The warehouse structure describes the physical setup of a warehouse and consists of various organisational units that are partly organised hierarchically, partly linked to each other. It is used for the IT-technical mapping of the storage topology and forms the basis for the processes in the warehouse. Examples of typical organisational units:

• warehouse
• warehouse type/system
• storage area
• storage location
• area of activity
• gate
• staging zone
• work station
• production supply area
• yard