Warehouse Bin Locations (Aisle/Bay/Tier/Bin)

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I’m exploring if ERPNext will work for our warehouse. The layout scheme in our warehouse is like:

  • Warehouse section
  • Aisle
  • Bay
  • Tier
  • Bin

So a particular item could be in warehouse section 2, aisle E, bay 15, tier F, bin C23, for example. We currently use an alphanumeric code so this would be represented in our current software like 2E15FC23.

What is the recommended way to handle this in ERPNext? I see that the documentation kind of refers to creating multiple warehouses like this, but I am doubtful that they intend that we should be creating thousands of “warehouses” to handle all these locations.

I could create a DocType field to hold this Bin Location but that would only be useful if the item is only found in one location. Items can sometimes be found in multiple locations in the warehouse.

I’m assuming many people have done something like this, as tracking locations in a warehouse is so common, so what is the recommended way to set this up? Thanks.

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Hi,

You can use the Inventory Dimensions. Please check the Documentation: Inventory Dimension

Thanks,

Divyesh Mangroliya

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Warehouse is already hierarchical
We can use it in any tier we want, so it would not strict to your 5 tier