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title: "Location Class"
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description: "Why are Location Classes important, and how to create a Location Class? Step by Step guides containing all the information that you need to know to help you understand Canary7"
updated: 2025-07-31T15:16:48Z
published: 2025-07-31T15:16:48Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# 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**.

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### 🚚 Receiving Dock

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

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### 📤 Shipment Dock

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

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### 📥 Consolidation Dock

Used to gather picked items together before **packing** or **shipping**.

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### 🎁 Packing Desk

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

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### 🛑 Staging Dock

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

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### 🪜 Pick and Drop

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

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### 👤 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.

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## 🧠 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

Click on the Red Action Button![red action button](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/red%20action%20button.png), this will bring up a drop-down menu, and select "Add"

![add uom](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/image-1664033249991.png)

### 📝 Enter Required Fields

![enter in location class ](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/enter%20in%20location%20class%20.png)

- **📛 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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**⚠️ Note:**Location Classes are typically predefined and controlled by the system. In most cases, you won’t need to create new ones unless directed by Canary7 support or system requirements.  

Once you have selected and entered the required fields, click on the submit button![submit button(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/4ed7d884-d42a-4c7e-a949-08033b57dc86/Images/Documentation/submit%20button(1).png) to add.

Text that informs the user of what the field is.