Inventory Management

Review material requirements, post material issues and finished-goods receipts for production orders.

Overview

Inventory Management under Manufacturing covers production stock movements: exploded Material Requirements, on-hand Stock Levels, Material Issue postings, and Finished Goods Receipt postings tied to production and work orders.

This screen is separate from Stock → Inventory Management in the Manufacturing sidebar, which handles general warehouse inventory.

Tabs and filters

Inventory Management tabs

Use Search and Filter. Switch between tabs Material Requirements and Stock Levels.

Material Requirements columns: Component, Required, Available, Unit, PO, Status

Stock Levels columns: Product, Location, On hand, Reserved, Available

Filters depend on the active tab:

  • Material Requirements: Production order, Product
  • Stock Levels: Product, Location

Header actions: Material Issue and Finished Goods Receipt.

Material issue

  1. Open Manufacturing → Inventory Management.
  2. Select Material Issue. RedERP opens the Material Issue drawer.
  3. Choose Production order and Work order (both required), From location, To location, Issue method (manual, fifo, or lifo), and Issue date.
  4. Under Material issues, add lines with + Add line: Product, Qty, optional Unit, and optional Lot / batch.
  5. Select Post to record the issue.

When Validate issue against exploded BOM is enabled in manufacturing settings, cumulative issues are checked against exploded requirements within BOM issue tolerance (%).

Finished goods receipt

  1. Select Finished Goods Receipt. RedERP opens the Finished Goods Receipt drawer.
  2. Choose Production order and Work order (both required), Product, optional Output lot / batch, Quantity, Rejected, To location, and Receipt date.
  3. Select Post.

Receipts increase finished-goods stock for the output product at the chosen location.

Good practice

  • Issue materials against the production order and work order that consumed them so requirements stay reconciled.
  • Post finished goods only after QC approval when your process requires it.
  • Review Available on the Material Requirements tab before release to catch shortages early.