Discover how Sage 200 and its add-ons help distributors take control of multiple warehouses
If you work in distribution and run more than one warehouse, you’ll know how big a challenge this can be. Inventory tracking issues, stock imbalances, and transfers between sites can hold back growing distribution business.
The good news is that there are tools designed to help you better manage your warehouse operations!
In this article, we explore how Sage 200 helps distributors manage multiple warehouses, and the add-ons that take those capabilities even further.
Sage 200 for multi-warehouse management
If you’re not already familiar with Sage 200, it’s a powerful finance and business management solution designed for growing businesses that need more than basic accounting software.
Sage 200 helps finance leaders, department managers and directors gain full control over their operations, with advanced functionality for accounting, stock, projects, and reporting, it’s particularly well-suited for organisations operating in the distribution sector.
Multiple warehouses and bin locations
With Sage 200, you’re able to set up more than one warehouse, and multiple bin locations within each one, as standard. There’s no need for extra modules as this is built into the core system.
Instead of only seeing vague “in stock” figures, you’re able to see stock levels broken down by warehouse and by specific bin location. That level of detail makes picking faster, reduces the chances of your team searching the wrong site for an item, and gives you a much clearer picture of what stock you actually have.
For distributors expanding beyond a single site, or running multiple warehouses that need stock organised logically, this is especially useful.
Batch and serial traceability
Another key feature included within Sage 200 is batch and serial traceability. It allows you to assign a unique serial number or batch number to stock items that need it, for example, goods such as perishables or pharmaceuticals.
You can also store “use by” and “sell by” dates against stock. Sage 200 uses your information to allocate the stock that’s soonest to expire first, helping you minimise waste and avoid the costly mistake of shipping older stock after newer stock has already gone out.
Additionally, if a batch needs to be recalled or a customer raises a quality issue, you’re able to easily trace exactly which batch or serial number was involved, which warehouse it moved through, and which customers received it.
Extending Sage 200 with add-ons
Sage 200 gives you a solid foundation for managing multiple warehouses, but if you’re handling higher stock volumes, more complex fulfilment operations, or trading relationships with larger retail partners, there are additional tools available that build on Sage 200’s capabilities.
Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing
Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing is a warehouse management add-on for Sage 200 that gives distributors a real-time way to manage stock across multiple sites.
Rather than your team manually typing stock movements into Sage, you simply scan a barcode using a handheld device, or an Android phone or scanner, and Sage 200 updates instantly.
It covers the full range of warehouse activity you as distributors deal with every day, including stock transfer, goods in, picking and despatch, and stock takes. As everything updates in real time, you can view inventory levels across all your connected warehouses, directly within Sage 200.
If you would like to see Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing in action, you can watch our on-demand webinar recording!
Sicon Courier Integration
Sicon Courier Integration is a helpful add-on that connects Sage 200 to a range of couriers, including DPD, UPS, FedEx, and Evri, so that consignment details and shipping labels can be generated directly from Sage, without re-entering the same information into a separate courier portal.
If your business sends parcels from multiple warehouses, this removes that repetitive, manual step and speeds up the time between an order being picked and it actually leaving the building.
EDI Integration
For those of you who trade with supermarkets, large retailers, or other big trading partners, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) integration, such as the solution from Cegedim, is another helpful add-on that connects your Sage 200 system directly to your trading partners’ systems.
This automates the flow of documents like sales orders, dispatch notes, and invoices between your ERP and your partners, without needing to manually re-key data. This means order and despatch information keeps moving accurately and quickly, no matter which of your warehouses is fulfilling the order.
Choosing the right warehouse management solution for you
Sage 200 offers you a strong foundation for managing multiple warehouses, from setting up sites and bin locations to tracking batches and expiry dates. Additional add-ons like Sicon Barcoding & Warehousing, Sicon Courier Integration, and EDI integration extend that functionality into a streamlined multi-warehouse operation, giving you full visibility and control across every site.
If you’d like to talk through which tools make sense for your distribution organisation, get in touch with our team today. Call us on 01332 959008 or visit our contact page.
Written by: Lucy Andrews, Marketing and Content Assistant at PKF Smith Cooper Systems
Reviewed by: Richard Torr, Head of New Client Solutions at PKF Smith Cooper Systems
Last updated: August 2026
