Item dimensions & location capacity
Two optional pieces of data that make several other features noticeably better: how big each product is, and how much each location holds.
On this page
Section titled “On this page”- Item dimensions
- Location capacity
- What it unlocks
- Optional means optional
- See also
Item dimensions
Section titled “Item dimensions”You can record each product’s dimensions and weight. Nothing forces you to, and nothing breaks without them.
With them, cartonizationCartonizationChoosing the cheapest suitable box for an order from your box catalog, using item dimensions — and splitting into several boxes where one will not do. Read more → stops guessing. The pack step can genuinely choose the cheapest suitable box, and split into several when one will not do, because it knows what it is fitting.
Dimensions also improve freight quoting, where handling units are measured rather than estimated.
Location capacity
Section titled “Location capacity”A location can carry a capacity, expressed in whichever unit actually constrains it:
- Max units — a shelf that holds 200 of something.
- Weight — a shelf rated to a load.
- Volume — a bin of a given size.
- Pallet slots — a rack bay that takes two pallets.
Different bins are limited by different things, so the capacity is not forced into one unit.
What it unlocks
Section titled “What it unlocks”Together they let the app answer questions it otherwise cannot:
- “Is this bin full?” — during putaway, before someone carries a pallet across the building.
- Over-receipt warnings — putaway warns when a delivery will not fit where it is heading.
- Better box selection — the cheapest box that actually holds the order.
Optional means optional
Section titled “Optional means optional”See also
Section titled “See also”- Pack — where cartonization uses dimensions.
- Bins — where capacity is set.
- Receiving — over-receipt tolerance and warnings.