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title: "Warehouse and Assembly Locations"
canonical: "https://kb.myframeworks.com.au/space/FRAM/28409342/Warehouse%20and%20Assembly%20Locations"
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# Overview
A Warehouse Location represents a physical space within a warehouse that an item of stock can be held in, like a shelf or a bin. An Assembly Location represents a physical space within the a warehouse where a Sales Order or Orders are allocated to, once picked, in preparation for delivery or pick up.
Using locations means it is possible to monitor how many items of a particular product are stored in a particular location at any one time. This makes **picking inventory** more efficient by indicating exactly where in the warehouse the picker needs to go to find the item.
> ℹ️ Warehouse locations
# Accessing Warehouse Locations
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> Click **Frameworks **and navigate to **Inventory > Maintenance > Warehouse Locations **in the navigation tree.
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> Click **Find **to display all of the Warehouse Locations. To refine the search, use the **Branch** drop-down menu, and/or the **Location From/To** fields, then click the **find **button.
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Create a Warehouse Location
To create a new** **Warehouse Location**,** from the **Warehouse Location** tab,** **perform the following:
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> At the bottom of the page, click **New**.
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> Select the required **branch** from the drop-down menu.
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> Enter the Branch **Zone**,** Aisle**,** Bay**,** Level** **and Bin Number.**
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> > ✅ Refer to [Maintain Stock Zones](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/prostix/pages/31103483) for more information on to defining Stock** Zones.**
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> Enable the **Pickable** checkbox to allow this warehouse location to be available for picking.
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> Enter a **Location Code. **(15 characters length max).
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> > ℹ️ If the Location Code is left blank a 14-digit Location Code will automatically be created based on the information entered into the Branch, Zone, Aisle, Bay, Level and Bin fields (BBBZZAABBLLNNN).
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> Click **Save.**
The created **Warehouse Location** can now be added to a product via Product Maintenance. This is done to a product under **Product Branch >** **Product Branch Stock** in the **Location Code **section
> ✅ Refer to [Product Maintenance ](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FRAM/pages/28378114)for more information on adding a **location code** to a product.
# Create Warehouse Locations via Import
To create an import Warehouse Location**,** from the **Warehouse Location** tab,** **perform the following:
1. Click **Actions** and select **Import. **
2. You will be prompted with the following **Import Criteria** options:
3. Enable **Download Template Only (No Data)** then click **Download Template** to extract a .csv template (warehouseLocationsImport.csv) format which can be used to populate and import device data.
> ℹ️ Leave disabled to export the current Warehouse Locations list if you wish to modify existing records.
4. Add/update the required warehouse location details and save the .csv file ready for importing.
5. Click **Upload CSV**, choose the file created in step 4 and then click the** Upload** button.
6. Confirm the processing options.
For more information on the processing options, click here.
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| Override existing records | **Disabledby default.** Leave unticked to append to the existing definitions. Tick to replace the current device definitions with the contents of the csv. |
| Report Only | **Enabled by default. **Tick to produce a report only of the device ID changes to be made without processing the changes themselves.
> ⚠️ **Override existing records** must be unticked in order to ONLY produce a report without making the changes in the system. |
7. Click **Submit **to run the import program.
8. An information box will pop up advising that the task has been submitted. Click on **OK**.
9. On the **Output** page, under the **Generated Reports** section, click on the **warehouseLocationsImpor.html** link to review the import.
> ℹ️ If the** Report Only** processing option was enabled and there were no errors in the generated report repeat steps 5 - 8 and disabled **Report Only**. If there were any error in the generate report, resolve the errors before importing.
10. Click on the **Close **button in the bottom right to complete the task.
# Maintain an Existing Warehouse Location
To create a maintain Warehouse Location**,** from the **Warehouse Location** tab,** **perform the following:
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> Click on the **Find **button to display all of the Warehouse Locations. To refine the search use the **Branch** drop-down menu, and/or the **Location From/To** fields, then click the **find **button.
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> Select the warehouse location to maintain by clicking on the **Location Code** hyperlink.
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> Make the required changes to the warehouse Location as per [createwhlocate](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FRAM/pages/28409342/Warehouse+and+Assembly+Locations#createwhlocate).
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> Click **Save**.
# Delete a Warehouse Location
To delete a Warehouse Location**,** from the **Warehouse Location** tab,** **perform the following:
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> Click on the **Find ** button to display all of the Warehouse Locations. To refine the search use the **Branch** drop-down menu, and/or the **Location From/To** fields, then click the **find **button.
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> Select the warehouse location to maintain by clicking on the **Location Code** hyperlink.
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> Click on the **Delete **button at the bottom of the screen and on the confirmation, screen click on **Yes - Perform Delete** to confirm.
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> > ⚠️ If products still exist in this location, you will be unable to delete the warehouse location record until all stock has been transferred to another location.
# Assign a Warehouse Location as an Assembly Location
When a warehouse location is assigned as an Assembly location it means that only Orders for one customer will be allocated to an assembly location, unless the location is marked as a "Bulk" location which allows for multiple orders for different customers.
To define/maintain a list of assembly locations and mark certain locations as ‘Bulk’ locations where more than one customers order can be assembled, from the **Warehouse Location** tab,** **perform the following:
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> Add or edit a Warehouse Location to a **Zone** that has been assigned to be a despatch zone.
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> > ✅ Refer to [Maintain Stock Zones](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/prostix/pages/31103483) to define a **Stock Zone** as a **'Despatch' zone**.
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> For a Warehouse location to be an ‘Assembly Location’ the **Pickable **tick box must NOT be ticked.
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> Tick the **Bulk** tick box if the location is also where more than one customers orders can be assembled.
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> > ℹ️ If the zone for the warehouse location is not a despatch zone an error will pop up and you will not be able to save until a despatch zone is selected or the zone is updated to be a dispatch zone.
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> Click on the **Save **button.
# Additional Information
> ✅ Refer to [Create and Maintain Product Locations](https://sterlandsupport.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/fwksproau/pages/30529696) for more information on adding products to locations.