Ad-hoc movement

Mesh  •  Article  •  4/27/2026  • 

Ad-Hoc Movement is accessed directly from the Mesh Home screen as a standalone action. It does not require selecting a document from a list. The worker taps the Ad-Hoc Movement button from the hamburger menu, and the system immediately opens the movement workflow.

On opening, the Ad-Hoc Movement screen displays:

  • A step input area for scanning or entering values.
  • An info pane (shown progressively as data is collected) with Location, From Bin, To Bin, Item, Variant, Lot, and Quantity.
  • An Undo button to reverse the last confirmed step.

Processing ad-hoc movement

The following procedure shows how to perform an ad-hoc inventory movement in Mesh. Ad-hoc movement supports both same-location bin-to-bin moves and cross-location moves within a single workflow.

  1. Open the Mesh Home screen.

  2. Select Ad-hoc movement from the hamburger menu.

  3. In the From Location field, confirm or change the source location. The field defaults to your assigned warehouse location. Change it if you are moving inventory from a different location.

  4. In the Scan From Bin field, scan or select the source bin code. The system presents a list of available bins as suggestions in the side pane.

  5. In the Scan Item field, scan the item barcode or manually enter the item number. The system validates that the item has stock in the selected From Bin.

  6. In the Lot Tracking: Required field, scan or select the lot number (if required). This step appears only for lot-tracked items. Available lots from the selected From Bin are shown as suggestions in the side pane.

  7. In the Select Variant field, select or scan the item variant code (if required). This step appears only if the scanned item has variants. Select No Variant if the item does not require a variant code.

  8. In the Enter Quantity field, enter the quantity to move. The system validates the quantity is a positive number. There is no maximum quantity limit enforced.

    A unit of measure selector is displayed alongside the quantity field. The selector defaults to the item's base unit of measure. To change it, tap the UOM field and select from the list of all units of measure defined for the item. The available quantity shown for the From Bin updates to reflect the selected unit of measure. When the unit of measure is changed, the quantity field clears.

  9. In the Scan To Location field, scan or select the destination location. The field pre-fills with the From Location as a suggestion. To move within the same location, confirm the pre-filled value. To move to a different location, clear the field and scan or select any location where you have Warehouse Employee access.

  10. In the Scan To Bin field, scan or select the destination bin. The bin must belong to the selected To Location. Once the bin is confirmed, the movement is posted automatically via the Item Reclassification Journal.

After the To Bin is confirmed, the system posts the movement immediately. No additional confirmation step is required. The system displays a notification with the item, quantity, and location information.

Scan GS1-compliant barcodes

You can scan GS1-compliant barcodes containing item, lot, and variant information to automatically populate multiple workflow fields during Ad-Hoc Movement. The system resolves the item, lot number, and bin information from the barcode and automatically advances through the corresponding workflow steps.

  1. Open the Ad-Hoc Movement screen in Mesh.
  2. Scan the GS1-compliant barcode containing the relevant fields.

The Ad-Hoc Movement is posted, and the system creates the corresponding entries.