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Create a Location

How to create locations in a few quick steps.

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Written by Stephanie Kelley
Updated over a week ago

Creating locations is a vital step in your warehouse setup. Follow the steps below to manually create a location from scratch.

Step-by-Step Guide

  • To begin, navigate to the Location screen.

  • Select Create Location from the upper right to continue with manual creation.

Information

  • The Information section will load. In this section, Location Code and Warehouse are required fields. There are a number of additional fields you can fill in to better track the design of your locations. See the tables below for field definitions.

Field

Description

Location Code*

Code/name for the location.

Warehouse*

Select the warehouse for this location from your existing warehouses.

Location Group

  • An optional group you can define and sort your locations into

  • Select from the location groups you've defined.

Location Zone

  • An optional zone you can define and sort your locations into

  • Select from the location zones you've defined.

Location Type

  • Select the location type from a premade list.

  • Includes types like shelves, bins, ramps, business stations, virtual, etc.

Area Type

  • Select the area type from a premade list.

  • Includes areas like picking, storage, receiving, packing, etc.

Replenishment Location Type

Select the replenishment location type. Your two options are Source or Target.

Walking Path Priority

  • Priority this location has within the walking path, starting with 1.

  • Used for planning algorithms.

Aisle

The aisle this location occupies.

Rack

The rack this location occupies.

Column

The column this location occupies.

Level

The level this location occupies.

Position

The position this location occupies.

Dimension Unit

Unit for the length, width, and height of the location.

Height

Height of the location.

Width

Width of the location.

Length

Length of the location.

Volume Unit

Unit for the volume of the location.

Volume

Volume of the location.

Field

Description

Display Member

An alternative code to the Location Code.

ABC Code

  • ABC code used for ABC analysis.

  • Select from A, B, or C.

Lock Location

  • Enable to lock this location.

  • When the location is locked, transactions such as allocation, putaway, transfer are not allowed

Single Client

Enable to mark this location as storing inventory for only one client.

Color Code

Color code used for this location.

Client

Select the client using this location from your existing clients.

Add/Edit Custom Field

Learn more about custom fields here.

Selectable Attributes

  • Prevent Allocation: No allocation is allowed for this location.

    • This attribute will be automatically applied to virtual locations and cannot be disabled.

    • If this attribute is needed for a location that is not virtual, use this button to enable it manually.

  • Prevent Inventory Sync to Stores: While syncing, inventory in this location is skipped.

  • Only 1 Lot Number: Only SKUs with the same lot number are allowed.

  • Only Damaged Items: Only damaged items are allowed in this location.

  • Only 1 Expiration Date: Only SKUs with the same expiration date are allowed.

  • Only 1 SKU: Only one SKU is allowed for this location.

  • Only 1 LP: Only one type of LP is allowed for this location.

Product Capacity

To keep your operations running smoothly, it's important to have the product capacity in your locations defined accurately. Adding Product Capacity to your warehouse locations can be done once you have products set up in Logiwa. If you haven't set up a product yet, you can learn more here.

Setting a product capacity to a location impacts the system in the following ways:

  • Replenishment tasks for the LPs will be created by regarding product capacity that is defined to the target locations.

  • The putaway algorithm suggests target locations by regarding the product capacity if it's set as an action.

  • Click the Add Capacity button.

  • The Add Product Capacity pop-up will open. Select the relevant Client to display the additional fields, which are defined below the screenshot.

Field

Description

Product*

Searchable field that will show the products you've added to Logiwa. Begin typing to see options. Required field.

Pack Type*

Automatically defined once you select your product. Required field.

Min Volume

The minimum volume of the selected product for this location

Max Volume

The maximum volume of the selected product for this location.

Min Qty

The minimum quantity of the selected product for this location.

Max Qty

The maximum quantity of the selected product for this location.

Replenishment Threshold (Quantity)

Numerical threshold that indicates when product will need replenishment.

  • Once you've added the necessary information, click Save to continue.

  • You can continue to add product capacity to this location via the same method, or click the 3-Dot menu and select Edit/Delete to make changes.

  • Click Next to move to add LP Capacity.

LP Capacity

The LP Capacity section can be used to define different capacities between predefined LP types and your locations.

Before setting a location's LP capacity, you'll need to have LP Types created for your warehouse. Learn more here.

In addition, setting an LP capacity to a location impacts the system in the ways below:

  • Replenishment tasks for LPs will be created by regarding LP capacity that is defined to the target locations.

  • The putaway algorithm suggests target locations by regarding the LP capacity if it's set as an action.

  • To begin, click the Add Capacity button.

  • A pop-will will load with a number of fields, defined below:

Field

Description

LP Type*

Dropdown that lists the LP types you've added to Logiwa. Choose one. Required.

Min Volume

The minimum volume of the LP for this location.

Max Volume

The maximum volume of the LP for this location.

Min Qty

The minimum quantity of the LP for this location.

Max Qty

The maximum quantity of the LP for this location.

Replenishment Threshold

Numerical threshold that indicates when the LP will need replenishment.

Assign Product for this LP

This section assigns a specific product to the selected LP, so only that product can be stored on the LP.

  • Client: Select the client whose product will be assigned to the LP.

  • Product: Lists the products of the selected client.

  • Once you've entered the necessary information, click Save.

  • You can now view your added LP. You can continue adding LP capacity with the Add Capacity button, or use the 3-Dot menu to Edit/Delete LP capacity.

  • From the LP Capacity section, you can now click Save at the bottom of the sidebar to create your new location.

  • You will receive a confirmation message once the location has been saved successfully.

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