Movements
If you have multiple warehouses, Picqer allows you to move products from warehouse A to warehouse B. This is done through a ‘Movement’.
How do you create a movement?
In Picqer, go to Movements > New movement. Select the warehouses between which you want to perform the movement.
Next, add the products you wish to move. You can do this one by one or in bulk via an Excel file. If you are using an Excel file, make sure it contains the following columns:
- Productcode
- Amount
Check the amounts in your movement and click 'Save amounts'. Then move all products at once by clicking 'Move all products'.
You can only move your current free stock. Stock reserved for picklists cannot be moved. Do you want to move the stock from open picklists as well? In that case, first cancel the open picklists. Then, also change the warehouse for the relevant orders. The backorders (created after canceling the picklists) will now be assigned to the new warehouse.
How do we choose locations?
When processing a movement, Picqer determines from which location and to which location in your warehouse the products will be moved. It is not possible to manually influence this choice.
Location from which products are moved
To determine the source location, we first check whether there is sufficient stock in "no specific location" for each product. If there is enough stock to complete the movement, we take the stock from "no specific location".
If there is not enough stock in "no specific location", we look at all locations for this product:
- Is there a pick location with the exact quantity requested in the movement? Then we choose this location.
- Next, we look at pick locations that have enough stock to complete the movement for this product. Among these, we select the location with the lowest stock.
- If no pick location has the full requested quantity, we take stock from multiple locations. We start with the location that has the highest stock to minimize the number of locations used.
- If no pick locations are available, we repeat the above steps for bulk locations.
- If there is insufficient stock in both pick and bulk locations, we supplement the remainder from "no specific location".
Location to which products are moved
If no location has been linked to the product in the new warehouse, the stock will be recorded under "no specific location".
If a location is already linked, the product will be moved there. When multiple locations are linked to a product, Picqer selects the location that already contains stock. If multiple linked locations have stock, Picqer chooses "no specific location".
After the movement is completed, Picqer provides an overview of the executed movements. This overview displays all linked locations of a product. It does not show the specific location to which a product was moved. To view that, navigate to the specific product.
Movement advice
With the Movement advice feature, Picqer provides you with an overview of products that you can move from one warehouse to another. The advice is based on the stock strategy of the product in the warehouse where you are moving the stock.
Stock Strategy 'Purchase only for backorders'If your product has the stock strategy ‘Purchase only for backorders’, Picqer will advise you to move this product when one or more backorders are open. So, if you have 3 backorders for this product in warehouse B, Picqer will advise moving 3 items from warehouse A to warehouse B.
Stock Strategy 'Keep in stock'For products with the stock strategy ‘Keep in stock’, Picqer will advise you to move the product from warehouse A to warehouse B if the stock in warehouse B is at or below the order level. Picqer will then advise moving enough stock to bring it up to the level you have set in the replenish stock field.
