Warehouses

Warehouse Detailed Overview

Warehouse is a facility for storing goods. It is usually a large building in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities and towns, however warehouses can differ in size and locations according to the nature of the business.

Principal warehouse activities include receipt of product, storage, shipment, order picking, and sometimes production.

Creating New Warehouse

Reminder: if P4Warehouse is integrated to an ERP then the warehouse codes need to match the ERP. Consult with your P4 Warehouse Partner prior to setting up the warehouses.

To create new Warehouse, navigate to Setup > Warehouse > Warehouses. From the Warehouses tab you can see all your existing warehouses and create new one.

Clicking 'New' button in the top right corner as shown below.

In the pop-up 'Warehouse Details' window fill out the warehouse 'Code', 'Name', and 'Description' fields if applicable.

Press 'Submit' button to finalize your new Warehouse generation.

Notice: 'Code' field is mandatory for filling.

Adding/Editing Warehouse Information

To add or edit information about existing warehouses, select desirable option and click the link from the 'Code' column.

In the following window users can add or edit basic information about the warehouse. It is the best practice to fill as much information as possible.

To disable existing warehouse click 'Discontinue' button.

Warning: Discontinue operation is irrevocable.

To save your progress click 'Update' button in the top right corner. Changes do not save automatically.

Deleting Warehouse

To delete a warehouse navigate to Setup > Warehouse > Warehouses and click 'Delete' button from the 'Action' column.

Notice: If the chosen warehouse has 'Zones' the system will abort the deletion process. Users will be required to delete zones first.

Warehouse Monitoring Features

P4W system provide tool for warehouse monitoring and better control.

Changes

This section represents complete log of the warehouse starting from its creation date and finishing with the latest edit. Changes only reflect warehouse information details and do not reflect zones, bins, or products within warehouse.

Events column represent the log of every modification that was made to the warehouse. In the mean time, 'Details' sections shows exactly the nature of the event, user who is responsible for the new log entry and the exact timestamp, as shown above. Finally, 'Changes' table list what exactly has been added/edited in the product.

Notice: Only updated changes will be reflected in the event table. Changes are not saved automatically.

Notes

This tool allow users to create notes about the warehouse. To create new note click 'Notes...' link from the warehouse page and chose 'New note' option in the bottom right corner in the pop-up window.

Enter subject and the note itself in the 'Details' pop-up window. Click 'Submit' to continue.

Notice: 'Subject' field is mandatory for filling.

After creating new note, users can add attachments (e.g., text file, picture, etc.) by clicking 'Upload' link from the 'Attachment' column.

Finally, notes can be deleted by clicking 'Remove' button from 'Action column'.