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Inventory overview

Inventory tracks quantity and cost in warehouses: receiving goods, moving stock, and writing off loss. Product definitions live in Catalog; Inventory consumes them.

Main areas

Section titled “Main areas”
Area Purpose
Warehouses & balances Where stock sits and how much is available
Purchases Supplier stock-in (pending → ordered → received)
Stock adjustments Decrease-only write-offs (breakage, theft, cycle-count short)
Suppliers Supplier records and pay terms (under Contacts)
Opening stock Initial quantities when starting MerchMind
Movements Ledger of stock in / out / transfers

Golden rule

Section titled “Golden rule”

Quantity increases when stock is received (purchase received, opening stock, transfer in) — not when you merely create a catalog item. See Catalog vs stock.

Purchases vs adjustments

Section titled “Purchases vs adjustments”
  • Use Purchases (or opening stock) to add stock.
  • Use Stock adjustments only to remove stock that left without a sale, supplier return, or transfer.

Details: Purchases & receiving · Stock adjustments.

Section titled “Related”