Print warehouse location barcodes from Excel

Aisle, bay, level, bin. One scan per slot.

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Print warehouse location barcodes from Excel

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free app: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print on a Zebra or download PNG / PDF / ZPL.

Open bin location template

Location barcodes go on the rack, not the SKU. Put every slot ID in Excel. Design one location label in the free label maker. Barcode {{loc}}. Add aisle and bay as text. Print the map.

Good to know: One unique loc per row. Duplicate slot IDs send pickers to the wrong bay.

How to print location barcodes from a slot list

  1. Headers: loc, aisle, bay, level.
  2. Open the free label maker. Set 3x2 or 4x2 so the code is easy to scan from a pallet jack.
  3. CODE128 with {{loc}}. {{aisle}} {{bay}} {{level}} in large type.
  4. Upload the Excel file. Walk two bays. Scan. Print the rest.

Sample spreadsheet

A first aisle of a small warehouse might look like this.

locaislebaylevel
A01-B01-L1A01B01L1
A01-B01-L2A01B01L2
A01-B02-L1A01B02L1

First row is the header. Those header words go inside the curly braces on the label, like {{loc}}.

Item stickers are a different run: inventory barcodes. Bin names only: bin labels from Excel.

Print or save

Zebra thermal: print from the browser with Browser Print at the printer’s DPI. Everyone else: download PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON keeps the editable master.

Print this location map

One code per slot. Scan the rack, not the box.

Open free label maker