Inventory Control

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Inventory control includes all operational activities in the facility, especially inbound and stowing activities.

The effective tracking and managing of goods receipts and relocation of items within a facility are critical for maintaining accurate inventory records and preparing products for order fulfillment.

Clients

The Inventory App supports operational activities in the warehouse or facility . In the web-based Back office, aggregated views for the supervisor or similar roles can be found.

• Inventory App - Inbound

• Inventory App - Stowing

• Backoffice - Inbound Overview

• Backoffice - Storage Locations

Features

Inbound process and goods receipt

• Overview over expected deliveries

• Manage receipt of goods and perform a quality check

• Add comments and photos to receipts

• First time stowing of goods and stock updates

• Supporting barcoding and scanning

• Consideration of best before date, batches and other product properties

Warehouse layout & storage location management

• Adding storage locations and edit storage location information

• Editing stock quantity on storage locations

• Differentiating between different zones (e.g. inbound, picking area) and storage types (bulk/single storage)

• Marking storage locations as pickable (see inventory traits)

• Blocking storage locations for incoming orders, inbound, and stowing (see inventory traits)

• Configure storage principles, e.g., un-mixed storage (see is-mixed storage)

Stowing and relocating stock

• Relocating products within a warehouse

• Receiving recommendations for storage locations when relocating products