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Adjusting stock for serial number trackable items
Adjusting stock for serial number trackable items

Adjust stock for serial number trackable items to ensure accurate inventory management.

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Written by Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over 5 months ago

You can adjust stock for serial number trackable items, adding or removing serial numbers as needed through a stock adjustment, ensuring accurate inventory records and traceability. This involves includes creating adjustments, entering or removing serial numbers, and maintaining detailed logs for precise inventory management.

Using the stock adjustment feature allows you to add serial numbers to historical products or even remove them from inventory at any given time.

Removing serial numbers from stock

These 7 steps help you to remove serial numbers from stock.

  1. In the stock adjustment, add an item with serial number tracking enabled and click on the Adjustment +/- field to open a dropdown. Select the Remove option.

    Remove / Add dropdown for an item on a stock adjustment

  2. Enter the serial numbers you want to remove from stock and click Done.


    Note: On negative stock adjustments, you can only remove serial numbers that are currently available in stock.

    Window allowing you to remove serial numbers via a stock adjustment

  3. To add more serial numbers to the same adjustment, click on the Adjustment +/- field and then click + Enter serial numbers in the window.

  4. To remove previous numbers, use the Trash bin icon associated with number.

    Serial numbers to remove window, showing that there's a trash bin icon to remove added numbers

  5. Once the changes have been completed, close the window by clicking Done.

  6. To view the full list of removed serial numbers, click the down arrow on the item field.

    Item arrow to see more information about tracking information on a stock adjustment

Adding serial numbers to stock inventory

  1. Click on an Adjustment +/- field to open a dropdown menu and select Add to open the modal.

    Add option on an item in a stock adjustment for adding serial numbers

  2. Enter the serial numbers that you want to add to stock and click the Done.

    Note: For positive stock adjustments, you can add serial numbers the same way as you'd add them to a Manufacturing order.

    Window to add serial numbers on a stock adjustment

  3. If you want to include additional serial numbers to the same adjustment, click on the Adjustment field and select the + Enter serial numbers link in the window.

    List of serial numbers added on a stock adjustment window with the option to delete them

  4. If you want to remove previous numbers, use the Trash bin button.

    Serial numbers that can be deleted

  5. To view the full list of added serial numbers, click the arrow on the item field.

    More details arrow on an item in a stock adjustment to see serial numbers

These steps allow you to easily add specific serial numbers to the stock inventory. This allows you to maintain accurate records and traceability of products.

Serial numbers tab in the stock screen


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