If your business holds stock in more than one location — a main warehouse, a branch store, a consignment location, or a manufacturing unit — you know how difficult it is to get an accurate picture of what you actually have and where.
Zoho Inventory's multi-warehouse feature solves this problem cleanly. Here's how to set it up.
Step 1 — Enable Multi-Warehouse in Zoho Inventory
Go to Settings → Warehouses and enable the feature. You can then create each of your physical locations as a separate warehouse — Main Warehouse, Branch 1, Factory Store, or whatever naming makes sense for your business.
Step 2 — Set Primary and Fulfilment Warehouses
Designate one warehouse as your primary. For each sales order, you can specify which warehouse it should be fulfilled from. This can be set as a default per customer or per item, or selected manually on each order.
Step 3 — Configure Stock Transfer Between Warehouses
When stock moves from one location to another, record it as a Transfer Order in Zoho Inventory. This creates a clear audit trail: stock leaves Location A, arrives at Location B, and both records are updated. No more WhatsApp messages saying "send 50 units from Surat to Ahmedabad" with no documentation.
Step 4 — Set Reorder Points Per Warehouse
Each warehouse can have its own reorder point for each item. When stock at a specific location drops below the threshold, Zoho triggers a reorder notification — so you're restocking the right location, not just the overall inventory average.
Step 5 — Assign Items to Default Warehouses
Some items may only be stocked at certain locations. Assign default warehouses to items so that purchase orders and sales orders automatically route to the correct location without manual selection every time.
Reporting Across Warehouses
Zoho Inventory gives you stock reports by warehouse — current stock, movement history, low stock alerts and valuation — all filtered by location. You can see total company inventory or drill down to any individual warehouse at any time.
✅ Who Benefits Most From This Setup
- Distributors with a head office warehouse and branch offices
- Manufacturers with separate raw material and finished goods stores
- Retailers with multiple outlets all drawing from a central warehouse
- Traders doing consignment stock at customer locations
We've implemented multi-warehouse setups for distributors and manufacturers across Gujarat. If your stock management is currently a combination of Excel files and phone calls between locations, this setup will give you the visibility and control you need to run operations efficiently.