Sorting Items in Standard Storage Locations

Not only can you place items in a particular storage location, but you can also sort the items in those locations.

For example, in a dry storage area, you can have one shelf completely designated as the pasta shelf. On this shelf is spaghetti, elbow macaroni, fettuccine, and penne noodles. On the next shelf below the pasta is the bread shelf. On the bread shelf, you store pumpernickel, rye, white, wheat, sourdough, and Kaiser rolls. You want to ensure that all of the pastas stay on the pasta shelf and all of the breads stay on the bread shelf. You assign the pasta shelf with the number of 1 and the bread shelf with a number of 2.

Table 12-1 Example of Items Sorted in a Standard Storage Location

Shelf Number	Dry Storage
Shelf 1	Spaghetti Elbow macaroni	Penne noodles Fettuccine
Shelf 2	Pumpernickel Rye White	Wheat Sourdough Kaiser rolls

You can assign numbers and categorize the items together. When the inventory count sheet is printed, these items are all together and bundled by their identifying numbers.

You must enter a number in the storage location field to mark it as the location for the item. If you choose not to use identifying numbers, your items list alphabetically. It is completely up to the organization and cost center’s discretion as to whether or not to group items by a number.