Inventory & COGS

Stock you can trust, costs that follow it.

See what you have, what is on the way and what is already promised, with the value of that stock on your books and its cost recognized as it sells.

01

Receive

Goods are received against what you ordered.

02

On hand

Stock is tracked per product, with its value.

03

Reserve

Units promised to open orders are set aside.

04

Sell

As units sell, their cost moves to cost of goods sold.

01 · Stock on hand

What you have, and what it is worth

Every product shows what is on hand, what is on the way and the value of that stock. Inventory value is an asset on your balance sheet, so the books and the shelf agree.

  • On hand, on the way and reserved, tracked separately
  • Inventory value on your balance sheet
  • Receipts recorded against what you ordered
Stock on hand: inventory value $1,090, up $225 this week, with the latest receipt from purchase order PO-118

02 · Available means available

Do not sell what is already promised

Units promised to open orders are reserved, so available is on hand minus what is already spoken for, not a raw count that leads to overselling.

  • Reservations hold stock for open orders
  • Available is on hand minus what is reserved
  • One view of stock across the places you hold it

03 · Cost of goods sold

Cost lands when the sale does

When a unit sells, its cost leaves inventory and moves to cost of goods sold, in the same period as the revenue. Your profit and loss shows the margin you actually earned.

  • Cost moves from inventory to cost of goods sold as units sell
  • Revenue and its cost land in the same period
  • Costs follow the landed cost of each unit

One picture

Inventory and books that tell the same story.

Stock, cost and profit connected in one place, so what is on the shelf and what is in your accounts never disagree.

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