Inventory and Warehousing · Odoo glossary
Putaway
Putaway moves received goods to appropriate storage positions.
Definition
In general ERP practice
Putaway moves received goods to appropriate storage positions. It considers where goods should be stored for safety, capacity and later retrieval.
In Odoo
Odoo putaway rules select destination locations based on products, categories or package types, with storage categories supporting capacity constraints. The receipt route and destination structure must be configured before the rule can guide the movement.
Official Odoo documentation
The Odoo-specific explanation above is based on the documentation for Odoo 19. Features and workflows can differ in other versions.
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