How the warehouse works
Two words carry the whole warehouse: Deploy (gear goes out to a job) and Return (gear comes back). Everything in this section — picking, prepping, scanning, condition checks — exists to make those two moves fast and honest.
This page is scaffolded — the outline below is what it will cover. Progress is tracked in gearflow#959.
What this overview will cover
- The warehouse lifecycle of a job: confirmed → prepped → deployed → returned — and how it maps to what the office sees
- The warehouse screen: today's outgoing and incoming jobs
- Scanning as the source of truth: which exact unit went to which job
- Which specific units are on a job right now — the per-unit view on the project's equipment tab
- Conflicts the warehouse catches that paperwork misses
In this section
Prep and picking
From pick slip to packed cases — staging a job before it ships.
Scanning and barcodes
Point the camera, scan the tag — the fastest and most honest way to move gear.
Deploying gear
Scan it out the door — with kit checks and conflict warnings on the way.
Returns
Scan gear back in — job by job, or everything at once at the returns station.
Check items
Pass/fail condition checks at deploy and return — and what a FAIL kicks off.
Shortages and conflicts
When the job needs gear you don't have on the day — spotting it early, fixing it fast.
Warehouse documents
Pick slip, delivery docket, return sheet — what each is for and what shows on it.