# Categorias de armazenamento

> A storage category is used with putaway rules, as an extra location attribute to automatically propose optimal storage locations for products.

Fonte: https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/

A *storage category* is used with [putaway rules](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/regras-de-entrada-em-deposito/), as an extra location attribute to automatically propose optimal storage locations for products.

Follow these steps to complete the setup:

1. [Enable the Storage Category feature](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-enable-storage-categories)
2. [Define a storage category](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-define-storage) with specific limitations
3. Assign a [category to storage locations](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-assign-location)
4. Add the storage category as an attribute to a [putaway rule](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-set-putaway-attribute)

Veja também

[Regras de entrada em depósito](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/regras-de-entrada-em-deposito/)

Nota

Assigning categories to storage locations tells Odoo these locations meet specific requirements, such as temperature or accessibility. Odoo then evaluates these locations, based on defined capacity, and recommends the best one on the warehouse transfer form.

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## Configuração

To enable storage categories, go to **Inventory app -> Configuration -> Settings**. Then, in the **Warehouse** section, ensure the **Storage Locations** and **Multi-Step Routes** features are enabled.

Next, activate the **Storage Categories** feature. Finally, click **Save**.

![Show the Storage Categories feature.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/storage_category/enable-categories.png)

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## Definir categoria de armazenamento

A storage category with specific limitations **must** be created first, before it is applied to locations, in order to decide the optimal storage location.

To create a storage category, go to **Inventory app -> Configuration -> Storage Categories**, and click **Create**.

On the storage category form, type a name for the category in the **Storage Category** field.

Options are available to limit capacity by weight, product, and package type.

Nota

Weight limits can be combined with capacity by package or product (e.g. a maximum of one hundred products with a total weight of two hundred kilograms).

While it is possible to limit capacity by product and package type at the same location, it may be more practical to store items in different amounts across various locations, as shown in this example of [capacity by package](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-set-capacity-package).

The **Allow New Product** field defines when the location is considered available to store a product:

- **Se o local está vazio**: um produto só pode ser adicionado ali se o local estiver vazio.
- **Se os produtos são os mesmos**: um produto só pode ser adicionado ali se o mesmo produto já estiver ali.
- **Permitir produtos mistos**: vários produtos diferentes podem ser armazenados nesse local ao mesmo tempo.

Dica

When clicked, the **Location** smart button shows which storage locations the category has been assigned to.

### Capacity by weight

On a storage category form (**Inventory app -> Configuration -> Storage Categories**), set a maximum product weight in the **Max Weight** field. This limit applies to each location assigned this storage category.

### Capacity by product

In the **Capacity by Product** tab, click **Add a Line** to input items, and enter their capacities in the **Quantity** field.

Exemplo

Ensure only a maximum of five `Large Cabinets` and two `Corner Desk Right Sit` are stored at a single storage location, by specifying those amounts in the **Capacity by Product** tab of a storage category form.

![Show storage category limiting by product count.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/storage_category/capacity-by-product.png)

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### Capacity by package

For companies using [packages](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/pacotes/), it becomes possible to ensure real-time storage capacity checks, based on package types (e.g., crates, bins, boxes, etc.).

Importante

Enable the **Packages** feature in **Inventory app -> Configuration -> Settings** to show the **Capacity by Package** tab.

Exemplo

Create putaway rules for pallet-stored items, by creating the `High Frequency pallets` storage category.

In the **Capacity by Package** tab, specify the number of packages for the designated **Package Type**, and set a maximum of `2.00` `Pallets` for a specific location.

![Criar uma categoria de armazenamento na página.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/storage_category/storage-category.png)

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## Assign to location

Once the storage category is created, assign it to a location. Navigate to the location by going to **Inventory app -> Configuration -> Locations**, and select the desired location. Then, select the created category in the **Storage Category** field.

Exemplo

Assign the `High Frequency pallets` storage category (which limits pallets stored at any location to two pallets) to the `WH/Stock/pallets/PAL 1` sub-location.

![Quando uma categoria de armazenamento é criada, ela pode ser vinculada a um local de armazém.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/storage_category/location-storage-category.png)

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## Putaway rule

With the [storage category](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-define-storage) and [location](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-assign-location) set up, create the [putaway rule](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/regras-de-entrada-em-deposito/) by navigating to **Inventory app -> Configuration -> Putaway Rules**.

Click the **Create** button to create the putaway rule. In the **Having Category** field of the new putaway rule form, select the storage category.

Exemplo

Continuing the example from above, the `High Frequency Pallets` storage category is assigned to the putaway rule directing pallets of lemonade to locations with the `High Frequency Pallets` storage category [assigned to them](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-assign-location).

![Categorias de armazenamento usadas em uma variedade de regras de armazenamento.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/storage_category/smart-putaways.png)

## Use case: limit capacity by package

To limit the capacity of a storage location by a specific number of packages, [create a storage category with a Capacity By Package](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/categorias-de-armazenamento/#inventory-routes-set-capacity-package).

Continuing the example from above, the `High Frequency Pallets` storage category is assigned to the `PAL1` and `PAL2` locations.

Then, [putaway rules](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/enterprise/modulos/estoque/regras-de-entrada-em-deposito/#inventory-routes-putaway-rule) are set, so that any pallets received in the warehouse are directed to be stored in `PAL1` and `PAL2` locations.

Depending on the number of pallets on-hand at each of the storage locations, when one pallet of lemonade cans is received, the following scenarios happen:

- If `PAL1` and `PAL2` are empty, the pallet is redirected to `WH/Stock/Pallets/PAL1`.
- If `PAL1` is full, the pallet is redirected to `WH/Stock/Pallets/PAL2`.
- If `PAL1` and `PAL2` are full, the pallet is redirected to `WH/Stock/Pallets`.