Moving stock

Use this page to move stock from one location to another, to repack it into a new container, or to merge it into a container that already exists.

Before you start

• You are ADMIN, MANAGER, SUPERVISOR or OPERATOR. VIEWER cannot move stock.
• You know the position: location, SKU, lot and container.
• You know where it goes.

Steps

1. Open Inventory Balances > Balances. The tab By Location is open.
2. Find the position. Use the quick filters Location, SKU or Owner, or More filters.
3. Click the row. The Move stock document opens.
4. Choose what to do with the container:
   • Move the stock and keep the container. Leave the mode on Keep. Pick the destination Location. It must differ from the source.
   • Repack into a new container. Press New LPN. A code appears. Pick the destination Location (it may be the same one). Press the printer button if you need the label first.
   • Merge into a container that stands somewhere. Press Existing. Pick the container. Leave Location empty.
5. The document starts Move quantity at the maximum it can move: quantity minus allocated and picked units. Type a smaller number for a partial move. A hold does not lower this maximum because a supervisor may authorise it at the next step.
6. If you want to, type a Reason.
7. Press Move.

To leave without moving, press Cancel or the back arrow.

What the screen says

Result	Message
Moved	Moved {n} fragment(s), then , {n} hold(s) released and , {n} hold(s) added if holds followed the stock
Nothing to do	Nothing to move — change the cell and/or the LPN
Quantity wrong	Quantity must be greater than zero, Quantity {r} exceeds available {a}
Mode Existing without a container	Pick the destination LPN to merge into
Mode New LPN without a code	New LPN not generated — click regenerate, or pick another mode
Document too old	Move session expired — reopen the position
A supervisor is needed	Supervisor authorization required to move held stock ({n} hold(s))
Refused	Move failed: {message}

After a move the screen returns to the Balances screen and reads the list again.

What changes

What	Change
Balance rows	The stock leaves the source position and arrives at the destination. A partial move splits the row.
Container	A kept container gets the new location, with its child containers. A new container is created at the destination.
Ledger	Rows of type Move in Transactions, one for each fragment, with your reason.
Holds	Holds that are fixed to the moved container may follow it. The message counts them.
Events	process.inventory.moved.

Pressing Move twice in a row does not move twice. All presses of one open document carry the same idempotency key, so the second one gets the first answer.

What can go wrong

Message begins	Meaning	Fix
Quantity {r} exceeds available {a}	Part of the stock is allocated or picked, so the form stops the request before sending it.	Use the displayed maximum, or free the allocation.
container move refused: container {id} still holds reserved stock	The same, for a container.	Same.
insufficient qty	A partial quantity above what exists.	Lower the quantity.
destination {code} is inactive / destination not found	The location is switched off or unknown.	Choose another location.
destination location blocked / source location blocked	A hold or a flag forbids it.	See Holds list. A supervisor can accept some holds.
the stock at destination {location} changed while the move was being prepared; repeat the move	Someone else changed the destination at the same moment.	Press Move again.

The full list of refusals is in crates/libs/wms-inventory/src/movement/types.rs:445-540.

Related pages

• Move stock document
• By Location tab
• Transactions
• Operator guide: Moving stock (RF)
• API: move_execute (stateless command). It needs an idempotency key.
• RF terminal: Inventory > Move stock (INVMOV01 to INVMOV04).