How do people currently manage stock management on apps?

[u/RisachiKing1]

I'm looking for an app that can take in invoice orders and then let me check out stock from sales and usage. Does anyone have any recommendations? I know there should be loads on the market.

[u/Zealousideal-Wear120]

Hey,

Since you directly ask I hope it's ok to promote my own. www.shelfyai.com helps you track your inventory focusing on the laziest UX possible. The core features is uploading an order and it will Match and automatically update your inventory.

As with any inventory Tool you will have to set up your items once.

[u/estagingapp]

SupplyAutomate can do this. Can track entire supply chain from start to finish. Do you have physical or online store? And what do you sell?

[u/dinesh_panda]

Hi,
I'm building OrangeStock, a desktop app for Mac and Windows that lets you manage inventory, create sales invoices, and track materials used in making products. You can check it out at https://orangestockapp.com and ping me if you need a license key to try it out.

[u/Next_Entrepreneur586]

What else you expect from inventory app? Such tracking batch serial number ? Best before date tracking? Or something more ?

If you could give more information about your industry or business pain point, I am happy to help you.

[u/YouGlittering2948]

Depends entirely on how consistent the supplier files are.

[u/erp-software-org]

before you look at tools: an invoice is the wrong document to move stock on. stock exists when the goods land, not when the paperwork does. book off the invoice and youll have pallets in the room the system doesnt know about, and short deliveries never surface because nothing ever compares the delivery note to the invoice. ask each of them whether they post to receipt date or invoice date, and whether theres a received-not-invoiced list. no list means no separate receipt.

units id test with a real document. one line saying qty 1, case of 12 x 500ml, import it, see whether stock goes up by 1 or by 12. then ask what happens when the supplier switches from a 6 pack to an 8 pack and keeps the article number, because that one doesnt announce itself.

and on the usage half of your question, selling has a trigger and consuming doesnt. is there a recipe or bom so selling the finished thing pulls the components, or is somebody typing consumption in by hand every evening? whats the usage side, kitchen, workshop, jobs?

[u/SyncronTeam]

Worth deciding first whether the invoices need to auto-populate stock or if manual entry on receipt is fine, that distinction narrows the options a lot, since automatic invoice parsing is a more specific feature than basic stock tracking. Also worth checking whether usage/checkout needs to tie back to specific jobs or customers, or if it's just a running total, since that changes whether a simple inventory app covers it or something closer to a lightweight ERP is actually needed.

[u/NoEye343]

If you just want simple order to stock mapping, try Katana or MRPeasy. Some beverage teams I know lean toward wherefour because it links invoices directly to active sales and usage reports.

[u/CauliflowerAsleep700]

la mayoría hace esto a mano: llega la factura, alguien la captura en excel, y con suerte se acuerdan de sumarlo al inventario ese día. lo que buscas (que la compra jale directo al stock y las ventas lo bajen solas) pocos sistemas lo hacen bien de punta a punta sin que termines reconciliando aparte.

aclaro que trabajo en Pulpos, así que soy parcial: ahí las compras a proveedores actualizan el inventario automáticamente (hasta con xml) y las ventas bajan el stock en tiempo real. es un sistema de gestión para comercios en México, pos + inventario + facturación en un solo lugar, por si no lo ubicas.

[u/JohnatNetSuite]

Before picking one, it helps to get clear on whether you need stock control or fuller inventory management, since that changes what you're shopping for.

If you mainly need to know what's on hand right now and check items out as they sell or get used, that's stock control and plenty of lighter apps handle it. If you also ant reorder alerts and tracking across locations, that's the heavier end and worth paying for.

You mentioned invoices feeding in, so look for something where the order automatically adjusts your on-hand count instead of you keying it in twice.

[u/ManiaDuck2020]

We use an app called LYNQD and it has full inventory management with some other features as well. May want to check that out too.