Transfer Inventory

To move inventory from one warehouse to another simply create a transfer request from the originating warehouse to the receiving address. This will initiate an inbound internal order to be created and set up on the receiving end warehouse. This will also create an outbound order flow for the origin inventory to be picked and shipped.

You must turn on the transfer functionality from your account configuration

• 1) Export all transfer orders with the CSV button

• 2) Filter transfer orders by creation date, order status, origin warehouse, destination warehouse and paginate through transfer orders

• 3) Transfer order status

1. Processing: The transfer has been created but no further action has been taken

2. Partially Fulfilled: Some items in the order have been picked and packaged with a shipment created

3. Fulfilled: All items on the outbound side of the transfer have been picked, packaged, and fulfilled with a carrier label or manual shipment

4. Partially Checked-In: Some items of the transfer have been checked-in to the inbound side of the transfer and allocated to a bin

5. Checked-In: All items on the transfer have been fulfilled on the outbound side and checked-in on the inbound side

6. Cancelled: The transfer order is no longer open for any actions

Each cross-dock request creates one outbound transfer for the originating warehouse and one inbound transfer for the receiving warehouse. The process starts on the outbound side where you can pick the items and get them ready for transfer.

To do so, go into your transfer orders or go to the originating warehouse, select transfers > outbound, and select the transfer you want to initiate.

Create the Transfer

• 1) Select the transfers tab on the left side menu

• 2) Select the 'From' (outbound) and 'To' (inbound) side warehouse for your transfer

• 3) Turn on automated transfer suggestions to have SKUSavvy suggest the quantity to transfer based on min/max values of the inbound side of the transfer

• 4) Enter a note for the transfer

• 5) Select a warehouse inventory to view and whether or not to show all items or just the in stock items at the origin warehouse

• 6) Select a sales date range to consider for transfer suggestions then apply the suggestions

• 7) Import items and toggle the list/flat view for the items being presented

• 8) Enter your filters for narrowing down the items to be shown including search, product type, price, cost, tags

• 9) Dropdown caret to view inventory on-hand quantity, committed quantity, expected quantity and avg. sales

• 10) View inventory of the item

• 11) Enter the quantity you want to add to the transfer for a given item

Order Form Detail

Below are some details to be aware of when creating a transfer order. 

The first is when you click on an item within the transfer order form, you will see details related to the replenishment and current stock levels of the item.

• 1) View min/max and current inventory level of the item for the selected transfer to warehouse

• 2) Total on-hand inventory value within the warehouse

• 3) Total committed stock of the item

• 4) Total expected quantity for the current outbound warehouse

• 5) Average sales per day of the item

When you click on an outbound transfer you will see the details of the transfer, as well as a button at the bottom of the transfer details to 'Fulfill' which will take you through a pick flow. Click on this to get started.

• 1) Transfer order number and status

• 2) 3-dot menu and transfer cancellation. Next to this is the ability to paginate through transfer orders

• 3) From warehouse is the originating outbound side of the transfer. Stock will come from this warehouse going to the inbound side. Click on the warehouse name to navigate to the outbound side

• 4) To warehouse is the inbound side of a transfer. Click on the warehouse name to navigate to the inbound side of a transfer

• 5) Transfer notes can be visible throughout the transfer process

• 6) Edit the transfer order to add items and update quantities. Note there is a setting on the configuration to be able to edit a transfer order all the way through check-in

• 7) Items and the quantity expected on the transfer

• 8) Warehouse the transfer is being fulfilled from as well as the 'Fulfill' button to start preparing the transfer

Scan settings for transfers are adopted from pick/pack scan settings in your configuration. When using a hardware scanner with scan settings turned on simply scan, there is no need to click any button to scan.

Transfer Batch Settings

These settings are accessed through the 3-dot menu in the top right of any order pick batch

• 1) View the logs for the transfer to show all activity

• 2) Settings for test shipping labels, warehouse layout options, automatic shipping label printing, weight entry, manual counting dialog

• 3) Max time allowed for the pick routing algorithm to finish route planning, it may not be fully optimized if the route runs out of time. High times for long line item orders may take a while to plan

• 4) Resolution is how fine tuned the routing algorithm with consider for spaces and aisles between shelves, smaller is almost always better

• 5) Setting to turn on/off your own custom shipping labels which can be built in the custom label creator

• 6) Turn on/off carrier services options

• 7) Transfer order batch barcode which can be assigned, generated and printed out so a staff member can scan it to come right back into the transfer order where it was left off

• 8) Batch barcode

Pack & Fulfill Transfer Contents

Once you click 'Pack' SKUSavvy will show the necessary information to be able to pack the order, count items in each box, and select shipping.

• 1) Transfer info, click to expand

• 2) View the transfer to make edits and switch to inbound/outbound side of the transfer workflow

• 3) Select or add packaging. You must use some packaging even if you are sending via pallet or internally.

• 3.a) View the 3D palletized view of your items with the packaging selected

• 3.b) View or enter a custom weight of the items on the transfer

• 4) Items to pack, click to pack when using no scans or camera scanner or simply scan to pack items with hardware scanner

• 5) Unpack items back to the batch (remains picked) or back to the bin directly to unpack and unpick

• 6) Mark the order manually fulfilled (and you can skip carrier tracking number entry) for transfers made with a fleet vehicle

• 7) View and purchase a carrier shipment option to print a shipping label

• 8) Finish the outbound side of a transfer order (or you can click on 'View Transfer' to go into the inbound side

When viewing the transfer details you can click on the inbound 'To' side of the transfer to begin a check-in process. You can also find the inbound transfer by going to the inbound transfer warehouse and finding the transfer there. From transfer table, click into the transfer you want to bring inbound, this transfer must have already been fulfilled on the outbound side to bring the transfer into the inbound warehouse.

Inbound transfer must have a 'Fulfilled' status to complete the transfer check-in

• 1) Filters for inbound transfer: creation date, order status, origin warehouse

• 2) Status of the transfer. Must have a status of fulfilled to check-in the inbound side of a transfer

• 3) Progress of the inbound side of the transfer, hover for more detail

Once you click on an inbound transfer you'll see a similar workflow to the receiving of purchase orders. NOTE: when receiving perishable goods, you'll be required to enter a lot number and expiration date on the goods when they are received.

Transfer Check-In Details

• 1) Transfer order ID and status

• 2) Alert indicating not all items from the transfer have been checked-in

• 3) Outbound warehouse of the transfer (click to go into outbound side)

• 4) Inbound warehouse for the transfer

• 5) Add a note on the inbound side of the transfer order

• 6) Edit the transfer order to add new items or change item quantities (see your config settings for transfer editing after fulfillment)

• 7) Item that has not been fully checked-in

• 8) Item that has already been checked-in

• 9) Check-in the contents of a transfer

• 10) Open the shipment transfer to view contents that have been checked-in already

• 11) View a timeline of the transfer activities

• 12) View contents of each shipment on the transfer

Click 'Check-In' on the transfer shipment to bring this inventory into the inbound warehouse bin locations.

• 1) Transfer settings: scan options, print template settings, layout settings

• 2) Current item(s) being counted and put-away. Click the trash icon to remove the item from being put-away

• 3) Count all items on the transfer for bulk put-away. This setting must be turned on in the configuration settings of your account

• 4) Print all or print a single item after counting and allocation

• 5) Item counted and put-away. Click receive to add quantity to this item

• 6) Item partially counted and received

• 7) Item that has been overcounted. You can click on the counted quantity to remove some of the overcounted quantity

• 8) Bin locations the currently selected item is already stored

• 9) Manual scan option and manual bin selection to put away to the bin currently selected item being counted. You can use barcode scanning through the 3-dot menu and with hardware scanners all you need to do is scan the item, scan the bin, no button presses needed

Put-Away 3-dot Settings

• 1) Warehouse layout settings

• 2) Scan settings for the transfer

• 3) Enable printing and select print template