Putaway and location control
Read location codes, put received stock away to the right place and confirm it with a scan, respect capacity and load limits, keep held and damaged stock segregated, and keep pick faces replenished, so the system always knows where everything is.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 50 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Read a location code and find the zone, aisle, bay, level and position it describes
- Put stock away to the directed location and confirm it with item and location scans
- Record the actual location, through the system's exception process, when stock can't go where it was directed
- Keep held, damaged and specially controlled stock in its designated locations until it is released
- Check a location's load notice and capacity before adding stock, and report damaged racking
- Decide which pick faces need replenishing from a min/max report
Course outline
- 1.Putaway and location controlVideo · 3 min
- 2.A code for every placeLesson · 15 min
- 3.Putaway: directed, scanned, confirmedLesson · 15 min
- 4.Limits, segregation and replenishmentLesson · 15 min
- 5.Putaway and location control: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 18 questions
- 6.Nine pallets, one with the wrong lotScenario
- 7.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.176: Handling materials, general (aisles, secure storage) (US federal example)
- General operations and warehouse practice
See it with your own jobs and topics
Tell us about your team and we'll walk you through setup, from choosing jobs to your first skills check.