Before we start, please make sure that you’ve enabled location management. You can refer to “Zii Inventory-How to Enable Warehouse Location Management – Zii Help Center (ziicloud.com)” to check.
It is recommended that set up locations like the example below, in this way, an item will be located by “Zone-Rack-Level-Column”. Please follow the steps to set up.
Set Up Locations
Go to “Configuration”.
Go to “Warehouse”.
Click on “Locations”.
Click on “Add”.
Here is an example of setting up a zone location set.
Set a code and name.
Generate locations manually or automatically.
- You can set up zones manually by clicking on “Add”.
- Enter the location value and its order.
- Or you can make it generate automatically by setting a start code and its quantity and clicking on “Generate”
Set up the order. Click on “Fill P-Order” to sequentially generate the order or click on “Fill R-Order” to do it reverse.
Click on “Yes” to save.
Then you may set up rack, level, and column sets as the steps metioned above. Here are some examples of them.
Assign Locations to a Warehouse
Switch to warehouse setup by clicking on “Warehouse”.
Click on the “Location Setting” of the warehouse that locations are assigned to.
- If you can’t see “Location Setting”, please click on “Edit” and turn on “Location Enabled”
Click on “Batch Add”.
Tick the zone, rack, level and column locations as you need.
Choose a Location type if you need. (Optional)
Click on “Yes” to save.
Click on “Edit” to set up details if you need. (Optional)
Click on “✔” to save.
Click on “Close”.
This is how to create locations and assign them to a warehouse.
Then, when it comes to stock-related items, you can stock in or out of a warehouse in very detailed locations.
