Location Class

🗺️ Understanding Location Class

Location Classes in Canary7 are system-defined categories that define the purpose of a location in the warehouse.
They are hardcoded (i.e. cannot be edited or customised) and play a key role in how inventory is managed throughout workflows like receiving, picking, and shipping.

Each Location Class enables Canary7 to apply the correct logic to that area — for example, whether it can receive goods, stage shipments, or temporarily hold stock.

📚 Location Class Types

Here’s a summary of the Location Classes available in Canary7:

📦 Inventory

Standard storage locations used between receiving and picking.

🚚 Receiving Dock

Represents the goods-in area of the warehouse. Used during the inbound process.

📤 Shipment Dock

Used for outbound shipping. Inventory moved here is typically ready to be despatched.

📥 Consolidation Dock

Used to gather picked items together before packing or shipping.

🎁 Packing Desk

Where items are packed after picking and before they are transferred to the Shipment Dock.

🛑 Staging Dock

Temporary holding areas for items before final movement — usually before shipping.

🪜 Pick and Drop

Used in two-step replenishment workflows. These are intermediate points where one user drops off items, and another collects them.

👤 User

Indicates inventory is in the hands of a user — such as during picking or replenishment. Canary7 treats the user as a location while stock is in transit.

🧠 Why It Matters

Each Location Class ensures that warehouse logic is applied correctly based on location purpose.
This impacts key processes like:

• ✅ Allocation

• 🔄 Replenishment

• 📦 Picking

• 🚚 Shipping

🧭 Accessing Location Class

To view or edit Location Classes:

1. 🔍 Use the Search bar and type “Location Class”, or

2. 🛠️ Navigate to:
   Configuration → Functional Area Setup → Inventory Control Setup → Location Class

➕ Adding a Location Class

📝 Enter Required Fields

• 📛 Name – Name of the Location Class

• 🧾 Description – Optional, but helps describe the class

• ✅ Active – Make sure this is ticked so the class appears in the system

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