Stock locations

Stock locations

Define labels for your inventory

A stock location (AKA stock label) defines the category of stock we are dealing with. All stock have a label, and based on that label its behavior differs.

Authorization

In order to be able to access this chapter, you need the Stocklabels permission.

• Not having the scope Create will hide the '+' icon in the top right corner.
• Not having the scope Edit will hide the 'pencil' icon found on each stock label.
• Not having the scope View will hide the chapter.

The following stock labels are the most prominent and configured by default:

Stock label	Description
Sellable	Stock that can be sold
Reserved	Stock that is reserved for specific orders
Damaged	Damaged goods - not sellable
Demo	Demo stock, i.e. used for display in your store - not sellable
Transit	Stock that is expected for your OU but has not arrived yet
UserBorrowed	Products that are being borrowed by an employee
Clearance	Products on sales clearance

View/edit/translate stock location

The initial overview is where you can view, edit, or set translations on existing stock labels.

• 'Pencil' icon: To edit
• 'Language' icon: To configure translations

Create stock location

Clicking the '+' icon in the top right corner will prompt a Create new stock location overlay where the fields Name (required) and Description (optional) can be filled in.

Once done, simply click the Create button to be to the details screen. In this Settings screen you can indicate what should be possible for the label, configurable per OU. We call these options features.

Simply put, now that we've created a stock label for Display-only products for example, we can indicate we don't want it to be Sellable and Returnable, while enabling all other features.

Exposing stock labels for returns

In order return scenarios, the available stock labels exposed to the user are determined based on the values in StockLabels:Returnable. If Orders:Returns:AlwaysReturnToSellable is set to true, then Sellable will be the only available label for returns. Read more here.

Stock labels for RTS orders

Return to Supplier orders have their own particular flow when it comes to stock labels.

While the default stock location for products in RTS baskets is Sellable, you can change the flow by using the following two settings:

• Orders:ReturnToSupplier:DefaultStockLabel
  • This setting lets you indicate the "source" stocklabel for RTS orders, which means the items will be moved there as soon as they are used in an RTS basket.
  • Even if you configure a label as the primary one, you can still change the stock location manually to any other Sellable label (mind that this does not relate to its namesake stock label).
  • If not configured, Sellable (stock label) will be the default.
• Orders:ReturnToSupplier:HoldingStockLabel
  • Allows you to indicate a stocklabel that should "hold" the RTS stock while it is pending approval. This means stock no longer needs to be reserved either.
  • If not configured, Reserved (stock label) will be the default.
  • Mind that the change in stock label from the Holding label to InTransit will only be visible in the Overview and mutations on the receiving OU and not in the originating OU nor the order itself.