Inventory Management
MeraUdyog Inventory Management gives every branch a live, per-SKU view of stock on hand, raises low-stock alerts before a reorder point is breached, and ties purchase orders to supplier records so a delivery reconciles against what was actually ordered. Stock deducts automatically the moment a deal is won or an invoice is raised, so sales and stock never drift apart.
Why it matters
Stock counts that are only trustworthy right after a manual count are not stock counts, they are guesses with a timestamp. Inventory Management keeps the number live, scoped by branch like everything else on the core, and ties it directly to the sale that moved it.
Because Inventory Management shares one data core with every other module, the work it produces is immediately usable everywhere else: scoped by branch, center and owner, visible in Analytics, and available to Workflow Automation as a trigger.
Zero clicks between a stockout risk and a purchase order.
Nagpur sits closest to a stockout across the network.
Everything in Inventory Management, by sub-category.
Stock tracking
Reordering
Procurement
Sales integration
What each capability does. And the problem it removes.
Features are only worth listing if the business problem behind them is named.
| Feature | What it does | Problem solved | Business benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Levels (Per SKU) | Tracks quantity on hand for every SKU in real time | Nobody knows what is actually in stock until someone counts it by hand | An accurate number without a manual stock count |
| Branch-wise Stock Visibility | Scopes stock by branch or warehouse, like every other module | Network-wide stock figures hide exactly which branch is actually low | See the branch that is short, not just a network average |
| Stock Movement History | Logs every addition and deduction against a SKU | No record of why a stock number changed between two counts | A traceable history behind every stock figure |
| Low-Stock Alerts | Notifies the right person when a SKU crosses its threshold | Stockouts are discovered only when a customer asks for something you do not have | Reorder before you run out, not after |
| Reorder Point Rules | Sets a per-SKU minimum that triggers the alert | One generic low-stock warning does not fit fast movers and slow movers alike | Reorder timing tuned to how fast each SKU actually sells |
| Purchase Order Creation | Raises a PO against a supplier directly from a stock shortfall | POs raised over WhatsApp or Excel, with no record of what was promised | One auditable record from shortfall to order |
| Supplier Records | Keeps supplier contacts, terms and order history on one record | Supplier details scattered across phones, email threads and spreadsheets | One place to see who supplies what, and how reliably |
| Received vs Ordered Tracking | Flags the gap between what a PO specified and what arrived | Short or wrong deliveries get discovered weeks later during a stock count | Discrepancies caught at receiving, not at audit time |
| Automatic Stock Deduction (Sales CRM) | Reduces stock the moment a deal is marked Won or invoiced | Stock and sales records drift apart because nobody updates both | A stock number that reflects sales without a manual update |
Operations / Inventory Manager
Owns stock accuracy across branches and the reorder cycle that keeps shelves and warehouses full.
- Pain today
- Stock counts are only trustworthy right after a physical count; reordering happens from memory or a message to a supplier.
- What they want
- A live, branch-wise stock number they can trust, with reordering that happens before a stockout rather than after.
- Features that deliver it
- Stock Levels, Low-Stock Alerts, Purchase Orders, Automatic Stock Deduction
- Business value
- Fewer stockouts, less dead stock, and a purchase-order trail that holds suppliers accountable.
Use cases
Three ways teams put Inventory Management to work in week one.
A won deal in Sales CRM deducts stock automatically
The moment a rep marks a deal Won, the SKU quantity on that order reduces on the same record, no export to a spreadsheet and no second system to update by hand.
A low-stock alert fires before a branch runs out
A SKU crosses its reorder point at one branch and the owner is notified immediately, while the other branches keep selling from their own, separately tracked stock.
A delivery reconciles against the purchase order that raised it
Stock received against a PO is checked against what was ordered, so a short or substituted delivery is caught at the counter rather than at the next stock count.
Industries where Inventory Management carries the most weight.
Inventory Management FAQs
No, and we would rather say so plainly. Inventory Management here covers stock levels per SKU and branch, low-stock alerts, purchase orders and supplier tracking, with stock deducting automatically from Sales CRM. It does not do batch or serial tracking, barcode scanning, multi-step bills of materials or warehouse-to-warehouse transfers. If your business runs on manufacturing or multi-step warehouse logistics, Odoo's inventory and manufacturing modules go deeper on that specific ground. For a business that mainly needs to know what is in stock, when to reorder, and whether a delivery matched the purchase order, this covers it without that implementation overhead.
Automatically. The moment a deal in Sales CRM is marked Won, or an invoice is raised in Finance & Accounting, the stock quantity for that SKU reduces on the same record. There is no export, re-import or manual update between the two systems, because there are not two systems.
Yes. Branch-wise visibility is a core primitive across MeraUdyog, so Inventory Management scopes stock by branch or warehouse exactly the way Attendance or Finance & Accounting does: a branch manager sees their own stock, and HQ sees every location in one view.
Start with Inventory Management. Add the rest when you are ready.
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