FAQs about Inventory Management

What is an Inventory Management System?
An Inventory Management System manages goods and finished products, as well as the warehousing and processing of such items.
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What is an SKU?
A Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) is a distinct type of item for sale, such as a product or service and all attributes associated with the item type that distingui...
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What is Inventory?
The total list of SKUs that includes information for each SKUs such as its price and description.
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What is Stock?
Stock refers to the total quantities of the SKUs present at a certain physical location or store.
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What is Real-Time Inventory?
Real-time inventory refers to management system updates which instantly records every sale in every channel you are managing.
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What is the “In Hand” stock in the Inventory Tab on the Omnirio Platform?
In Hand = Available + In Process + On Hold + Damaged + Buffer Definitions: In Hand refers to the total number of all the stocks of a certain SKU in t...
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What is an available stock?
It is the actual usable stock that can be used for order processing. It is the total inventory in the location which is available to be sold. 
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What is a damaged stock?
It is a stock that might have defects, did not pass the quality check or not in a good condition to use, hence, it cannot be made available to be sold. 
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What is a buffer stock?
This could be the extra quantities of the products that a company keeps, it acts as a cushion so it always has enough available to sell or use.
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What is threshold stock?
Threshold inventory quantity is the minimum amount of inventory a company wants to have on hand. Thanks to advances in computer technology, most companies t...
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