Fulfillment Warehouse
Fulfillment warehouses are used to automatically replenish stock in the primary warehouse for a register when there is not enough quantity on hand to complete a transaction. Instead of making an override transaction, the fulfillment warehouse feature will transfer enough quantity of the item from any of the fulfillment warehouses to the primary warehouse in order to complete the transaction.
Each register can specify a list of fulfillment warehouses and the order in which each warehouse should be checked for stock. If the first warehouse on the list does not have enough stock on hand to transfer to the primary warehouse, the next warehouse on the list is checked. Each warehouse is check in order until a warehouse that does have sufficient stock is found. Once found, the stock is transferred to the primary warehouse and the POS transaction is completed normally without any override transactions in Inventory.
If after looking through all fulfillment warehouses no warehouse is found with sufficient stock on hand, a POS override transaction is made in the primary warehouse.
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Even with fulfillment warehouses, an inventory override can still occur if there are no warehouses with enough stock on hand to complete the sale.
Sale Qty = 100
Warehouse | On Hand |
Warehouse For Stock | 50 |
Warehouse 1 | 30 |
Warehouse 2 | 90 |
In the above example, 100 widgets are being sold. The primary or Warehouse for Stock warehouse does not have enough on hand. The fulfillment warehouses are searched and none of those have sufficient quantity as well. In this case, a POS Override transaction is made which will add 50 widgets to the Warehouse for Stock in order to complete the sale.