Multi-company and multi-warehouse
Organise stock by company, branch, warehouse and bin, with clear ownership and location-level visibility.
Inventory & warehouse
Know your stock. Control every movement.
Manage stock across companies, branches, warehouses and storage bins—with traceable movements, reliable availability, controlled adjustments and inventory valuation connected to finance.
✓ Multi-location stock✓ Traceable movements✓ Finance reconciliation
LARAOFFICE · STOCK OVERVIEW
PreviewInventory positionIllustrative data
12,840Sample value
1,460Allocated stock
18Needs review
Item / locationAvailableStatus
SKU-10042Main warehouse · A-01
248 unitsAvailableSKU-10087Branch store · B-04
12 unitsReorderSKU-10112QC holding · Q-02
36 unitsQuarantineIllustrative interface and sample figures; actual values depend on your data.
Connected ERP control:Inventory receives goods from Purchasing and Production, fulfils Sales and POS demand, manages returns and waste disposition, and reconciles stock valuation with Finance.
See it in LaraOffice
A complete item master
Register items with categories, units, prices, suppliers, barcodes and tax settings used across sales and stock.
Inventory control
One reliable stock picture across locations.
Keep operational quantities, traceability and valuation aligned instead of relying on separate stock tables or untracked manual adjustments.
Product identifiers and units
Manage SKU, unit of measure and barcode information, with controlled unit conversions and quantity rounding.
Lot, serial and expiry tracking
Trace applicable items by lot, serial number and expiry date through receipt, storage, issue and return.
Accurate stock status
Distinguish on-hand, reserved, available-to-promise, in-transit, quarantine, damaged and consigned stock.
Stock movement ledger
Maintain traceable receipt, issue, transfer, adjustment, return, picking, loading and production movements.
Valuation and finance control
Support an approved costing policy, valuation layers and reconciliation between inventory values and the general ledger.
Warehouse operations
From receiving to dispatch, with controlled handovers.
Every stock change should have a source document, a responsible process and a traceable movement. The warehouse workflow connects physical handling to inventory records and downstream financial effects.
- ✓Receive: record goods from purchase receipts or production output.
- ✓Put away and locate: assign stock to the correct warehouse and bin.
- ✓Reserve and pick: allocate stock to eligible demand and track picked quantities.
- ✓Transfer and count: process inter-location transfers, cycle counts and stocktakes with controlled adjustments.
- ✓Inspect and disposition: route returns to restock, quarantine or approved scrap based on inspection.
Warehouse location viewIllustrative layout
A-01Picking
A-02Bulk storage
A-03Bulk storage
B-01Receiving
B-02Available
B-03Reserved
Q-01Quality hold
D-01Damaged
R-01Returns
Active location Available / picking Hold / exception
Connected business processes
Inventory is the operational source of stock truth.
Other modules should request and record inventory changes through the authorised inventory workflow—not create separate stock balances or write directly to stock tables.
01
Purchasing → receipt
Purchase order and goods receipt feed stock receipt, quantity checks and the appropriate valuation / goods-received-not-invoiced process.
02
Sales / POS → fulfilment
Check availability, reserve stock, pick, dispatch or issue goods, then pass movement and costing effects to the appropriate financial process.
03
Production → materials and output
Record material issues and production output, with stock and production cost movements linked to the relevant source records.
04
Returns and waste → disposition
Inspect returned goods and route them to restock, quarantine or approved scrap; record controlled movements and accounting effects.
Control principle: reconcile movement history, quantity on hand and stock valuation across receipts, sales, returns, transfers, production and waste. Inter-branch transfers must track in-transit stock and destination receipt.
Planning and control
Prevent stock discrepancies before they spread.
Use controlled processes for availability, adjustments and exceptions to protect both physical inventory and financial records.
Reservation expiry and availability
Track reserved quantities and reservation expiry; prevent overselling with concurrency-safe stock allocation.
Cycle counts and stocktakes
Compare physical counts with system quantities and require reason-coded approval for adjustments where applicable.
Reorder and demand signals
Use reorder levels and material requirements planning demand to identify replenishment needs, subject to approved rules.
Exception handling
Control negative stock, damaged goods, quarantine, scrap and quantity differences through documented reasons and approvals.
Transfer reconciliation
Track dispatch from the source location separately from receipt at the destination to avoid invisible in-transit quantities.
Inventory audit trail
Keep stock changes traceable to source documents, users, approvals and the relevant inventory movement history.
Frequently asked questions
Inventory & Warehouse FAQs
Understand the stock control model and how it connects with the wider ERP.
On-hand is the quantity physically recorded at a location. Available-to-promise considers reservations and other applicable restrictions, so it can be lower than on-hand. In-transit, quarantine, damaged and consigned stock should remain distinguishable rather than being treated as freely available.
A purchase receipt updates inventory quantities and should link to the applicable valuation and goods-received-not-invoiced accounting process. Supplier invoicing and payment remain controlled by Purchasing, Billing and Finance workflows.
Returned stock should be inspected before disposition. Depending on the outcome and business rules, it may be restocked, quarantined or scrapped with the required approvals and financial treatment.
The inventory design includes inter-branch transfer tracking, including stock in transit and confirmation when the destination receives the goods. Source dispatch alone should not mark the destination as received.
The costing method must follow the organisation's approved policy, such as FIFO or weighted average where selected. Inventory valuation layers and movement history should reconcile to the inventory-related general ledger balances.
Bring stock, warehouse and finance into alignment.
Discuss your locations, traceability needs, fulfilment processes and stock valuation rules.
