Configuring Items for Automatic Location Assignment
The following attributes of an inventory item can affect the automatic assignment of locations:
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Preferred Location – You can set a default fulfillment location for an item in the Preferred Location field. When the item is added to the sales order, the preferred location is selected automatically. When automatic location assignment is activated, the Do Not Auto Assign Location box is also checked. Because the engine skips all sales order lines on which the Do Not Auto Assign Location box is checked, any lines with an item that has a preferred location are not assigned a location automatically. This attribute appears in the Purchasing/Inventory subtab.
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Auto Loc. Assignment Allowed – When this box is checked, the automatic location assignment engine is allowed to assign the location to lines in a sales order. The box for this attribute is checked by default for all locations. If the box is unchecked for a particular location, the location will not be assigned even if it meets all other criteria in the automatic location assignment rules. This attribute appears in the Locations list in the Purchasing/Inventory subtab.
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Auto Loc. Assignment Suspended – When this box is checked, the automatic location assignment engine is temporarily prevented from assigning the location to sales order lines. You might want to check this attribute if there are discrepancies in inventory at the location. To let the automatic location assignment engine assign the location again, clear the attribute for the location. This attribute appears in the Locations list in the Purchasing/Inventory subtab.
If the Fulfillment Request feature is enabled, NetSuite checks this attribute automatically when a user rejects a line in a fulfillment request. See Rejecting and Canceling Fulfillment Requests for more information.
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Ships Individually – If the Ships Individually box is checked, indicates that the item ships separately from other items in a sales order. The automatic location assignment engine assigns a location to the item, but it does not attempt to use a location already assigned to other items, even if a rule uses a Minimize Fulfillment Locations strategy. This attribute appears in the Sales/Pricing subtab.
To change the attributes of an item record, go to Lists > Accounting > Items and click the Edit link of the item you want to work with. Change the attributes and save the item record.