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When you have defined Branches on the Host Company (your business/s) then each warehouse (an all lower nodes of the tree) are associated with the branch in the screen when they are created. Choosing a branch will filter the stock locations to that branch.
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Warehouses are the top level of the tree. A Warehouse also has an address. 
A warehouse may be temperature controlled or may have rooms within it that are temperature controlled.
If you allow customers to return stock - then the default return bays can be specified.
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Requires a role with the secure feature Secure Features List and their impacts
Stock locations can be archived - if they do not have any stock in them. The error message will show the first 3 locations found with stock.
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