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Inventory locations determine where you store and pick items in warehouses that don't use warehouse management processes (WMS).
This article applies to features in the Inventory management module. It doesn't apply to features in the Warehouse management module.
The term location refers to the place that items are stored and drawn from.
For each location, you can also specify the place the item is inserted. By default, they're the same. Items are usually inserted and drawn from the same side of a location, but not always. For example, items that are stored in live storage racks are inserted from one aisle and drawn from another. The main input is given by a location name, which is usually determined by its coordinates: warehouse, aisle, rack, shelf, and bin. You can enter this name or ID manually or generate it from the location coordinates. For example, 01-02-03-4 represents aisle 1, rack 2, shelf 3, and bin 4 in the Inventory locations page.
Location properties
A location has the following characteristics:
- Size (height, width, depth, and thereby volume)
- Warehouse, aisle, rack, shelf, and bin position
- Location type (bulk location, picking location, inbound dock, outbound dock, production input location, inspection location, or kanban supermarket)
Check text can be used in online systems to verify that the operator has selected the correct location for a specific item. This check text can be created manually or by default.
Sort codes
Use sort codes to optimize the handling of picking lines, which describe the information that is required for picking items from inventory, including the picking order. Sort codes can be specified by the aisle and other coordinates, or assigned manually for the location.
Blocked locations
Occasionally, you might want to indicate that a location is blocked for a period of time, for example, to allow for repairs. At other times, you might want to indicate blocking of only the input or only output.
Tree structure
In the Inventory locations page, you can view the warehouse layout in a tree structure based on the coordinates of inventory locations, in a defined display format.
Maintain inventory locations via the warehouse form
You can copy locations from one warehouse to another and create locations through a wizard. Before running the wizard, make sure that you define the default location names on the Warehouse page.