Built for inventory operations

A stronger operational backbone.

There is a point where a single stock number stops being enough. Teams need to know which warehouse owns the item, which location it is sitting in, which purchase order is still open, which receipt brought it in, and which serial number left on which order.

The Inventory module gives BCC that operational structure without forcing businesses into a dangerous all-at-once replacement of their existing inventory process. Inventory Tracking stays SKU-specific, rollout can happen store by store, and legacy stock can bootstrap safely in the background.

Warehouse structure that actually helps operations

Warehouses carry delivery address, phone, primary contacts, and delivery instructions used directly in purchasing workflows. Locations can inherit warehouse store assignments or narrow down to specific operational subsets.

Purchase orders connected directly to inventory

Purchase orders are not isolated documents sitting beside inventory. Teams can build purchase orders from vendor SKU lists, imported spreadsheets, copied orders, or recommendation-driven planning values.

Transfers built for messy operational reality

Transfers support draft workflows, create-and-ship workflows, shared or row-level destinations, serialized-unit control, carrier tracking, receiving, cancellations, and reversals.

Serialized inventory without guesswork

Serial-aware workflows extend across receipts, adjustments, transfers, cycle counts, lookup, aging, and reporting.

Workflow

Built for the operational moments teams deal with every day.

Receiving a partial inbound shipment

A purchase order for 40 units arrives in two separate deliveries. The receiver opens the purchase order, applies a default receiving location, overrides one damaged line to quarantine storage, and scans serial numbers for the serialized units that arrived today.

  • Receipt commits inventory
  • Updates cost layers
  • Purchase order remains open for balance

Moving inventory between stores

Operations needs to move excess machine inventory from one warehouse to another. Staff select the source location, choose destination warehouses, attach carrier tracking information, and ship the transfer immediately.

  • Serialized units remain mapped
  • Receiving updates inventory
  • Transfer history
Rollout

Designed for staged rollout instead of operational disruption.

The Inventory module was designed specifically so businesses can move toward structured inventory control gradually. Inventory Tracking remains a per-SKU decision, enabled stores can be scoped selectively, and legacy stock bootstrap can run safely in the background for larger catalogs. Approval workflows, configurable allocation rules, transfer governance, negative-stock handling, and serialization policies allow operations teams to tighten control without rebuilding their entire operational process overnight.

What’s inside

Operational workflows connected end to end..

The Inventory module is designed around how receiving docks, purchasing teams, warehouse staff, and operations managers actually work — including partial shipments, serial tracking, transfers, and location-level control.

Operations
  • Inventory Dashboard On Hand, Reserved, Available, Open POs, In Transit, Low Stock, Receiving Today, Inventory Value.
  • Inventory Management Universal SKU search, warehouse/location filters, bulk receive, bulk move, bulk adjust.
  • Warehouse Activity Board Live operational feed for receipts, transfers, adjustments, cycle counts, and serialized movements.
  • Receiving Workspace Bench-style receiving screen with barcode scanning, partial receipts, serial capture, and default locations.
Purchasing & replenishment
  • Purchase Orders Vendor recommendations, CSV/XLS import, copy previous PO, approval workflows, partial receiving.
  • Planning Rules Reorder points, min/max quantities, safety stock, lead times, suggested order quantities.
  • Vendor Profiles Vendor lead times, payment terms, warehouse delivery instructions, cost history.
  • Cost Tracking Average cost, receipt cost layers, transfer cost layers, manual cost corrections
Workflow control
  • Inventory Statuses In Stock / Reserved / In Transit / Sold / Returned / Adjusted Out — or your own operational states.
  • Transfer Workflow Draft, Ship, Receive, Cancel, Reverse with line-level quantity tracking.
  • Receiving Rules Serialized validation, default-receive locations, line overrides, bulk location assignment.
  • Allocation Rules FIFO or default-bin allocation, negative-stock handling, store-aware inventory eligibility.
Warehouse & location control
  • Warehouses Delivery metadata, operational contacts, printable barcode + QR labels.
  • Locations Shelf, dock, room, staging-area structure with default and default-receive flags.
  • Multi-location inventory Shared warehouses, store-specific warehouses, or hybrid operational structures.
  • Barcode infrastructure Alternate barcode support, UPC fallback, scannable receiving worksheets.
Serialized inventory
  • Serial Number Lookup Search by serial, SKU, status, warehouse, or location with export support.
  • Serial History Full movement history including receipts, transfers, returns, adjustments, and sales.
  • Serialized Transfers One serial per transferred unit with in-transit tracking and reversal support.
  • Serial Aging Track how long serialized units have remained in operational flow..
Receiving & transfers
  • Partial Receiving Receive only what arrived while keeping the PO open for remaining units
  • Transfer Batches One shared destination or row-level warehouse/location destinations.
  • Receiving WorksheetsPrintable inbound receiving sheets with scannable barcode values
  • Cross-Warehouse Transfers Carrier tracking, transfer notes, shipment visibility, and operational reconciliation.
Cycle counts & adjustments
  • Cycle Counts Location-based counting workflows with preload system quantities.
  • Variance CaptureTrack counted quantity, system quantity, variance, and operational notes.
  • Inventory Adjustments. Positive/negative adjustments with serialized safety rules and audit history.
  • Bulk Inventory Actions Bulk move, bulk adjust, bulk enable tracking, bulk seed quantities.
Reporting & accounting
  • Inventory Valuation. Tracked SKU value, total quantity on hand, vendor value, warehouse value.
  • Transaction Ledger Receipts, adjustments, transfers, reservations, shipments, and returns
  • Planning Reports Suggested reorder quantities driven by operational planning values.
  • Untracked SKU Reports Identify products still outside Inventory Tracking and enable them in bulk.
Identity & governance
  • Store Scope Controls Enable Inventory per store without forcing company-wide rollout..
  • Approval Workflows Approver users, approver roles, approval-required purchase orders.
  • User Warehouse Access. Per-user warehouse/location visibility for operational separation.
  • Inventory Auditability Every movement, serial event, adjustment, receipt, and transfer recorded with user and timestamp history.

Reporting that helps operations, purchasing, and finance.

The reporting suite answers the operational questions teams usually end up solving manually in spreadsheets — what is on hand, what is reserved, what inventory is aging, which products need reorder attention, and how much inventory value sits with each vendor.

  • Inventory ValuationTracked SKU valuation, total inventory value, quantity on hand, and operational inventory summaries.
  • Planning Report.Suggested purchasing quantities based on reorder point, min/max levels, lead times, and safety stock.
  • Transaction LedgerReceipts, adjustments, moves, shipments, reserve/unreserve activity, and returns in one operational ledger.
  • Serial LookupSearch serials by SKU, location, status, age, and sales history with export support.

What dealers ask us most

Can Inventory Management roll out gradually?

Yes. Inventory Tracking remains SKU-specific and stores can be enabled selectively. Businesses can migrate operational inventory in stages instead of forcing all SKUs into the new workflow at once.

Does the module support serialized inventory?

Yes. Serialized workflows exist across receipts, transfers, adjustments, cycle counts, lookup, reporting, and sold-unit history. Serial-aware inventory movement is built directly into operational workflows.

Can receiving happen partially?

Yes. Purchase orders support partial receiving, line-level quantity receiving, default receiving locations, line overrides, and receipt history tracking across multiple inbound shipments.

Can inventory move between warehouses?

Yes. Transfers support warehouse-to-warehouse movement, serialized-unit control, carrier tracking, partial receives, reversals, and multi-destination transfer batches.

What reporting is included?

Inventory includes reporting for stock levels, valuation, planning, vendor value, serial history, transaction ledgers, aging, and untracked SKU analysis with Excel and PDF export support.

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