Warehouse Picking for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Warehouse Insight puts every warehouse pick in your team’s hands. Pickers open their mobile device, select or scan a pick document, and work through bins and items with real-time confirmation back to Business Central. No paper runs. No stationary computer. No lag between what the floor did and what your system knows.
At a Glance
- Pick against warehouse picks, inventory picks, sales orders, and transfer orders from one device
- Sort your pick list by any field (bin, item, weight, carrier) directly on the device, with no admin intervention required
- Segregate multi-order picks into totes with a single scan per item, keeping fulfillment organized across a batch run
- All configuration managed inside Business Central: menus, columns, workflow behavior, and posting controls
Key Capabilities
Warehouse and inventory pick support. Warehouse Insight handles warehouse picks and inventory picks using the same scan-to-confirm workflow. Workers scan the bin to confirm location, scan the item to confirm identity, enter or confirm quantity, and move to the next line.
On-device sorting. Pickers can sort their pick list by any exposed field: bin code, item number, weight, shipping carrier, or any custom field surfaced from Business Central. Sort by carrier to prioritize UPS orders. Sort by weight to pick the heaviest items first. No supervisor intervention required.
Tote picking for multi-order batch runs. When picking multiple orders in a single pass, workers scan the item, then scan the assigned tote to segregate it into the correct order. Totes are pre-assigned in Business Central or assigned at the start of the pick. The tote association carries through to the warehouse shipment, so the shipping team sees exactly what landed at the dock.
Wave and batch picking. Warehouse Insight works with picks generated from Business Central’s Pick Worksheet: wave picking, batch picking, or any combination. The Pick generation logic stays in Business Central, where it belongs.
User assignment. Pick documents can be assigned to specific users. Workers on the device only see their assigned picks unless the device is configured to show all.
Picking to license plates. Workers can build a license plate during the pick process, grouping items onto a pallet or container as they go. The LP barcode transfers with the goods to the shipping area for one-scan confirmation at ship time.
Line splitting. When a pick line cannot be fully satisfied from the suggested bin, Warehouse Insight supports manual or automatic line splitting to handle partial quantities and continue picking without stopping the workflow.
Auto-post on close. Picks can be configured to auto-register when the document is closed, preventing workers from forgetting to post and keeping Business Central up to date without extra steps.
Four configurable mobile views. Compact View shows all lines in a high-density grid, ideal for small scanner screens and experienced pickers. Card View presents one line at a time, directing workers step by step, making it the right choice for tablets on forklifts or wearable computers with ring scanners. Tile View presents a rich, image-forward interface with item pictures and configurable color rules per row. Rich View surfaces all record data per row without a row/footer split. Every view is configured inside Business Central.
How Warehouse Picking Works in Warehouse Insight
A picker opens the Pick application on their mobile device and sees a list of all assigned pick documents. They select a document or scan the barcode from a printed pick ticket to load it. The device displays all pick lines showing bin, item, quantity, and unit of measure, sorted by the defined sort order. The picker walks to the first bin, scans the bin barcode to confirm location, scans the item barcode to confirm identity, and enters or accepts the quantity.
Business Central updates in real time as each line is completed. When all lines are picked, the worker posts directly from the device. If tote picking is active, each scan prompts the worker to confirm which tote the item goes into, keeping orders segregated throughout the pick run.
Why Warehouse Insight Warehouse Picking Stands Out
Most WMS solutions for Business Central offer a single mobile interface. Warehouse Insight gives your team four (Tile, Card, Compact, and Rich), each fully configurable, so you can match the experience to every device type and every worker in your warehouse. A forklift operator on a tablet works in Card View, seeing one directed action at a time. A high-volume picker on a handheld scanner works in Compact View, scanning through a dense list at speed. A newer team member on a modern Android device works in Tile View, with item pictures and color-coded rows reducing the chance of a wrong pick.
On-device sorting is a concrete productivity tool. When a picker is standing in a particular aisle and wants to clear it before moving on, they sort the list by bin code in two taps and work through it efficiently. When the shipping manager needs UPS orders fulfilled first, they expose the carrier field and pickers sort accordingly. No admin follow-up. No BC reconfiguration. No waiting.
Every aspect of the pick workflow ā which columns appear, how quantities default, what actions the menu exposes, and whether picks auto-post on close ā is configured inside Business Central. There is no external portal and no separate configuration system. The device reads its logic from Business Central when the application loads.
Who Uses Warehouse Picking
Warehouse pickers are the primary users, working through pick lists from full-size handheld scanners, wearable computers with ring scanners, or Android tablets mounted on forklifts or pick carts. The configurable views mean a single deployment can accommodate workers with very different device types and experience levels.
Warehouse supervisors use Business Central to generate and assign picks, monitor progress, and configure pick behavior per device or user group. For operations with a separate shipping team, the tote picking and license plate picking workflows create a clean handoff: what was picked, in what quantity, for which order, arrives at the dock organized and scannable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Warehouse Insight support wave picking and batch picking for Business Central?
Yes. Warehouse Insight works with pick documents generated from Business Central’s Pick Worksheet, which supports wave picking, batch picking, and combined approaches. The pick generation logic remains entirely in Business Central. Workers on the device see the resulting pick documents assigned to them and execute against them.
How does tote picking work in Warehouse Insight?
Tote picking lets workers pick multiple orders in a single pass while keeping items segregated by order. Totes are pre-created in Business Central as reusable license plates with the Tote flag set. At the start of a pick, workers assign totes to source documents. During picking, after scanning each item, they scan the assigned tote to confirm placement. The tote association is carried through to the warehouse shipment, so the shipping team can scan a tote barcode to pull up the associated shipment document.
Can pickers sort their pick list on the device without changing anything in Business Central?
Yes. Workers can tap any column header in Compact View to sort the data in that field in ascending or descending order. The sort persists for all subsequent picks until it is cleared. Sorting by weight, carrier, bin, or item number requires only that the relevant field is exposed on the device through Business Central’s device column configuration.
What mobile devices work with Warehouse Insight’s picking feature?
Warehouse Insight supports Android 5.0 and above, covering most handheld barcode scanners from Honeywell, Datalogic, Zebra, and other manufacturers. Android tablets and wearable computers with ring scanners are also supported. Card View is optimized for wearables and tablets, where one-line-at-a-time direction is preferred. Compact View suits smaller scanner screens. Tile View takes full advantage of larger, higher-resolution Android displays.
Is picking configuration managed in Business Central or in a separate system?
All configurations are managed inside Business Central. This includes which columns appear on the pick list, default quantity behavior, auto-post settings, user assignment rules, and the menu options available to workers. When a device opens the pick application, it reads the current configuration from Business Central. There is no external configuration portal.
