Docks

Docks represent the locations where items will be shipped and/or received. In Deacom, Docks are used in conjunction with the Dock Calendar and are assigned to a specific Facility. Once created, Docks may be selected on either Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, or both, depending on the Transaction Type assigned to the Dock. After a Facility has been selected on the Sales or Purchase Order, only Docks associated to the appropriate Facility are available for selection.

As an example of how Docks work, if a company has a "Dock A" and it is assigned to the "Philadelphia" Facility and has a "Transaction Type" of "Receipts", then the Dock will be available for selection only when adding or modifying a Purchase Order in the Philadelphia Facility, and not when adding or modifying a Sales Order in the Philadelphia Facility.

System Navigation

• Inventory > Maintenance > Docks

Edit Dock

General tab

Field/Flag	Description
Name	Unique name of the Dock.
Facility	Search field used to select the Facility to which the Dock belongs.
Facility Group	Search field used to select the Facility Group to which the Dock belongs.
Transaction Type	Pick list used to determine how the Dock will be used in the Facility specified. Options are: All - Indicates Dock will be used to both ship and receive orders. Receipts - Indicates Dock will be used to receive orders. Shipments - Indicates Dock will be used to ship orders.
Active	If checked, the dock is active. Only active docks may be used in the system.

Location tab

Lists Locations assigned to this Dock. Locations on this form can be sequenced to define a preferred order.

Field/Flag	Description
Location	Search box to select an inventory Location to link to this Dock. The list is filtered to Locations belonging to the Dock's assigned Facility
Anchoring	If checked, this Location serves as the primary or default inventory location associated with the dock

Related Pages

• Scheduling Warehouse Docks