# Locations > Run several plants or buildings in one shop, with stations, hours, and stock at each location, and move stock between them with transfer orders. Source: https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/locations/ (updated 2026-10-14) *(High plan)* If your shop works in more than one plant or building, locations keep them apart where it matters: each station is at one location, each location can work its own hours in its own time zone, and stock is counted where it sits. One login, one set of items, and one plan still cover the whole shop. Admins add and change locations. Everyone in the office can pick a location in the header to see just its floor. ## How locations work - **Every shop has at least one location.** Yours starts with one called "Main location", which holds all your stations. On High you can rename it and add more. - **Each station is at one location.** The planner schedules a station's work on its location's clock: its time zone and hours. - **Stock is counted by location.** An item's on hand is the total across locations, and the stock dialog shows how much is at each one and how much is in transit between them. - **Planning stays shop-wide.** Replenishment, MRP, and the forecast count the whole shop's stock together. Due dates and ship-by dates are on the shop's clock. ## Add a location 1. Go to **Settings → Shop settings** and scroll to **Locations**. 2. Choose **Add location**. 3. Enter a **Name**, like "Plant 2", and, if you like, an **Address**. 4. Under **Time zone**, keep **The shop's** or pick **Its own** and choose one. 5. Under **Hours of operation**, keep **The shop's** or pick **Its own** and set each day's hours. 6. Choose **Add location**. Each location's row shows its address, how many stations it has, its time zone, and its hours. Choose **Edit** to change any of them. - Active locations' names must be different from each other (ignoring capitals). A shop can have up to 50. - A location on the shop's time zone or hours follows any later change to the shop's settings. - On High, the [daily summary](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/reports/daily-summary/) goes out on any day at least one location is open. ## Move stations to a location 1. Go to **Settings → Stations**. 2. On each station's row, pick its **Location**. It saves right away, and the station's tablet goes with it. To add a new station at a location, pick that location in the header's switcher first: the form then says **New station at** and the location's name. See [Set up stations](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/stations/). ## See one location at a time Once you have more than one active location, a location switcher appears in the header, with **All locations** and each location by name. Picking one narrows: - **Live view** to that location's stations; - **Work orders** to orders with a step there; - the **Dashboard** to that location's stations, with its days on that location's clock; - **Planning** to that location's stations; - **Stations** to the ones there; - **Transfers** to those leaving or arriving there. Your pick is remembered in this browser for this shop. Choose **All locations** to see everything again. On the Live view board with all locations showing, each station's card says where it is. ## Count stock at a location 1. Open the item and choose its on-hand figure (top right) to open the stock dialog. 2. The dialog lists on hand at each location, and **In transit** if any is on its way between them. 3. Pick the location in **At**. It starts on the location picked in the header. 4. Record **A count (set on hand)** or **An adjustment (add or remove)** and save. A count sets the on hand at that location only. Lot and serial items work the same way: each lot shows where its stock is, each serial number its location, and their dialogs have **At** too. See [Lots and serial numbers](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/stock/lots-serials/). ## Where orders move stock - **Purchase orders** have **Received at**: received goods go into that location. - **Delivery orders** have **Ships from**: shipping checks and takes stock at that location, so you can't ship what's sitting at another one. - **Work orders** take materials at the location of the step that uses them and put finished goods at the location of the last step. The floor never stops because a part is counted at another location. - A station's tablet offers the lots and serial numbers kept at its own location. When an order doesn't name a location, it uses the shop's first one. See [Shipping and receiving](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/stock/shipping-receiving/). ## Move stock between locations with a transfer order A transfer order (TO-1001, TO-1002, ...) moves stock from one location to another. Shipping takes it out of the first location; it's **in transit** until it's received at the second. The shop's total doesn't change on the way. Transfers are a tab in **Stock → Shipping and receiving**, next to Receiving and Shipping. The tab appears once you have more than one location. ### Create a transfer 1. Go to **Stock → Shipping and receiving** and choose the **Transfers** tab. 2. Choose **New transfer**. 3. Pick **From** and **To**. 4. If you like, set an **Expected** date and **Notes**. 5. Choose **Add an item** for each item, pick it, and enter the quantity. 6. Choose **Create transfer**. Only items whose stock is tracked can go on a transfer. ### Ship it 1. Open the transfer and choose **Ship**. 2. Enter how much of each line is leaving now. For lot items, say how much comes from each lot at the first location; for serial items, pick the serial numbers. 3. Add a **Note** if you like (the truck or carrier), and choose **Save shipment**. You can ship in parts. You can't ship more than is on the line, or more than is on hand at the first location ("There isn't that much there to send ... Count it there first."). ### Receive it 1. Open the transfer and choose **Receive**. 2. Enter what arrived. It starts from what's in transit. 3. Add a **Note** if you like (who checked it in), and choose **Save receipt**. You can only receive what's in transit on that transfer. Anything not received stays in transit. When every line is received in full, the transfer is **Received**. A transfer's page shows each line's quantity, shipped, in transit, and received, the on hand at each end, the lots or serials on their way, and a history of each shipment and receipt. In an item's stock history, transfers show as "Sent on" and "Arrived on" with the TO number. ### Change, cancel, or reopen a transfer - **Edit** changes an open transfer. Once anything has shipped, **From** and **To** stay as they are, and a line can't go below what's shipped. - **Cancel transfer** is offered only while nothing is in transit. If some is on its way, receive it first, then cancel what's left. What already moved stays where it is. - A canceled transfer can be brought back with **Reopen**. The list's statuses are Open, In transit, Partly received, Received, and Canceled. Filter it with **Show**, or search by TO number, location, or item. ## Archive a location When you stop using a location, choose **Archive** on its row and confirm. A location can be archived only when nothing is left there: - no active stations (move or archive them first, on the Stations page); - no stock; - no open purchase, delivery, or transfer orders that use it. The shop needs at least one location, so the last one can't be archived. Archived locations are listed under **Archived locations**, each with **Restore**. **Note:** **Below High,** nothing is deleted. The Locations section shows an upgrade prompt, the header's switcher disappears, every station plans on the shop's hours, and stock moves at the shop's first location. The shop works as one location until you're on High again. ## Related - [Shop settings](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/shop-settings/) - [Set up stations](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/setup/stations/) - [Shipping and receiving](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/stock/shipping-receiving/) - [How stock moves](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/stock/how-stock-moves/) - [Plans and limits](https://docs.floorlinehq.com/start/plans/)