Locations

A storage location is any place stock can sit: a rack, a shelf, a bin, a service van. You create them one at a time or as a numbered range, and every inbound, outbound and move is booked against one. Without locations the app knows what you have but not where it is.

View Locations

From the main screen, press the Locations button to access an overview of all your warehouse locations.

This gives you a complete list of every storage location in your system. View detailed information about stock at each location and product inventory details.

Create a Location

Click the "Add location" button, enter a location name, and submit to create a new storage location.

Create a Range of Locations

Use the "Create series" feature to quickly generate multiple locations at once. Enter the prefix characters, start number, and end number. For example, to create locations A1 through A10, enter "A" as the prefix, "1" as the start number, and "10" as the end number.

Delete a Location

Locations can only be deleted when they are empty. A "Delete Location" button appears on the location information page when a location contains no inventory.

How to name your locations

A location name is a label your team reads off a rack and then types or scans, so the naming scheme matters more than it looks. Most warehouses use a positional code that runs from coarse to fine: aisle, then rack, then shelf, producing names like A-03-2. Keep the number of characters the same across every location and pad with a leading zero where needed, because A-3 and A-03 sort differently in a list while looking identical when someone reads them aloud. Whatever scheme you choose, print exactly the same code on the physical label. A location name that does not match the sticker on the rack is the most common cause of stock ending up in the wrong place.

How many locations do you need

How fine to make your storage locations has no single right answer. The trade-off is simple: finer locations tell you more precisely where something is, and cost more time to keep accurate. A shelf per location is usually the sweet spot for a small warehouse, because a picker can see the whole shelf at once. Going down to the individual bin pays off only when a shelf holds so much that scanning the location no longer narrows the search.

Location layout and picking speed

Once your locations exist, which products you put in them starts to matter. Items that leave the warehouse often belong close to the packing area, at waist height, where they are quick to reach. Slow movers can go high up or at the back. The analytics on the Premium plan show which products move most, which is exactly the information you need to decide what deserves the best positions. Reorganising later is not a problem: use the move function and your totals stay identical while only the position changes. Warehouses that revisit their layout once or twice a year usually take a noticeable amount of walking out of every order.

Last updated July 29, 2026