Set Up a Warehouse

The Warehouse is the highest level of the physical storage hierarchy. All your Locations, Zones, Doors, Equipment, and so on all are contained inside your Warehouse.

Prerequisites

1. Click the Warehouse Management module in the Footprint Explorer.

2. Double-click the Warehouse Setup section.

1. Click the New button in the bottom half of the screen.

2. Enter a Name for the new Warehouse.

3. Select the Enterprise the Warehouse belongs to from the drop-down list.

4. Select Internal from the Type drop-down list.

Tip

A Third Party Warehouse is not operated in the same way an Internal Warehouse is; Third Party Warehouses keep a running total of which Materials are stored in them (based on your Order information), but are not actively operated.

Once you have established Locations within your Warehouse, you can set up Default Locations for particular tasks (Receiving, Manufacturing, etc.). These Locations can be changed when setting up individual Orders and so on, but the fields will default to what you have set here.

Note

The Default Receiving Location is a required field.

1. Click within a field to edit that Default Location.

2. From the drop-down list, select the Location you want to set as the Default, and then click Select.

Repeat this process for each Location you'd like to set a Default for.

You can associate Contacts directly with each Warehouse you have in the system.

Note

If you will be using the Shipping Management module, you need to add a Shipping Contact to your Warehouse. The Address entered here will be used by the Shipping Management module as the shipping address for your Warehouse, impacting the rates you will be quoted - MAKE SURE this address is entered correctly.

1. In the Contacts tab, click New.

2. Select the Contact Type from the drop-down list.

3. Enter the basic information about your Contact.

4. Enter Email, Phone, and Fax information about your Contact.

5. Enter your Contact's Address.

6. Click Save.

Setting User Access on a Warehouse level allows those enabled to directly interact with everything Warehouse level and below, but nothing outside of that particular Warehouse.

Note

If a User has Access on the Enterprise level, they will still retain privileges in all other Warehouses, even if only enabled in this particular Warehouse.

1. In the Access Control tab, scroll down to the User you want to give Access to.

2. Click to add a check mark to the Allow box next to their name.

You can repeat these steps, and click the Deny box instead of the Allow box to remove access.

Once you've finished, click the Save button to save your new Warehouse in the system.

For all Users with Access to the new Warehouse, the option to set the new Warehouse as their Default becomes available.

Note

You may have to exit Footprint and open the system again for this option to display.

1. Click Options in the Main Menu at the top of the screen.

2. Under Default Warehouse, click the Warehouse you'd like to set as Default.

Last Updated:
06/06/2025
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