a small handheld screen, since it involves reviewing multiple orders, filtering, sorting, and sometimes manually adjusting allocation before committing to a pick.
Where Handheld Devices Come In
Once a decision has been made in the worksheet and a pick has been created, that pick becomes a standard Business Central warehouse pick or inventory pick, and it is that pick document which appears on the handheld device. From that point forward, the person doing the physical picking in the warehouse only interacts with the handheld. They see a list of what needs to be picked, scan bins and items to confirm the pick, and never need to look at the worksheet planning screen at all. This separation keeps the planning and prioritization logic centralized while keeping the actual execution simple and fast for warehouse staff on the floor.
Automating the Connection Between Planning and Execution
Order Fulfillment Worksheet can also be configured to run automatically on a schedule, generating picks as inventory becomes available without anyone opening the planning page at all. In that configuration, picks simply appear on handheld devices as they are created in the background, and warehouse staff work entirely from the handheld queue without any manual intervention from the planning side. This is a common setup for high volume operations where waiting for someone to manually run the worksheet would slow down fulfillment.
Barcode Scanning for Broader Warehouse Operations
For companies that want comprehensive barcode driven receiving, picking, and inventory movement beyond what standard Business Central picks provide, that functionality is delivered through dedicated warehouse execution tools rather than through the worksheet itself. Those tools are what actually run on the handheld hardware, supporting barcode scanning for verification, guided workflows, and print integration for label generation directly from the device.
Related Tools
Order Fulfillment Worksheet determines what can be shipped and generates the underlying picks. Warehouse Insight is the barcode driven application that runs on handheld devices to execute those picks, along with receiving and inventory movement, using barcode scanning for accuracy. WMS Express provides free, simplified handheld receiving, picking, and inventory movement functionality for warehouses that need the essentials rather than a full featured solution. This is a completely free app from Insight Works for Business Central.
In summary, the worksheet decides what to pick and the handheld device is where that pick gets executed, with barcode scanning tools bridging the two.