Warehouse & Locations Add

Before you can store goods, you obviously need a warehouse or another storage location. Via the "Warehouses" menu in the navigation bar, you can quickly add one or more warehouses. Within a warehouse, you can create an infinite number of locations, fully according to the structure that you use within your warehouse.

Do you prefer not to use locations? That's possible, but we recommend thinking about storage space from the start in order to enjoy time savings and be prepared for future expansion. Locations are handy for quickly finding products and reducing errors and time spent collecting ordered goods.

Location Hierarchy

If you have chosen to use locations within your warehouse, make sure to create a logical location hierarchy. Think about the structure of your warehouse, efficient routes, and expandability. You can even draw a floor plan of your warehouse and sketch out your layout on paper to visualize it.

You can first divide your warehouse into different zones, according to storage type. For example:

  • Zone 'P' for pallet spaces
  • Zone 'L' for shelves
  • Zone 'S' for stackable containers

Each location within a zone needs a unique number. This unique number will be used later to quickly and efficiently find products in your warehouse during picking. This system of imaginary addresses should be clear to both experienced pickers and new staff members.

Now that you have defined the zones, you can proceed to build up location numbers. The unique location number is built logically and chronologically, for example:

P.01.110.A.01

We break down:

  • P: zone for pallet spaces
  • 01: aisle number '01'
  • 110: shelf number '110'
  • A: level (or shelf) in the shelf (you can also work with numbers here)
  • 01: slot or position on the shelf

You don't have to use such an extensive structure. Make sure you can easily expand later, but at the same time, keep in mind that location numbers should not be too complex. A simplified version could be:

P.110.A: Pallet space with shelf number 110 on level (or shelf) A.

Ensure a uniform distribution across all zones to always apply the same structure. Don't forget to include preceding zeros, so all location numbers have the same form, for example: P.001.A. Once you know the structure, you can enter it into our application.

For example:

Creating Locations

In the above example, all locations will be automatically generated between P.001.A and P.100.E (and everything in between = 500 locations). You can optionally specify maximum dimensions and inventory type.

Eventually, you will see:

Warehouse Locations

For each location, you can now update properties and view which products are stored there.

In your warehouse, you also identify each location with the location number on a sticker or other signage. Provide the location with a barcode, if possible, in case you want to use a barcode scanner in the short term. This way, pickers can indicate that they have found the correct location by scanning the location barcode or immediately see that they are at the wrong address.

?> Tip: Make sure within an aisle that even and odd numbers are separated on both sides, like house numbers in a street. This ensures you can create an intuitive path during picking.