Bins and bin codes

A bin is the smallest place stock can sit — one position on one shelf. Pickers walk to bins; counts happen in bins.

Warehouses → Layout & Bins → Bins.

Codes are generated from the layout, not typed:

Storage - A - 1 - 3 - 1
  zone   aisle rack level position

So Storage-A-1-3-1 is: Storage zone, aisle A, first rack, third level up, first position along. A picker who knows the scheme can find the bin without a map — which is the whole point of the naming being mechanical rather than free-text.

Every bin also carries a barcode, so scanning replaces reading on the floor.

• Pick tasks name the bin for every line, with its zone and aisle spelled out.
• Stock lists what each bin holds.
• Scanning during picking and packing matches against the bin barcode.

A bin can survive its layout — if a zone or a row is removed, the bins it generated may be left behind. Fiftify flags those as not in layout rather than deleting them, because stock might still be sitting there. Move the stock, then clean the bins up.

Bin labels come from Settings → Print Templates, which is also where the format is configured. Print them once the layout is settled — bin codes change if you rename the zone or aisle they hang off.

Before printing a whole warehouse, set the print head resolution for that building and run a test print — the wrong resolution produces barcodes that will not scan. See print templates and labels and warehouse settings.