Know where it is. Know whether it can move.

Run warehouse receipts, sampling movements, picks and returns in Seal. Keep the handling unit, physical location, quantity and quality status together at each handoff.

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Why is 75 kg on hand not 75 kg available?

One lot has three remaining stock allocations. Part is held, part is reserved, and only part is available for the planned pick.

RM-084 / on-hand allocations

75 kg

Example records. Select a row to inspect its source.

On hold

RM-084-H
Handling unit
HU-084-03
Location
Q-02
Status
Quality hold

Handling unit HU-084-03 contains 25 kg under an open handling investigation. Its physical presence in storage does not make it eligible for a production pick.

What follows

Resolve the hold through the authorised quality workflow before considering this stock for use.

Run the work in Seal.

Receive into a known state.

Record the delivery, supplier lot, containers and quantities. Assign the initial status and storage conditions required by your procedure.

Execute each movement.

Scan the handling unit and destination. Record sampling withdrawals, put-away, picks and returns as attributable movements.

Reconcile the location.

Compare physical counts with the transaction record. Investigate differences before adjusting stock or assigning a cause.

Prepare the pick-planning note for this lot.
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The snapshot contains 75 kg, but only 40 kg is currently unreserved and eligible. Keep the 25 kg hold and the 10 kg reservation separate from the available quantity.

The full path through the warehouse.

Sampling is a stock movement.

Keep the withdrawal, sample identity, remaining quantity and custody together.

Record what was actually removed from each container. Link returned material, retained samples and waste to their own movements; do not assume unused sample material is eligible to return to stock.

Returns do not automatically become available.

A returned container may have a different handling and exposure history.

Capture seals, condition, location, time outside controlled storage and relevant excursion evidence. Route eligibility back through the appropriate quality assessment before reallocation.

Pick for the work that needs it.

Connect production requirements, reservations, container identity and physical picking.

Define the lot-selection and expiry rules, then verify the actual location, handling unit and quantity at pick time. Keep kit assembly, staging and delivery to the batch traceable. A plan or reservation is not evidence that the material was physically moved.

Keep custody beyond the storage location.

Retain the conditions and handoffs needed to assess storage, shipment, returns and recall scope.

Connect temperature or excursion evidence to the affected containers and time window. Record shipment quantities, recipients and the required checks before dispatch. Keep count discrepancies and stock adjustments attributable so genealogy can be followed both into and out of a batch.

Connected to the surrounding work.

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Keep specialised systems where they belong. Agree the source of each record, the permitted actions and the reconciliation at each handoff.

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Before you get started.

Inventory describes what is held, its identity, quantity and status. Warehouse execution records physical receipt, location changes, picking, counts and shipping. The two need to remain reconciled.
Yes. Reservations, container-level holds, expiry, damage, handling conditions or the requested use can affect eligibility. A lot-level release flag is only one input.
Yes. Agree ownership of stock, reservations and movements, then scope the relevant API or data exchanges. Reconcile failed, duplicate and delayed transactions before relying on the interface.

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Bring one receipt-to-pick workflow and a stock snapshot with holds and reservations.

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