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When a warehouse is created, the system generates storage locations within that warehouse corresponding to the warehouse code. A warehouse here functions like a warehouse address containing various storage locations within. You can add additional storage locations within that warehouse or rename the storage locations to suit your business needs.

1. Setting Up Locations Within a Warehouse

To set up storage locations within a warehouse, simply follow these steps:

Step 1: Select Configuration > then choose Locations to access the list of locations.

Step 2: Choose Create to create a new location, or select an existing location to edit.

• Location Name: Enter the name of the warehouse location.
• Parent Location: Here you can choose an existing parent location or create a new one.
• Location Type: Choose the appropriate location type. The following types are available:
  • Supplier Location: Used as a counterpart for receiving goods from suppliers into the warehouse. For example, from Supplier to Internal Location.
  • View Location: Goods cannot be stored in this location. It’s often used to consolidate internal locations. In the given example, if all 3 locations (Reserve, Input, Output) belong to a view location, viewing the total quantity in these 3 locations would only require checking the view location’s quantity, rather than manually summing the quantities of the 3 individual locations.
  • Internal Location: Physical locations for storing goods. These locations can have a hierarchical structure, for instance: Reserve Shelf 1 / Compartment 1; Shelf 1 / Compartment 2; Shelf 2 / Compartment 1; Shelf 2 / Compartment 2; etc.
  • Customer Location: Used as a counterpart for delivering goods from the warehouse to customers. For example, from Internal Location -> to Customer.
  • Scrap/Inventory Location: Used as a counterpart for scrap/audit activities. Lost items during audits generate transfers from Internal Location -> Scrap Location; excess items generate transfers from Scrap Location -> Internal Location.
  • Production Location: Used as a counterpart for production activities.
  • Transfer Location: Used as a counterpart for inter-warehouse transfers.

• Is a Scrap Location: Check this if the location is used for returning damaged items.
• Is a Return Location: Check this if the location is used for returns.

Step 2: Choose Create to create a new location, or select an existing location to edit.

• Location Name: Enter the name of the warehouse location.
• Parent Location: Here you can choose an existing parent location or create a new one.
• Location Type: Choose the appropriate location type. The following types are available:
  • Supplier Location: Used as a counterpart for receiving goods from suppliers into the warehouse. For example, from Supplier to Internal Location.
  • View Location: Goods cannot be stored in this location. It’s often used to consolidate internal locations. In the given example, if all 3 locations (Reserve, Input, Output) belong to a view location, viewing the total quantity in these 3 locations would only require checking the view location’s quantity, rather than manually summing the quantities of the 3 individual locations.
  • Internal Location: Physical locations for storing goods. These locations can have a hierarchical structure, for instance: Reserve Shelf 1 / Compartment 1; Shelf 1 / Compartment 2; Shelf 2 / Compartment 1; Shelf 2 / Compartment 2; etc.
  • Customer Location: Used as a counterpart for delivering goods from the warehouse to customers. For example, from Internal Location -> to Customer.
  • Scrap/Inventory Location: Used as a counterpart for scrap/audit activities. Lost items during audits generate transfers from Internal Location -> Scrap Location; excess items generate transfers from Scrap Location -> Internal Location.
  • Production Location: Used as a counterpart for production activities.
  • Transfer Location: Used as a counterpart for inter-warehouse transfers.

• Is a Scrap Location: Check this if the location is used for returning damaged items.
• Is a Return Location: Check this if the location is used for returns.

Step 3: Click on Save to store the information you’ve entered, or select Discard to cancel the information you’ve created.

2. Managing Location Setup within a Warehouse

In the interface for setting up locations within a warehouse, Atalink allows you to perform the following functions:

• Click Create to generate a new location.
• Click Location to interact with the chosen location.
• Click Print to print the barcode for the selected location.
• Click Action to execute actions with the selected locations: Export, Store, Unstore, Delete.