Dock to Stock or direct receipt variation

When receiving by line item in TWL, receipts can be received in multiple ways. For example, one operator could to be receiving product to a pallet and another putting that product away simultaneously. A user may also elect to put the receipt inventory away directly by direct receipt. This in turn becomes inventory that is not on the receipt pallet.

The dock-to-stock function is controlled by parameter 6258, Dock to Stock Receiving. Enable this parameter to combine the receiving and put away processes, and clear your receiving area. The receiving area is cleared because you verify the accuracy of the receipt when you put the items into a storage location. You are directed to place the item on a pallet with a pallet ID. That pallet ID default value is the purchase order number and the line number, rather than being directed to a system-assigned pallet.

The put away logic for direct receipts only considers the item being received. Pending receipts on the dock are not included in the put away calculation for direct receipts.

If an item is required to be cross docked, the put away process directs you to the cross dock location. If you choose not to perform cross docking, then the inventory is received at the dock you are working at. Standard put away logic is used by TWL.

The fourth character of the pallet ID number is incremented by one, if these factors exist:

  • You are creating a direct receipt put away pallet for a lot item
  • You have already received the same item with a different lot number and placed it on the pallet.

For example, you receive Lot 1 for item ABC as line 1 on order 50005. The direct receipt put away pallet is P001500051, and you continue receiving items without putting the items on the pallet away. You receive Lot 3 for the same line item. The direct receipt put away pallet is assigned P002500051. The fourth character of the pallet ID was changed to indicate you received a different lot for the same line item.

You may notice an incorrect quantity when you are putting away the received item. You can reverse the error and change the quantity. Do this by specifying a blank put away location or specifying a put away quantity that is different than the quantity received. The Line Item Receiving screen is displayed, and you can change the quantity received and redo the dock-to-stock receipt.

If your TWL administrator selected Disabled for parameter 6258, then the Direct Receipt field is disabled. The value default is automatically set to No on the Stock Receipt screen.

Note: With direct receipt, this inventory loses its receipt identity and becomes inventory in the warehouse when the put away process is completed. To handle this loss, an intermediate RZ transaction is implemented into the Truck ID receiving functionality.

An intermediate RZ transaction type is used right after a line is received in TWL RF and before the Receipt is closed in TWL RF. When the receipt is closed in TWL RF, then the transaction is changed to an RE type and is brought up to Distribution SX.e. The reason an intermediate RZ transaction type is used is to prevent the receipt from going to Distribution SX.e before the receipt is closed. This designation allows the receipt to be modified after receiving, but before the receipt is closed.

See Receipt modifications.