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Warehouse and logistics · WL-21
Stock Location and Bin Map
A free printable warehouse bin location sheet — your own code format written once, then every bin in walking order with the part and unit it holds.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Give a picker, a counter or a new starter one page that says where a line lives, instead of the knowledge living in whoever has been there longest.
Who it is for
Anyone running a stores, a warehouse zone or a parts room where stock has a fixed home and the system either does not hold locations or is not to hand on the floor.
How to use it
- Write your location code format once at the top, and say which level is the floor.
- Fill in the site, the zone the map covers and the revision, so an old copy can be told from the current one.
- List the locations in the order someone would walk them, one row per bin or slot.
- When a line moves, cross the old row through and write the new location on the next free row.
- Reissue the map with a new revision once the crossings-out make it hard to read.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Where every line actually lives — zone, aisle, bay, level and bin, written against the part it holds, so a picker or a counter can find it without asking.
Your code, spelt out once. Your location codes are your own — write the format once at the top, then list the locations in the order someone would walk them. When a line moves, cross it through and write the new location; do not rub it out, the old one is worth knowing.
Write-on lines: Warehouse / site · Zone or area covered · Map issue / revision · Compiled by · Code format (e.g. zone – aisle – bay – level – bin) · Level numbering (which is the floor?) · Sheet ___ of ___
Locations — one row per bin or slot, in walking order
Table, 12 rows: Location code · Aisle · Bay · Level · Part / SKU · Description · Unit · Handling note
Questions
Why is there no standard location code on the sheet?
Because there is no standard — one site runs aisle-bay-level, another zone-rack-shelf-bin, another just numbers. The format line at the top is where you write your own scheme, and the columns take whichever parts of it you use.
Does this replace the locations held in the stock system?
No. It is the paper copy for the floor: the one that is read at the racking, used for a count, or handed to someone on their first day. Keep the system as the master and reissue the map when it changes.
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