Defining Locations
The following topics describe how to set up the fields for defining the characteristics of individual storage locations in your warehouses. They also explain how to use Mass Location Maintenance (4.3.21) to set up a range of similar storage location details to minimize the repetition of the setup process.
About LocationsIntroduces the basic rules of location definition and the three types of definition.
Warehouse Location MaintenanceIllustrates the Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13) frame and its uses.
Mass Location MaintenanceOutlines how to use Mass Location Maintenance (4.3.21) to define similar locations in a warehouse quickly and easily.
Using Check Digits with LocationsExplains how Check Digit Generation (4.3.22) can be used to check digit functionality.
Location ReportsLists and describes Location and Mass Location Maintenance report options.
About Locations
To be seen by all system function, all inventory locations must be defined as standard locations. When you are using warehousing, you also have to define additional fields for each location in each warehouse. Within the broader system, the warehouse location is a placeholder. As a result, locations can be defined in three different ways:
• A warehouse is defined as a standard system location and as a warehouse. You define both the warehouse fields and the standard location data in Warehouse Maintenance. See
Warehouse Maintenance.
• A storage location that you want to use in a warehouse is defined as a standard location, so that the system can report on its capacity, contents, and so on, and is also defined as a warehouse location so that it can be used for put-away, storage, and picking. You define both the warehouse fields and the standard location data using Warehouse Location Maintenance (4.3.13).
A storage location that is outside the warehouse system is defined only as a standard location. The system can report on its capacity and contents, but the warehouse system is not aware of its existence. These locations are set up using the standard Location Maintenance (1.1.18) function and are not part of the warehouse system. Put-away or picking algorithms do not consider those locations. For more information on locations, see
QAD Master Data User Guide.
You do not need to use Location Maintenance (1.1.18) to set up either your warehouses or the locations within them. However, warehouses and locations are stored in the location master table and can be accessed using Location Maintenance (1.1.18).
Important: You should not use standard Location Maintenance to maintain your warehouses and warehouse locations, since the data defined there is not available to warehouse functions.