Warehouse mapping

ByWith mapping yourChannelDock’s warehouse inmapping, ChannelDock,you’ll youhave willclear never again lose trackvisibility of your products by being able to see at which location(s) a product is locatedlocations and how many pieces arequantities in each stock location.area. This also enables ChannelDock can thereforeto generate an optimal walkingpicking route through your warehousewarehouse, whenimproving pickingorder yourfulfillment orders.efficiency.

CreatingCreate manual stock locations

(manual

and
1. Navigate bulk)
   to

   On the stock locations page (StockInventory > Stock locations),Locations. you

can
2. To create asa manynew (sub)stock locationslocation asor yousub-location, want by pressingclick the green plus icon:
   icon.

   

   Each timeclick you press the plus button you createcreates a sub-stock location that will be linked underto the currently selected location.

YouSection canName

To edit the name of a specific stock locationlocation’s byname, clicking onselect it and then editenter the new name in the field: "'Section name":

name' 

field.

YouLocation canTypes

also specify

Specify the "Location type".type Whatto you select here determines, among other things, the loop routehelp ChannelDock willgenerate generate.efficient Here,picking youroutes:

can

choose from '
• Pick location'Location: orUsed 'Storagewhen location'.picking orders. If a product is available in multiple stock locations, ChannelDock will chooseprioritizes the pick location with the least amountstock.
of
• Storage stockLocation: first. IfWhen no pick locations are available for that product,available, ChannelDock will chooseselects the storage location with the least amountstock.
of stock.

Every day, ChannelDock generatesprovides newdaily advisoriesrecommendations onto replenishingreplenish pick locations from storage locations.areas. These advisoriesYou can beview foundthese viaon the stockStock adviceAdvice page.page.

BulkVolume way:and description

IfYou youcan havealso set the maximum accepted volume for this stock location and add a largerdescription.

warehouse and don't want to add locations 1 by 1, you can choose to import your

Create stock locations in bulk.bulk

By

For clickinglarger onwarehouses, bulk import of stock locations saves time. Here’s how:

1. Go to Import/Export, click Export Warehouse Mapping in the ImportWarehouse /section, Export button:

Thenand download the importfile file:

from

the Actions menu.

Open2. the downloaded file and fillFill in the followingthese columns:

• ID:ID: You may make up your ownAssign unique IDs (integers, numberinteger values only) for neweach locationslocation.
you want to create.
• Parent ID:ID: MustMatch matchthis onewith the ID of thea 'ID' fields of other locations. This is the relationship of the stockparent location to thecreate parentlocation stockhierarchies.
location.
• Title:

  Title: This will fill inSets the field: '“Section name'

  name”.
• Description (optional): OwnAdd annotationnotes youor candetails add
  if

  needed.

• Storage cost:Cost: Only relevantfor iffulfillment youcenter haveaccounts.
a fulfilment centre account.
• Pick location:Location: EnterUse "1"“1” orfor "0" here. 0 = Storage location, 1 = Pick location

  After you have filled in each column and added all your stockpick locations and put“0” for storage locations.

• Max Volume: maximum volume in cm³.

3. Upload the IDscompleted under the correct Parent IDs then you can upload the file:

After the upload,file. ChannelDock will showconfirm the number of updated locations.

Assign products to a notificationlocation how many locations have been updated.

Setting up a stock location

manually

To assign a product to a stockspecific location,location clickmanually, 1: onselect the stock location youand wantclick the productAdd underProduct button:

Assign products to a location in bulk

1. Go to Import/Export, click Stock Locations in the Products per locations section, and then pressdownload the greenfile button:from Addthe product.
   Actions

   menu.

Pick and pack route generation

Now that you have mapped your entire warehouse in ChannelDock and added products in the correct locations, you can start generating pick lists for all your open orders via Orders > Pick & Pack. You do this by pressing the "Start the pick process" button: