Reference
Glossary
Key terms used across Vintrhall and this documentation.
Warehouse structure
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Warehouse | A physical location where stock is stored. Vintrhall supports multiple warehouses. |
| Rack | A shelving unit within a warehouse, identified by a code. |
| Level / Shelf | A horizontal tier of a rack. |
| Section | A subdivision of a level that groups bins. |
| Bin | The smallest storage location, holding a handful of SKUs (typically 5–8). It is the single source of truth for an item's physical location. |
| Big bin | A larger overflow location (e.g. the I/J zone) for bulk items. |
Products & stock
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| SKU | Stock Keeping Unit — a unique code identifying a product in your catalog. |
| EAN | The barcode number on a product, used to identify items when scanning. |
| Stock level | The quantity of a product available in a warehouse. |
| Source of truth | Vintrhall holds the authoritative stock and bin location; integrations mirror it, not the other way around. |
| INBOX | A staging location where imported stock lands before it is put away into bins. |
Operations
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Put-away | Moving received stock from staging (INBOX) onto racks and bins. |
| Picking | Collecting products for orders during a scan session. |
| Relocation | Moving a product from one bin to another (browse a brand, move it to a different rack). |
| Cycle counting | Counting one bin at a time and comparing it with the quantity source. Produces a discrepancy report, never changes stock levels. |
| Full inventory | Counting the whole warehouse (or part of it) bin by bin in a round. Closing a bin overwrites its contents in Vintrhall; the quantity source is not changed. |
| Product locations | A scanning mode for confirming and fixing shelf locations of products and placing new stock. |
| Dispatch | Logging parcels handed to a courier or sent to a hub. |
| Scan process | A configured scanning workflow with buckets that map order statuses to physical actions. |
Integrations
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Integration | A connected external system — see the Integrations section (PrestaShop, Base, wFirma, vintrconnect, supplier invoices). |
| Order source | An integration that provides orders to process (e.g. Base). |
| Stock source | An integration Vintrhall reads stock from (e.g. wFirma, vintrconnect). |