Putaway inventory

This article is applicable only if you want to manage inventory at your fulfilment location.

Putaway is performed once the receiving and quality check (QC) has been conducted for the items. It refers to the process of storing goods in their designated storage location.

Depending on the product type, the storage location can be a shelf, container, bin, pallet, or any other assigned location. In Eshopbox, storage locations are generally referred to as Shelf.

The putaway process helps:

With efficient storage of goods
To keep an accurate track of your inventory and its storage location
To speed up the picking process while fulfilling an order, you will know the exact location of items to be picked

To perform a putaway you need to ensure that a putaway is created. There are two ways in which a putaway can be created:

Putaway is created automatically: For the inward sellable items and cancelled order items. You can directly perform the putaway using the assigned tote for the items.
Putaway is created manually: For return items, putaway is created manually by assigning a tote to the items. Once it is created, you can then perform the putaway.

Below are the types of putaways on the basis of the type of inventory:

Inventory Type	Description	How will the putaway be created?
Sellable inwards (Previously known as Inward sellable items)	To store the items that were received in the consignment and were QC accepted while doing GRN.	Automatic
Non sellable inwards (Previously known as Non sellable GRN items)	To store the items that were received in the consignment and were QC rejected while doing GRN	Automatic
Sellable Cancelled items (Previously known as Cancelled sellable items)	To store the items that were cancelled after picking	Automatic
Sellable Cancelled items (Previously known as Cancelled sellable items)	To store the items that were cancelled after packing	Manual
Non sellable cancelled items (Previously known as Cancelled non sellable items)	To store the items that were QC rejected while packing an order	Automatic
Sellable returns (Previously known as Return sellable items)	To store the items that were QC rejected while packing an order	Manual
Non sellable returns (Previously known as Return non sellable items)	To store the QC rejected items received in returns	Manual

In this article, you will learn how to perform putaway.

Before you start, make sure you have:

Tote with the items that you have to putaway is handy
A handheld device with a good internet connection
For returns, putaway is created manually.

Steps to create a manual putaway

To perform a putaway for returns of both sellable and non-sellable inventory, you must first manually create a putaway.

Follow the steps below to create a manual putaway for returns:

Step 1: Login into your Eshopbox workspace. Navigate to the header and select Inventory > Manage Inventory.

Step 2: You will be redirected to Inventory snapshot page. Click on Putaway inventory from the top pane.

Step 3: You will be redirected to the Putaways page. Navigate to the right top corner and click on Create putaway.

Step 4: You will be redirected to Create putaway page. Select the putaway type and click on OK to proceed.

Step 5: Enter the tote code that you will be using to move the items to the storage location and click OK.

Once you submit, your putaway is created, and you will be redirected to the Putaway page. You need to perform the putaway now.

Steps to perform putaway

To perform putaway at your fulfilment location, you need to follow the below given steps:

Step 1: Login into your Eshopbox workspace. Navigate to the header and select Inventory > Manage Inventory.

Step 2: You will be redirected to Inventory snapshot page. Click on Putaway inventory from the top pane.

Step 3: You will be redirected to the Putaways page. Search the tote code in the search bar for which you need to complete the putaway. The details of the particular pending putaway will appear on your screen.

Step 4: Click on Complete putaway.
Step 5: You will be redirected to the Complete putaway page. Click on Add. You will be redirected to the add items page.
Step 6: Scan the shelf on which you want to keep the items. The details of the scanned shelf will be displayed on your screen, press enter and Click on OK.
Step 7:
a. For SKU-level traceability: Scan the scannable identifier from the product label. Press enter and click on OK.
Provide the quantity and click on Submit.
b. For item-level traceability: Scan the Item barcodes for all the products that need to be stored on a particular shelf.
Step 8: Repeat steps 5 and 6 to place all the items on their designated shelves and click on Complete.
You will be redirected to the complete putaway page.
Step 9: Verify all the items that you have added for putaway and click on Complete.

Step 10: In case any items from the tote are left for putaway, a list of pending items will be displayed on the screen, and you will not be able to close the putaway.

You need to go back, complete the putaway of the pending items, and then click on Submit to complete the putaway.

Once putaway is completed, the inventory update is immediately sent to the integrated sales channels.