Item Reclass vs Item Movement

nikeman77

hi all,

i am quite confuse between item reclass and item movement in navision..

can someone kind enough to explain the differences and best time to used ?

gerrykistler

Item Movements are for the movement between bins within a warehouse location where you are using Directed Put-Away and Pick
Item Reclassification is used for a variety of reasons including:
- Movements between bins within a location with bins but is not setup as Directed Put-Away and Pick
- simple transers between locations where shipping and receiving are not required
- dimension changes to Item Ledger Entries

ritesh.singh

Just to add to Gerry's point:

Reclassification, as name suggest is process of changing the information which make a product distinguish. In reclassification you can change information like: Dimension, Bin Code, information regarding Serial no. etc. you can put values in corresponding "New" fields.

where as movement is change of physical location.

Hope this will give you some idea.

cheers...

nikeman77

hi ritesh,

thanks for replying.. afaik not sure if with what i know is it right that dimension is set in item card?

will reclass alter new information in item card?

dans

nikeman77 wrote:

thanks for replying.. afaik not sure if with what i know is it right that dimension is set in item card?
will reclass alter new information in item card?

reclass will not alter item card. it will create two ledger entries to adjust your item.

when you're talking about Item Movement, are you talking about Transfer Order or Warehouse Movement ?

Basically both 'Movement' and Reclass can be used to adjust/reclass your item ledger entries information (dimension, location, bin ).

The difference is that Movement has a proper document (receipt and shipment), but your work is also increase because you need to do receipt and shipment for every item movement.

If you don't need to manage receipt and shipment, then reclass is much simpler in terms of work load and data.

nikeman77

hi dans,

thanks for replying... yes transfer order required receipt/ shipment for structured warehouse (depending on the location card setup)

not sure if warehouse movements able to generate any documents or is there a more workload increase..

gerrykistler

Warehouse Movements start from the Movement Worksheet. From there it will create Movement documents similar to a Pick or Put-Away. But what you need to use when you are moving inventory internally depends entirely on the location. If you are using Directed Put Away and Pick then you must use Movements and cannot using the Item Reclassification Journal for any movement between bins (or even between locations - you would have to use a Transfer Order)
If your location is not Directed Put Away and Pick, then you cannot use the Movements - you must use the Item Reclass for movements between bins.