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- Creating a Work Order
A Work Order is a document that helps you to put together raw parts and materials to create a finished product. To create a new Work Order, from the inFlow Menu button, under Inventory, select Work Order. Entering Header Information The header of a Work Order contains general information a ...
- Reorder Stock
The Reorder Stock function is a quick way to reorder products from your vendors. You can use this to quickly examine the stock levels of your products and then create purchase orders to reorder them if necessary. To use this, click Reorder Stock from the Homepage or else click the inFlow Menu ...
- Adjusting Product Prices
inFlow gives you two methods for setting up the prices that you charge to your customers. You can either set the prices directly under the Sales Info section of the Product information, or you can set them by using the Product Pricing tool in the Inventory module. Select Product Pricing from ...
- Work Order and Bill of Materials Overview
inFlow includes some tools to help you handle situations where you create one product from other products. For example:       - A manufacturer who creates finished products from raw materials       - A retailer who bundles a few products together into one package You can use the Bill of Materi ...
- Count Stock
Periodically, you will need to do a physical count (or cycle count) of the stock level in storage. A count sheet can be used to record the counted quantities. After everything is counted, stock adjustments can be made to the software to correct discrepancies found during the count. The Count Sh ...
- Units of Measurement
You can use units of measurement to help count the product quantities in different ways. For example, if you buy by the case and sell by the item, this will be useful for you. inFlow allows you to set up three different units of measure (UoM): The Standard UoM is the basic unit used in your i ...
- Product Costing
inFlow can help you to figure out the costs of your products and understand how profitable your business is. There are two methods you can use to estimate your product costs: Manual - You can manually set the cost per unit of your product Moving Average Cost (MAC) - Let inFlow automatically c ...
- Product Categories
You can organize your products into different categories. For example, a clothing distributor might first categorize clothing by the brand name, and then subcategorize by the type of clothing articles (e.g. T-shirts, Pants, etc). To see and manage your product categories, click Product Categor ...
- Transfer Stock
Use the Transfer Stock function to record the movement of inventory between two locations within your company. You may wish to do this if you are transferring inventory from one warehouse to another, or reorganizing the locations of stock within a warehouse. To begin a stock transfer, click th ...
- Entering Product Information
Your Product Information keeps track of what products you buy or sell, its pricing, barcode, and other information. Three types of products are supported: Stockable Products, Non-Stockable Products, and Services. More Information. To create a new Product, click the New Product link from the Ho ...
- Stock Transaction History
To see a full, searchable, history of inventory transactions, click the History link from the View Box in the Inventory Module. This allows you to see a history of inventory movements. You can search or sort through the history listing panel. How to work with Listing Panels. Stock Transaction ...
- Current Stock
You can view your current stock at all locations by clicking the Current Stock link from the Home Page or from the inFlow Menu button. This shows you a detailed breakdown of all products stored in all locations. Generally, product locations with zero quantity will not be shown, unless it is the ...
- Work Order List
A Work Order is a document that helps you to put together raw materials to create a finished product. A listing of these Work Orders can be accessed by clicking Work Order in the Inventory menu through the Start Menu. The left panel gives you to a listing of Work Orders and the option to se ...
- Work Order Toolbar
The Work Order Toolbar is visible in all the Work Order windows and contains the following menu items: Creates a new Work Order. If you have another Order open, the system will prompt you for saving changes to that Order. More about creating a Work Order. Saves the changes to the Order ...
- Inventory Menu
The Inventory Menu gives you quick links to various aspects of inFlow related to your product list, prices, current inventory levels or inventory management tasks. An Inventory Menu is available at the Homepage... …or the full Inventory manu can be accessed from the inFlow Menu button ...
- Adjust Stock
You can use the Adjust Stock function to make corrections to the inventory levels. For example, if some products go missing from your inventory, you can correct the inventory levels here. To begin adjusting stock, select the Adjust Stock option from the Inventory menu through the inFlow Menu b ...
- Product Types
inFlow Inventory supports three types of products. The most common type is the Stockable Product. The Non-Stockable Product type can be used for products which you don't want to keep a careful inventory of. Finally, the Service type can be used for intangible items that you may buy or sell. St ...
- Putting Away for Work Orders
Put-Away is the process of placing the finished products that come out of the Work Order into your inventory. This is represented in the Put Away tab of a Work Order. Many businesses won’t need to worry about using the Put Away tab of a Work Order, since clicking the Complete button on the Ord ...
- Picking for Work Orders
Picking is the process of taking raw materials from your inventory and getting it ready to be used up in a work order. This is represented in the Pick tab of a work order. Many businesses won’t need to worry about using the Pick tab of a work order, since clicking the Complete button on the Or ...
- Important Quantities
There are numerous ways to keep track of inventory quantities for different business applications. Four important quantities are: Quantity on Hand – This is the total quantity of a product that you have in your inventory storage. This does not include products that have been picked for a Sales ...
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