2:04 · For sellers and warehouses
Inventory: read and adjust your stock
Understand In Stock, Reserved and Packed, follow every stock change, and let the warehouse add stock already on the shelf or remove damaged units.
Three numbers
For every product.
- Automatic
In Stock
What you can still sell. Units held for orders are not in it.
- Automatic
Reserved
Held for orders that are not packed yet.
- Automatic
Packed
In boxes that have not left the warehouse. On the shelf: In Stock plus Reserved; Packed units are already in boxes.
The Inventory page
Everyone sees the numbers.
- You
Read it
Inventory lists every product with In Stock, Reserved and Packed. Tabs filter In stock, Out of stock and Low stock.
- You
Product page
Inventory levels shows the same numbers, and History → Stock activity shows every change with its source: received, reserved, packed, shipped, adjusted.
What the warehouse sees more
Depots and bins.
- Warehouse
Depot and bins
The warehouse also sees the Depot column, and expanding a row shows Locations: each bin and its quantity, with buttons to transfer or remove from that bin.
Add inventory
Stock already on the shelf.
- Warehouse
Count it in
Add inventory: pick the depo and customer, scan the bin, find the product and enter what you counted. Add to bin and print label prints a label for each unit. New stock from a supplier should come with a purchase instead.
- Automatic
Waiting orders pick it up
Added stock is reserved for waiting orders straight away, just like a received purchase.
Remove inventory
Damage, corrections, loss.
- Warehouse
Take it out
Remove inventory: pick the product, the bin and the quantity, then Remove from bin and confirm. It is not a shipment, and History shows it as a manual stock adjustment.
The rules
Clean stock.
- You
Purchases first
New stock arrives with a purchase. Add inventory is for stock already on the shelf.
- Automatic
Waiting orders
Added stock is reserved for waiting orders straight away.
- Warehouse
Not a shipment
Remove inventory is for damage, corrections and loss.
- You
Singles only
Never add stock to a virtual bundle; add it to the singles.