Locations
Multiple warehouses
Stock held per location, with one figure the channels read.
A second location — an overflow unit, a shop stockroom, a third-party warehouse — turns one number into several, and the question of “how many do we have” into “where”.
How it works
- Stock is held per warehouse, each with its own address, and one can be nominated as the default.
- Movements record which location they happened at, so a discrepancy can be narrowed to a building.
- Channels still read one figure, because a marketplace listing cannot express “four in Leeds”.
What it does not do
There are no bin locations. A warehouse is a place, not a shelf map, so this will tell you the item is in the Leeds unit and not which aisle. For a small operation that is usually enough; for a large pick face it is not, and it is better to know that now than after migrating.
It also does not route orders to the nearest warehouse automatically — allocation is yours to decide.
Stop reconciling stock by hand
One catalogue, six channels, one stock figure that stays right.