Warehouse (3PL)
A warehouse of the 3PL Warehouse module: a building where you store goods that belong to your customers. It holds a code, a name, the addresses and the contacts. It is separate from the warehouses that hold your own stock in Inventory.
What it is for
The 3PL Warehouse module is for a business that stores other companies' goods: a third-party logistics provider. Its screens keep a record of what came in for which customer and what went out. They do not touch your own stock, your item master or your accounts.
A 3PL warehouse is picked on every line of a Warehouse Receipt, Warehouse Release and Adjustment, and on a Warehouse Zone.
A warehouse made here is not offered on stock screens, and an Inventory warehouse is not offered on 3PL screens. If you hold your own stock and customers' goods in the same building, set it up once in each place.
Every field in plain words
General tab
| Field | What it means | What to put |
|---|---|---|
| Warehouse | The code | A short code such as 3PL-KHI. Required |
| Name | The name people see | Such as Port warehouse. Required. Kept per language |
| Block | Marks the warehouse as blocked | Recorded only. The warehouse lookup on 3PL documents still offers a blocked warehouse |
Address tab
One line per address of the building: Name of Address (required), Purpose, Address, Country, Country Region, State, City, Tax Zone, Timezone, Latitude and Longitude, Primary Address, and the other columns of the standard address grid. The Purpose link on a line opens a small grid to give one address several purposes.
Contacts tab
One line per contact: Person and Contact are required, then Contact Nature, picked from the list of contact types, Extension and Primary.
How to configure it
Create one record per building. The addresses and contacts are for reference: no 3PL document or form prints them.
Scenarios
- A logistics company with two bonded warehouses. Two records, one per building. Each receipt line says which building the goods went into.
What it is connected to
- Warehouse Zone - zones belong to a warehouse.
- Warehouse Receipt, Warehouse Release, Adjustment - each line names a warehouse and a zone.
If something looks wrong
- My Inventory warehouse is not offered on a Warehouse Receipt line. 3PL lines offer only warehouses made on this screen.