What this screen is for
The positions inside a warehouse: racks, shelves, bins, pallets, floor space, fridges and freezers. Each belongs to a warehouse and carries a code, and cold storage can record the temperature band it holds, from ambient through cool to cold.
When to use it
Set these up when a warehouse is large enough that knowing an item is "in the warehouse" is not enough to find it, or when you store goods that have to be kept at a controlled temperature. Stock can then be filtered down to a location rather than only to a building.
What you see on this screen
Three counters open the screen: Total, Active and Inactive.
The table lists one row per location:
- Code — its short reference, generated if you leave it blank. This is what goes on a label and what a picker reads.
- Name — what the position is called, such as Rack A1.
- Warehouse — which building it sits in.
- Type — Rack, Shelf, Bin, Fridge, Freezer, Floor or Pallet, each with its own colour.
- Location — where in the warehouse it is.
- Temperature — the band it holds: Ambient, Cool, Cold or Frozen.
- Status — Active or Inactive. An inactive location keeps its history but is not offered when putting stock away.
- Actions — edit or delete.
The form takes the warehouse (required), the name, a code, the type, the temperature zone, the position details, a barcode and notes.
Filters and actions
A search box matches location names and codes, and a type filter narrows to one kind of position.
Status values
The Type says what kind of position it is: Rack, Shelf, Bin, Pallet, Floor for open floor space, and Fridge or Freezer for chilled storage.
The Temperature band says what it can hold: Ambient for room temperature, Cool for chilled, Cold for refrigerated and Frozen. Getting this right matters where stock has to be kept within a range — it is the record of what a position is actually fit to store.
Related
- Warehouses
- Stock
- Batch Stock