Multi warehouse inventory management for small businesses

Multi warehouse inventory management means every location keeps its own stock figure, and the company still reads as one business. Golden Inventory does this from one login: pick a location and the numbers are that location's; leave it on all and you see the company.

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How to manage multiple warehouses

Start by naming the places stock actually sits. A shop floor and its stockroom are two locations if goods move between them; a workshop and the van that carries parts are two as well. The Add warehouses & team guide walks through creating them and giving each person access to the ones they work in.

One stock figure per location

Every receipt, sale, transfer and stock count names a location. The item page shows the total and the split underneath it, so you can see that 10 of an item are in the shop and 4 in the stockroom.

Transfers move two balances

Sending goods from the stockroom to the shop is one document. It leaves one location and arrives at the other; nothing is bought and nothing is sold.

Buying stays company-wide

A purchase order is placed with a supplier, not with a shop. When the delivery arrives you choose which location receives it, line by line if the pallet is split.

The habit that keeps the numbers honest is the same at every size: receive into a location, transfer with a document, and count each location on its own. A spreadsheet can hold the columns, but it cannot stop two people from editing the same cell, and it cannot tell you which location a sale came out of.

Does software help scale a business?

It helps when the work that grows is the work software does: keeping a stock figure per location, moving goods between them, and answering where a number came from. Two shapes of small business feel this first: two or more shops, one stockroom, stock moves between them; and multi-site distribution, pick/pack, delivery deadlines. Both are described in the industry pages, and both break a single-column spreadsheet the moment the second site opens.

Here is a small example. A workshop keeps 10 pumps at the depot and 4 in the van. A job needs 6.

DepotVanTotalNeededShort by
Spreadsheet104146nothing: 14 ≥ 6
Golden Inventory1041462 at the van

The company total is fine, but the van is short by 2. A transfer of 2 from the depot fixes it, and the transfer is the record of what happened. The same arithmetic runs on every item, which is what makes the second and third location manageable rather than heroic.

On cost: the Free plan is $0 and covers one location, so a second site is where a paid plan starts. Pro is $49 a month and allows 3 locations. Business is $99 a month, allows unlimited locations and up to 5 companies with one login, and plans up to 10,000 items. Premium is $199 a month with unlimited users and companies. Prices are in USD; the merchant of record handles VAT at checkout.

If you are moving from the desktop app, the migration guide covers importing locations, vendors, customers, items and opening stock from the legacy file — and the import can be repeated safely because duplicates are skipped.

Questions

Can I see stock for one location only?

Yes. Pick the location and the figures are that location's. Leave it on all and you see the company total with the split underneath.

How do goods move between my locations?

With a transfer document. It leaves one location and arrives at the other, and it changes no total for the company.

Do I need a paid plan for a second site?

The Free plan covers one location. Pro allows 3 locations, and Business allows unlimited locations.

Can one login cover several companies?

On Business, up to 5 companies share one login. Premium removes the limit.

Does it work when the internet is down?

Yes. Sales, receiving, invoicing and POS keep running offline, and each change syncs when the connection returns.

Open the second location without opening a second spreadsheet

Create the locations, receive into them, transfer between them. Free plan, no card.

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