> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.firstresonance.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manage locations

> Create locations, organize them into a hierarchy, edit their details, and archive or delete them from the Factory area.

You manage locations from the **Factory** area: in the **Production** section of the sidebar, click **Factory**. The Factory page lists your locations as an expandable tree, with root locations at the top.

## Create a location

1. On the **Factory** page, click **Create Location**.
2. Enter a **Name** (required). Optionally fill in **Description**, **Address**, **Image**, **Geolocation Latitude**, and **Geolocation Longitude**.
3. Choose a **Type**: Warehouse, Rack, Shelf, Tote, or Workcenter.
4. Optionally pick a **Supervisor** and a **Parent Location**.
5. Set **Inventory Available** to control whether inventory can be stored here, and **Exclude from Inventory Merge** to keep this location's inventory from auto-merging.
6. Click **Create Location**.

ION opens the new location's detail page.

## Organize locations into a hierarchy

Set a location's place in the tree with the **Parent Location** field, either when you create it or later from its detail page.

To add a child under an existing location, open that location and use the **Create Location** button in its **Sub Locations** card. The new location's parent is filled in for you. On the Factory page, expand a row to see its children.

<Tip>
  Names that sort cleanly hold up as the factory grows. Use sortable names such as `A1-01` through `A1-99` so the kit picklist, which relies on sort order, produces a sensible pick path. Match the hierarchy to the building (warehouse, zone, rack, shelf, bin), and reserve recurring special names once, such as In-transit, Receiving dock, Quarantine, and Scrap.
</Tip>

## Edit a location

Open a location from the Factory page to reach its detail page. Fields in the **Location Information** card are editable in place and save automatically as you change them. You can update the name, description, address, image, geolocation, type, supervisor, parent, and the inventory toggles.

If your org has defined location custom attributes, their values are editable at the bottom of the **Location Information** card. To define which custom attributes exist, see [Custom attributes](/administration/custom-attributes).

To print barcode labels for one or more locations, select them on the Factory page and click **Print Barcodes**. For label setup, see [Print a label](/build-hardware/labels-and-scanning/printing).

## Archive or delete a location

On a location's detail page, open the **Location actions** menu (the **...** menu):

* **Archive Location** hides the location from active use without removing its history. An archived location shows an **Archived** badge; use **Unarchive Location** to restore it.
* **Delete Location** removes the location permanently. Deletion requires the `DeleteLocation` permission and can't be undone. You can't delete a location that's set as your organization's default bill-to or ship-to in the purchase order settings.

## Related

* [Set up a work center](/build-hardware/locations-and-work-centers/set-up-a-work-center)
* [Custom attributes](/administration/custom-attributes)