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I’m facing an issue while running the Assemble-to-Order (ATO) process in Business Central with warehouse handling enabled.

🔹 My Setup:

Location:
- Require Receive = ✔️
- Require Put-away = ✔️
- Require Pick = ✔️
- Require Shipment = ✔️
- Directed Put-away & Pick = ❌ (Disabled)
- Bin Mandatory = ✔️
Assembly Consumption Whse. Handling = Warehouse Pick (mandatory)
Using bins (CROSS DOCK bin is assigned on assembly lines)

🔹 Scenario:

I purchased the component item.
Posted the Purchase Receipt.
Created a Sales Order for the parent item (Assembly Policy = Assemble-to-Order).
Assembly Order is created automatically.
When I open the Assembly Order and click Create Warehouse Pick, I get the message:

“Nothing to handle.”

🔹 Observation:

Component quantity exists.
Assembly Order is released.
Bin code on assembly lines shows "CROSS DOCK".

❓ My Question:

In this setup (non-directed warehouse with Require Pick & Put-away enabled):

Do I need to register Warehouse Put-away before creating the pick?
Does the inventory need to be in a specific bin type to allow pick creation?
Is CROSS DOCK bin causing the issue?

Any guidance on the correct ATO + Warehouse flow in this configuration would be appreciated.

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Dhiren Nagar 2,545 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Make sure you have followed through below steps.

1 - You have defined the Bin as Cross dock bin by selecting Cross dock Boolean on Bin record.

2 - On your location, you have define the same bin as Cross-dock Bin code. Also Cross-dock boolean and due date calc. Is defined.

3 - On you warehouse you calculated the cross dock quantity, which was reflected in Qty to Cross-dock and then you posted the receipt.

4 - On the put-away instructions, system assigned the cross-dock bin and you registered that put-away.

5 - Now your Items will be available to pick for Shipment or production.

You can follow this guide to understand how Cross-dock functionality works in BC - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-au/dynamics365/business-central/warehouse-how-to-cross-dock-items

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OussamaSabbouh 10,875 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello ,

With your setup (Require Put-away/Pick on, bins mandatory, but NOT directed put-away & pick), the “Nothing to handle” is almost always because the components are not yet available as pickable bin content: after a receipt, they’re effectively sitting in the inbound flow until you register the warehouse put-away (or at least register the lines that place them into a bin), and only then can the system create a warehouse pick for assembly consumption. The CROSS DOCK bin isn’t inherently wrong, but cross-dock quantities only become pickable after you register the put-away lines to that cross-dock bin—Microsoft explicitly notes you must register put-away for cross-dock items to make them available for picking, and cross-dock works through put-away instruction lines created at receipt posting.

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Oussama Sabbouh

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YUN ZHU 97,939 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi, Try the following options

How to set up the Location mandatory and Bin mandatory in Dynamics 365 Business Central

https://yzhums.com/33037/

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ZHU

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Alex A 3,003 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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When you go to Bin Contents, and lookup that Item does it show a positive quantity in stock, in the right Bin?

Do you have the correct Location set on the Sales Order?

Is the Bin that the Item is in designated for PICK or PUTPICK?

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Ben Baxter 6,817 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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To answer your questions:

Yes, you need to register the Warehouse Put-Away before components will be pickable.

No, since you don't have DPP turned on, you don't need to bother with Bin Types, so any Bin will work.

No, Cross Dock Bin is fine, but the items aren't put-away which means they aren't pickable. Even with Cross Dock you have to Put-Away the Items into the Cross Dock Bin for them to be pickable.

After you register your Put-Away you will be able to generate your Warehouse Pick.

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Ben Baxter

Accent Software Inc

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