The following bin management preferences are available in NetSuite for both basic and advanced configurations:
- Require Bins on All Transactions Except Item Receipts
- Use Preferred Bin on Item Receipts
To set these preferences:
- Navigate to Setup > Accounting > Preferences > Accounting Preferences.
- Under the Items/Transactions subtab, set the desired options:
- Use Preferred Bin on Item Receipts:
- Enabling this defaults the Bin field on item receipts to the preferred bin.
- Disabling leaves the Bin field blank by default.
- Require Bins on All Transactions Except Item Receipts:
- Enabling this preference means transactions affecting inventory with binned items must have a selected bin to save. Exceptions apply for transactions without bin fields, such as sales or purchase orders. Item Receipts do not require a bin selection when this is enabled.
- Disabling allows creation of transactions without a bin selection. However, NetSuite will still require bins when item quantities are reduced (e.g., cash sales, item fulfillments, or negative inventory adjustments). Bins aren’t required for transactions that increase item quantities, like purchases or positive adjustments.
Note:
Cash sales with bin items and specified locations require items to have at least one bin in that location. Similarly, any line in an inventory adjustment that reduces a quantity of a binned item will require a bin.
- Click Save to apply changes.