Applications · Inventory
One stock number. Everyone reading the same one.
Plants, depots, stores, third-party warehouses and the stock in a technician's van: modelled as locations in one inventory picture, with batch, serial and expiry where the product demands it. Counts reconcile with a reason and an approver, never with a plug entry.
multi-location · multi-UOMBatch, serial & expiryCycle counts with reasonsReplenishment on demand signal
One item · physical to promiseSite, bin, lot, quality and demand stay joined before stock is reserved or moved.SKU-4418 · Pune Plant A
Released · QC-901 · 46 / 46 serials indexed
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WH-01 · A-14-0346 physical · 16 reservedQC-901 · released
Any variance stops the prepared path and opens a count review.
Scan the bin, count 46 units, and verify LOT-24C17 serial evidence before returning readiness.
Residual shortage stays explicit.
Inventory becomes useful when every available unit can explain itself.
SKU-4418 looks sufficient at network level and constrained at Plant A. The product must preserve that difference, plus the lot, quality and demand facts behind it.
Physical is only the first number
Every site exposes physical, reserved, quality and available stock separately.
SKU-4418 · 09 Aug · 09:16 ISTBin and lot integrity travel together
The selected bin keeps serial evidence and the exact quality release with the quantity.
A-14-03 · LOT-24C17Demand names the consequence
Production, customer and maintenance needs keep their owners, dates and uncovered quantities.
WO-3381 · SO-48211 · PM-221A person selects replenishment
Count, quality and planning authorities remain distinct before reservation or transfer.
Farah → Leena → AshaStock control, judged at the point of the count.
Inventory software is bought on features and lived with at reconciliation. These rows are the ones that decide whether the number is believed.
Stock visibility
→A location-wise report, as of the last posting run.
Rebuilt agentic
One live picture across plants, depots, stores, transit and van stock, with reserved, available and in-transit separated rather than netted.
Traceability
→Batch numbers captured, and traced by spreadsheet.
Rebuilt agentic
Batch, serial, lot and expiry tracked through receipt, movement and consumption, so a recall query answers in one query, forward and backward.
Warehouse operations
→Bin locations in a system, and knowledge in a person.
Rebuilt agentic
Put-away and pick strategies by zone, FEFO or FIFO, with barcode and scan capture on the mobile app: the movement is recorded where it happens.
Cycle counting
→A full physical count once a year, and an adjustment.
Rebuilt agentic
Perpetual cycle counts by ABC class with blind counts and recount rules; every variance carries a reason code and an approver.
Replenishment
→Reorder levels set once, and never revisited.
Rebuilt agentic
Min-max and demand-driven replenishment recomputed against consumption, lead time and seasonality: the buyer sees why the level moved.
Ageing & write-off
→Slow-moving stock discovered at year-end.
Rebuilt agentic
Ageing, expiry and slow-moving exposure surfaced weekly by value, with write-off gated by the authority matrix.
Move what is available. Preserve what is not.
A network total does not answer a shortage. Join location, reservation, quality, lot and demand before anyone creates a transfer.
Illustrative product sequence · no stock is changed or moved automatically.Shortage decision dueReview recorded · stock unchangedAsha Menon · Inventory planner
316 physical is not 316 available
Reservations, quality holds and site demand reduce what can serve Plant A.
Decision fact82 transferable at WH-01 · 46-unit demand gap
The path begins at one released lot
A-14-03 contains LOT-24C17 with 46 indexed serials and 30 unreserved units.
Decision factQC-901 released · Farah count due
Movement protects a start but leaves a residual gap
WO-3381 and SO-48211 remain individually visible beside PM-221 protection.
Decision factOption A leaves 16 units unresolved
Lot and demand evidence
Count integrity before movement speed.
Filter the retained stock, quality and demand evidence without changing the source record. Every movement route cites the facts that make it possible.
316 physical across five on-hand buckets; supplier ASN excluded
09 Aug · 09:16WH-01 offers 82 available; A-14-03 contributes 30
09 Aug · 09:12LOT-24C17 released; 46 serials indexed
18 Jul · 15:40WO-3381 + SO-48211 expose a 46-unit gap
09 Aug · 09:15WH-01 route ETA 10 Aug 14:00 · ₹6.4 K
09 Aug · 09:19Warehouse lead · named checkpoint
Farah Khan
Scan A-14-03 and attest the physical count.
BIN-A1403 · LOT-24C17 · 46 serialsMay return readiness; cannot reserve stock.Quality owner · named checkpoint
Leena Rao
Confirm QC-901 remains the governing release.
QC-901 · LOT-24C17Owns lot disposition; not movement priority.Inventory planner · named checkpoint
Asha Menon
Choose reservation, transfer and residual replenishment.
DEM-4418 · LANE-104 · PO-7194Decides the movement after count and quality evidence.Named stock authority
A count is evidence, not permission to move.
Farah owns physical truth, Leena the quality boundary and Asha the replenishment decision. One record holds all three.
Complete warehouse role task
Scan the bin. Prove the lot. Return readiness.
The warehouse task contains the item, exception, expected stock, serial evidence, consequence, prepared movement and named handoff.
One complete role task, not a compact summary.9:41▦
Any variance stops the prepared path and opens a count review.
Scan the bin, count 46 units, and verify LOT-24C17 serial evidence before returning readiness.
SO-48211 remains 20 units uncovered.
Residual 16-unit demand gap stays visible.
What the warehouse gets.
Locations are modelled as they are, including third-party warehouses, consignment stock and the boot of a van. Every stock state stays attributable from receipt and quality through demand and movement.
Item & UOM master
Items with alternate units, conversion factors, packaging hierarchies, substitutes and storage conditions.
uom · pack · substituteLocation model
Plants, warehouses, zones, bins, stores, transit, third-party and van stock: each a real location with its own rules.
zone · bin · 3pl · vanReceipt & put-away
Inbound against PO or transfer, quality hold, put-away strategies by zone and capacity, and cross-docking.
inbound · hold · strategyPicking & dispatch
Wave, batch and zone picking with FEFO and FIFO rules, packing verification, and dispatch documentation.
wave · fefo · packBatch, serial & expiry
Full genealogy through receipt, transfer, production and sale, with shelf-life rules and blocked-batch handling.
genealogy · shelf lifeTransfers & in-transit
Inter-location transfers with dispatch and receipt confirmation, transit ownership, and shortage or damage claims.
transfer · transit · claimCycle counting
ABC-classed count schedules, blind counting, recount thresholds, variance reason codes and approval before adjustment.
abc · blind · recountMobile scanning
Barcode and QR capture on the Android and iOS app for receipt, pick, transfer and count: resilient through weak signal.
scan · resilient · auditPrepared work · retained authority
A count variance that needs a reason before it moves.
The system can trace demand, compare lanes and prepare movement. It cannot attest a physical count, release a lot or reserve stock for a person.
“which SKUs expire within 60 days, where they are, and what they are worth”
Three agents on stock. Adjustments still need a person.
Agents prepare stock intelligence. Warehouse, quality and planning owners keep consequential authority.
Recomputes reorder levels from consumption, lead time and seasonality, and explains every level it moves.
buyer confirms the purchaseCompares counted against system stock, triggers recounts on threshold, and prepares the variance for approval.
no adjustment without a reasonWatches expiry, shelf life and slow-moving exposure by value and raises it while there is still time to sell.
write-offs go to the matrixTracks transfers that have dispatched but not received and chases the receiving location before the month closes.
shortages become claims, with owners
Bring one warehouse. Count it in the app.
A 90-minute working session: your location model, traceability rules and count policy drafted as an FRS, approved, and generated to a staging tenant with barcode capture on your phone.
For your technical team
Inventory is meta on the platform: the same locations order management allocates from and field operations consumes from, with durable execution behind every movement and valuation left to your ledger.