# Warehouses

Warehouse document fields and parent-child hierarchy configuration.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/inventory/reference/warehouses/
Updated: 2026-10-29

A **Warehouse** is the top-level storage location in Tooling Metrics. All inventory exists within a warehouse. Warehouses can represent physical buildings, rooms, or logical groupings of storage areas, and can be nested under a parent warehouse to form a multi-site hierarchy. See [Warehouse Hierarchy](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/inventory/overview/warehouse-hierarchy/) for an explanation of how the location levels relate.

## Fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| **Name** | Warehouse name (e.g., *Main Tool Crib*, *Machine Shop — Bay 3*). Shown in location pickers and printed documents. Must be unique within the organization. |
| **Administrator** | The user responsible for this warehouse. Required — used by the automatic replenishment process. |
| **Parent Warehouse** | The warehouse this one sits under, if any. Blank for a top-level warehouse. |
| **Delivery Address** | Postal address for this warehouse. Used on purchase orders when this warehouse is the delivery destination. |

## Virtual warehouse locations

Saving a warehouse automatically creates four virtual **Warehouse Locations** under it — Inventory, Scrap, PO Receive, and Assembly. These are not Storage Locations inside a device; they are the warehouse-level endpoints that stock moves reference (for example, a Purchase Receipt's destination is the warehouse's PO Receive location). No manual step is needed to create them, and renaming the warehouse renames them to match.

## Hierarchy

A warehouse contains one or more **Warehouse Access Points (WAPs)**. Each WAP is an entry point into a physical storage area. WAPs contain **Storage Devices**, which contain individual **Storage Locations**. A warehouse may also have child warehouses, forming a multi-level tree used by the automatic replenishment scheduler to move stock between sites.

Navigate to the Warehouse detail page and select the **Access Points** tab to view and manage the WAPs attached to this warehouse.

## Commands

| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| **New Access Point** | Adds a WAP under this warehouse. |
| **Edit** | Updates warehouse name, administrator, parent, and delivery address. |

A warehouse with existing WAPs or child warehouses cannot be deleted; remove or reassign those first.