Video walkthrough: Setting Up Bin Tracking and Bin Locations in Digit
This video covers how to configure your organization's bin tracking settings, create and manage bin locations in Digit.
Before your team starts receiving or moving inventory in Digit, there's one organization-wide decision to make: does your organization want to track inventory at the bin level down to the specific rack, shelf, or slot, or keep things simpler and track by warehouse location only?
You can find Bins by navigating to Settings from the left sidebar.
Configuring your bin tracking settings
📘 Digit Tip: Only admins and full access users can change the bin tracking setting.
In Settings, click Bins.
In the top right, click Bin settings.
Check the box for either Don't use bins or Use bins
Click Save.
What each option means
Don't use bins (default)
Inventory is tracked by location only. No bin assignments are required when your team is receiving, producing, picking, or adjusting inventory. This works well for organizations that don't need to get more specific than the warehouse level.
Use bins
Enables bin-level tracking across the platform. When turned on, your team can be required to assign a bin at every step — receiving, producing, picking, and adjustments. This is the right choice if shelves, racks, or specific slots organize your warehouse.
⚠️ Caution: Choose this setting carefully. You can switch from Don't use bins to Use bins at any time. However, switching back from Use bins to Don't use bins is significantly more difficult once your organization has inventory; every item must either have zero stock or be configured as a binless item. Treat the move to Use bins as a long-term decision, and confirm it with your team before saving.
Understanding how bins are structured
Once you're in the Bins page, you'll see two tabs:
Inventory bins: Standard storage locations where inventory is kept, received, moved, and adjusted.
Work centers: Bin locations tied to production, letting you assign a bin to a work order and define where production is happening on the floor.
Creating a bin
📘 Digit Tip: Only managers and full access users can create and manage bins.
Click + Create bin in the top right.
The Create bin location modal will open. Stay on the Location details tab — Location inventory will fill in automatically once inventory is assigned to this bin.
Fill in the following fields:
Bin name* — Give the bin a descriptive name that maps to how the location is labeled in your physical space.
Address* — Select the warehouse location this bin belongs to.
Description — Optional. Add context about what the bin is used for.
Bin type* — Choose Inventory bin for standard storage, or Work center if the location is tied to production work.
Status — Defaults to Active. Set to Archive to retire a bin without losing its history.
Tags — Optional. Use tags to group or filter bins across your workspace.
Custom fields — If your organization has configured custom fields for bins, they will appear here.
Click Create bin location. The bin will appear in your list.
✅ Best practice: Use a naming convention that mirrors how your warehouse is physically labeled, for example, MAIN-A1 for Main Warehouse, Aisle A, Slot 1. Consistent naming makes it easier for your team to find the right bin.
Generating bin labels
Once a bin is created, Digit automatically generates a barcode and a QR code tied to the bin's inventory number. Click on any bin name in your list to find these codes. From there, you can print either one and place it on the physical rack, shelf, or floor location.
To use them, head to Inventory and tap the scan button in the top right.
Scan the bin's label, and Digit will open the bin location, showing all inventory currently stored there, including quantities for standard items and individual labels for serialized items.
Managing your bins
Back in the Bins list, use the All, Active, or Archived filters to find what you need. Each row shows the bin's name, description, address, status, tags, and the number of inventory codes currently stored there.
Open any bin to edit it directly.
To take a bin out of rotation without losing its history, set its status to Archived.
To remove it permanently, use the Delete option from the options menu inside the bin.
Prefer to keep some items binless?
If your organization uses bin tracking but you have specific items that don't need a bin assignment, you can configure those items individually as binless without changing your organization's bin tracking setting. See Items: Creating and Managing Items for details.
Your bin locations are ready
With bin tracking configured and your bin locations created, your team can start assigning inventory to the right spots across your warehouses, from receiving and production to picking and adjustments.