Location

Location stores list of all physical locations for Point of Sales. Locations are used for inventory management and retail movement. Location contain below components

List of operating locations.
Location "Next Number Mask" - "Next Number Mask" is used to define the sequence numbers of the transactions in Point of Sales. For example,
1. Transaction 1 - TX00001
2. Transaction 1 - TX00002
3. Transaction 1 - TX00003
Location Bins - Inventory bins are used to store and sort items as it allows users to know where each item is located. Bins can be defined as rack numbers, rows or shelve numbers.
1. Bins are used to create stock take.

Reports

Inventory Bin Listing
Inventory Location Listing

Steps to create Location:

Click on the "Green Plus Sign". This will open the "Edit Form".
Enter below details
1. Code - Enter a code which can be a set of alphanumeric values to uniquely identify each location.
2. Name - Enter the name of the location.
3. Address 1 to 5 - Enter the physical address of the location.
4. Phone - Enter the phone number of the location.
5. Contact Name - Enter the name of the person to contact for any queries at the location.
6. Comment - This is an open text field, users can enter desired content.
7. Default Tax Code - Select the tax code from the list. Default Tax is automatically tagged to a Product when inserting the location. Tax codes are maintained under "Linkweb - Inventory -Tax Maintenance".
8. Location Mask - Location Mask is a user defined code to uniquely identify the Location. Location Mask should be only 2 characters which is the prefix of the next transaction ID number.
9. Allow Stock Update -Allow Stock Update should be ticked for a location to allow users to update stock take, inventory adjustment, purchasing and POS Transactions.
10. Default - Tick the "Check Box", to mark it as default.Users can mark a location as default whereby if a user creates an inventory and does not select the location, the item will be created with the default location.
11. Void - Void records will be "Disabled" and will not appear in any lookups . Edit the record and "UN-tick" void to activate a record.
12. Save. Click on the "Floppy Icon".
Click on the "Grey Arrow" to expand into details:
1. Go to the "Next Number Masks" tab.
  1. Click on the "Pencil Sign". This will open the "Edit Form".
  2. Enter below details:
    1. Transaction Mask - Enter the prefix of the next transaction ID number.
    2. Number Mask - Enter the serial number (to be used between the prefix and suffix) for the next transaction ID number.
    3. Next Number - Enter the suffix part of the next transaction ID number.
  3. Save. Click on the "Floppy Icon".
2. Go to the "Location Bins" tab.
  1. Click on the "Green Plus Sign". This will open the "Edit Form".
  2. Enter below details:
    1. Bin Code - Enter a code which can be a set of alphanumeric values to uniquely identify each bin.
    2. Name - Enter the detailed description of the bin.
    3. Comment - This is an open text field, users can enter desired content.
    4. Default - Tick the "Check Box", to mark it as default.Users can mark a bin as default whereby if a user creates an inventory and does not select the bin, the item will be created with the default bin.
    5. Void - Void records will be "Disabled" and will not appear in any lookups . Edit the record and "UN-tick" void to activate a record.
    6. Save. Click on the "Floppy Icon".

Figure 1 : Location