Drag & drop

Bin Location Tracking with Drag and Drop

Grab an item and drop it where it lives. Hold it over an aisle and the aisle springs open so you can drop it onto an exact floor.

  • Drag from the unassigned tray straight onto the map
  • Spring-loaded aisles open as you hover, like folders
  • Assign many items to one shelf in a single action
  • Every placement logged and fully undoable
Bin location tracking with drag and drop item placement

What is bin location tracking?

Bin location tracking records the specific place an item is stored — a bin, shelf, floor or slot — rather than just the building. It is the difference between "somewhere in the warehouse" and an address a person can walk to.

The usual objection is that maintaining locations is tedious data entry. That is a UI problem, not a concept problem: here you drag an item onto the map and it is done. Hover over an aisle for a moment and it springs open to reveal its floors, the same way a folder opens when you drag a file onto it.

What you get

Placement in one gesture

No forms, no location codes to type — drag, hover, drop.

Bulk assignment

Select many unplaced items and send them all to one shelf and floor at once.

Spring-loaded aisles

Hovering opens the aisle so you can target the exact floor without a second step.

Loose stock stays visible

Anything unplaced sits in a tray you can see and clear, so nothing silently vanishes.

AI can move things too

Say "move all soccer balls to Warehouse B shelf 6" and approve the proposed change.

Undo mistakes instantly

Dropped it on the wrong shelf? One undo puts it back exactly where it was.

Locations only work if they are effortless to maintain

A location field nobody updates is worse than no location at all. Drag-and-drop keeps the map true because keeping it true takes one second.

How it works

1

Open the unassigned tray

Every item without a home is listed on the right of the warehouse view.

2

Drag onto an aisle

Hold over the aisle until it springs open, then drop onto the floor you want.

3

Confirm the quantity

Place all units or just some — the remainder stays as loose stock you can place later.

Frequently asked questions

How do I keep bin locations up to date without it becoming a chore?

Make updating cheaper than not updating. Dragging an item to a shelf takes about a second, and moves can also be done by voice or by the AI Assistant in bulk. The other half is culture: if scanning shows the wrong shelf, fixing it should be a two-second drag rather than a support ticket.

Can I move a lot of items at once?

Yes. Multi-select in the unassigned tray and assign the whole batch to one shelf and floor, or ask the AI Assistant to move everything matching a description — it proposes the exact list of moves and you approve them in one click.

What happens to placements when I rearrange the warehouse?

Items travel with their aisle. Move, rotate or resize an aisle and everything on it stays on it, so a seasonal re-layout does not orphan your locations.

Is drag and drop workable on a phone or tablet?

Placement is designed for a larger screen where you can see the whole map — a tablet works well, a phone is cramped. On phones the native apps focus on what phones are good at: scanning items in and out, and looking up where something lives.

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Ready to try it?

Start free with 50 items — no credit card, no trial countdown. Import your spreadsheet and you have a working system in minutes.