Katana offers restock notifications to alert you when inventory levels are low and need reordering based on predefined safety stock levels. These notifications appear as alerts on your dashboard, guiding you to the Stock screen to review and manage necessary restocks.

Notifications are based on an item's Calculated stock column (read more), which calculates stock level, existing commitments, expected quantities, and the safety stock level: calculated stock = In stock - Committed + Expected - Safety stock level.

If the calculated stock falls to zero, you will receive a notification where you can decide whether to create a manufacturing order (MO) for a product or a purchase order (PO) for a material.

An automatic stock check is performed each morning (at 8 AM according to your browser's timezone) to see if any new items need to be restocked (Calculated stock column has fallen to zero). If restocks are needed, a notification appears on the Bell icon.

If you open a notification, you'll see a list of all the locations where items need to be restocked as well as the total number that needs restocking from a Location.

By clicking on a notification, you'll be redirected to the Stock screen with the items that need restocking filtered out, giving you a clear view of which items need attention.

Use the quick action buttons on the table to generate new MOs or POs.

If you want to take a look at previous notifications, click the Archived tab in the Notifications dropdown.

Remember to regularly check reorder levels to ensure that notifications are relevant even if a stockout is expected. Read more about safety stock levels or how to set the level safety stock.

Use the toggle button on the notification dropdown to turn notifications on or off.

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