Stock Adjustments & Physical Inventory Counts

Overview

Keep physical warehouse inventory aligned with system records through periodic stock audits, cycle counts, and manual balance rebalances.

1. Physical Stock Count (/products/stock-count)

• Cycle Counts: Perform weekly or monthly counts per category or aisle.
• Barcode Verification: Staff can scan products with handheld scanners to enter counted quantities.
• Discrepancy Highlighting: The system calculates differences (System Qty vs Counted Qty) and highlights shortages or surplus stock.

2. Stock Adjustments (/products/stock-adjustment)

• When inventory discrepancies occur (e.g. theft, shrinkage, administrative correction), submit a formal adjustment.
• Adjustment Types:
  • Addition (+) : Found stock or received unlogged inventory.
  • Subtraction (-) : Shrinkage, internal store use, or unrecorded loss.
• Requires specifying warehouse location and reason note for accounting audit logs.