Why set up Locations?? To learn more about the importance of locations and how they are used in iCat, watch this Location Overview video. Then, scroll down to begin learning how to set up your locations.
Locations overview course for users new to inventory software:
In the above video, you will learn how to create a warehouse location. Soon, after setting up other locations, you can transfer and sort contents in iCat so that you will know where they are when it comes time to deliver, clean, or dispose of them.
This is the primary function of iCat - tracking contents in your facilities. To do this, you must set up some locations in iCat. This includes naming and creating fixed locations in your warehouse, such as staging areas, restoration rooms, and disposal areas.
By default, iCat comes with three locations — Dispose, which is where items that are disposed of go; LOS ("Left on-site"), which is where large items or immovable items that are not brought to the warehouse go; and Subcontractor, which are items that you recommend be sent to a subcontractor.
In iCat, all custom locations are stored in a tree-like view. That is, each location is part of a hierarchy that gets smaller as it goes down, like Warehouse>Vault>>Shelf>>>box.
How you choose to organize your locations is up to you.
There are also movable locations in iCAT, which you can move between hierarchal trees. For instance, a pallet might move between two warehouses.
Follow the steps below to begin setting up your warehouse, starting with the location at the top of the hierarchy tree - Your Main Warehouse - and then followed by the other fixed warehouse locations such as Staging Area, Receiving Bay, Disposal Room, or whatever you want to set up.
When naming your locations, think about names and terms familiar to your team - after all, they will use the production view to complete transfers or find contents.
Setup a Main Warehouse. Then, set up other warehouse locations underneath your main facility warehouse where you will be storing vaults, pallets, crates, rolling racks, and individual large content items.
2. Set Up a Child Warehouse Location, which will be nested under the Main Warehouse Location.
Watch this video to learn how to create a SIMPLE Child Warehouse location.
Soon, after setting up other locations, you can transfer and sort contents in iCat so that you will know where they are when it comes time to deliver, clean, or dispose of them.
This is the primary function of iCat - tracking contents in your facilities. To do this, you must set up some locations in iCat. This includes naming and creating fixed locations in your warehouse, such as staging areas, restoration rooms, and disposal areas.
Watch this video to learn how to create COMPLEX Child Warehouse locations, such as a Row with two levels and eight spots in each level where you will be storing Crates or Vaults.
