When to archive a warehouse
Archive a warehouse when you close a location permanently — a branch that has shut down, a depot you no longer lease, or a store that has been consolidated into another. Archiving removes the location from your active list without deleting its historical records.
Before you archive
Before archiving a warehouse, ensure:
- All stock at that location has been transferred out or written off via a stock adjustment
- There are no pending purchase orders receiving into that location
- There are no active production orders allocated from that location
- The location is not set as the default warehouse
AADOPS will warn you if any of these conditions are not met.
How to archive a warehouse
- Go to Settings → Warehouses
- Click on the warehouse you want to archive
- Click Archive warehouse
- Confirm the action
The warehouse disappears from your active location list. All historical records — past stock adjustments, transfers in and out, sales from this location — are preserved and remain visible in reports.
Restoring an archived warehouse
If you reopen a location, go to Settings → Warehouses → Archived. Find the warehouse and click Restore. It returns to your active list with zero stock — you will need to add opening stock via a stock adjustment.