If you manually manage inventory levels at a location, there are a few ways to ensure your inventory levels stay up to date. You can use a manually managed location to track all of your inventory or a subset of your inventory. For example, you can use manually managed inventory when:
All of my inventory is stored in one location and I don't use an warehouse management system (WMS) to track my inventory levels
Most of my inventory is tracked via my WMS but I also store inventory at our headquarters and I want to keep track of those levels
Most of my inventory is tracked via my WMS but I also work with a partner who doesn't use a WMS.
Before getting started, first make sure you have a manually managed location setup.
đ You can read more about Manual locations here:
Adding inventory manually
After creating a manually-managed location, youâll be prompted to add baseline inventory numbers. Youâll be able to select an item from your catalog, and break down your inventory by âOn Handâ, âAvailableâ, and âReservedâ. You can default to updated today, but if your information is outdated, you can update numbers from a certain point.
Inventory numbers will be updated by POs, GRNs and Orders in Settle.
Updating inventory via GRN
You can use the Goods Received Note (GRN) to import shipping receipts or packing slips. In this video, we'll walk you through updating your inventory via a GRN that has been created from a PO.
Note: You don't have to first create a PO to create a GRN. These can be created as standalone documents.
You can also create multiple GRNs for each PO. In this case, you would want to create GRN for each shipment.