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Inventory Management
Traceable inventory. Lot to ledger control.
Maintain inventory accuracy with lot and serial traceability, costing, and governance.
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Engineered by ERP teams with 20+ years of large-scale delivery across front-end, back-end, and business operations. NexliOne eliminates implementation and maintenance lock-in at scale.
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Comprehensive Item Master
Define and manage unlimited SKUs with multi-language descriptions, item types (raw materials, finished goods, semi-finished, consumables, services, kits), and complete lifecycle management from prototype through obsolescence.
ABC/XYZ Classification
Automatically stratify inventory by value and demand variability to prioritize management attention on high-impact items while optimizing stocking strategies for predictable versus volatile demand patterns.
Item Family Grouping
Organize items into logical families for streamlined planning, reporting rollups, and shared default settings—reducing setup time and ensuring consistent policies across related products.
Variant & Attribute Management
Manage product variants (size, color, material, configuration) with automatic SKU generation, matrix views for bulk operations, and variant-specific costing and pricing.
Cross-Reference Management
Maintain external part numbers for vendors, customers, and manufacturers with barcode/GTIN mapping and effective date control—ensuring seamless communication across your supply chain.
Multi-Warehouse Support
Manage inventory across unlimited warehouses and facilities with independent operating parameters, time zones, and default receiving/shipping locations for each site.
Hierarchical Location Structure
Organize storage with zones, aisles, racks, levels, and bins—supporting bulk storage, pick locations, receiving areas, shipping docks, QC holds, damage areas, and returns processing.
Location Capacity Planning
Define volume, weight, and unit capacity limits per location with velocity classifications and mixed-storage rules to maximize warehouse utilization and picking efficiency.
Storage Condition Control
Enforce temperature zones, humidity requirements, and hazmat capabilities at the location level to ensure proper storage conditions for sensitive inventory.
Warehouse Digital Twin
Visualize real-time warehouse state with occupancy tracking, throughput monitoring, and inventory valuation dashboards for complete operational visibility.
Full Lot Traceability
Track inventory from receipt through consumption with complete forward and backward traceability—identify every customer who received a lot and every supplier lot used in production.
Lot Attribute Tracking
Capture manufacture date, expiration date, supplier lot, country of origin, potency, and custom attributes for complete lot characterization and quality management.
Lot Certifications
Track organic, fair trade, non-GMO, kosher, halal, and other certifications at the lot level with certifying body references for regulatory compliance and customer requirements.
Lot Genealogy
Maintain parent-child lot relationships through merge and split operations with full audit trails—essential for manufacturing traceability and recall investigations.
FEFO Enforcement
Automatically allocate earliest-expiring lots first with configurable customer-specific shelf life requirements and authorized override capabilities.
Lot Hold Management
Place lots on quality, regulatory, or investigation hold with approval workflows, partial holds, and automatic notifications to quality and planning teams.
Serial Number Generation
Auto-generate serial numbers with configurable patterns including prefixes, date components, sequences, suffixes, and check digits (Luhn, Mod10) for tamper-proof identification.
Serial Lifecycle Tracking
Track each serialized unit through available, reserved, sold, returned, in-service, scrapped, and missing states with complete transaction history and status change audit trails.
Ownership Tracking
Distinguish between owned inventory, vendor consignment, and customer-owned units being held for service or repair—essential for accurate financial reporting.
Warranty Management
Track warranty start dates, expiration dates, extended coverage, and warranty claims with automatic alerts for expiring warranties and integration with service ticketing.
Comprehensive Transaction Types
Record receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments, scrap, vendor returns, customer returns, production receipts, production issues, cycle count adjustments, and consignment consumption.
Transaction Controls
Prevent backdating beyond allowed periods, block negative inventory, flag unusual cost variances, and enforce approval workflows by transaction type and amount.
Stock Transfer Management
Execute warehouse-to-warehouse and location-to-location transfers with multi-step workflows including pick confirmation, ship confirmation, and receive confirmation.
In-Transit Inventory Visibility
Track inventory during transfer with carrier information, tracking numbers, expected receipt dates, and complete status visibility from draft through completion.
Soft & Hard Reservations
Create tentative holds that can be released for higher priority orders or firm commitments that guarantee availability—supporting both forecast planning and customer promises.
Multiple Allocation Methods
Allocate inventory by FEFO, FIFO, LIFO, nearest location, location priority, lowest cost, or highest cost based on business requirements and customer needs.
Auto-Allocation Engine
Automatically select optimal lots and locations for order fulfillment with batch processing, partial allocation handling, and item-specific or customer-specific rules.
Available-to-Promise (ATP)
Calculate real-time availability considering on-hand quantity, reservations, scheduled receipts, and scheduled demand with date-phased and multi-location views.
Capable-to-Promise (CTP)
Check production capacity and material availability to determine earliest possible delivery dates when current stock cannot fulfill customer requirements.
Multiple Costing Methods
Support FIFO, LIFO, weighted average, and standard costing with automatic cost layer management and the flexibility to use different methods for different items.
Cost Layer Management
Create and consume cost layers automatically based on your costing method with complete visibility into layer quantities, costs, and consumption history.
Landed Cost Allocation
Allocate freight, customs duties, insurance, handling fees, and brokerage to inventory cost using value-based, quantity-based, weight-based, or volume-based methods.
Cost Variance Tracking
Capture purchase price variance (PPV), material usage variance, and inventory adjustment variance with automatic posting to appropriate general ledger accounts.
Inventory Valuation Snapshots
Generate period-end, year-end, and ad-hoc valuation snapshots with item-level detail, location breakdown, lot/serial detail, and cost layer information.
Multi-Currency Inventory
Value inventory in multiple currencies with exchange rate management, currency revaluation, and functional currency reporting for global operations.
Lower of Cost or Market
Automatically identify inventory requiring write-down to market value or net realizable value for accurate financial statement presentation.
Wall-to-Wall Physical Inventory
Execute complete warehouse counts with optional transaction freeze, count team assignment, zone-based count sheets, and variance investigation workflows.
ABC-Based Cycle Counting
Count high-value A items monthly, medium-value B items quarterly, and low-value C items annually—maintaining accuracy where it matters most without disrupting operations.
Multiple Count Methods
Support blind counts (most accurate), informed counts, and targeted recounts with configurable variance thresholds for auto-approval versus investigation.
Zero & Negative Balance Counts
Automatically flag and schedule counts for locations showing zero balance with recent activity or negative quantities—catching discrepancies before they impact operations.
Variance Analysis & Trending
Analyze quantity and value variances, document root causes, and track count accuracy over time to identify systemic issues and improve inventory management processes.
Comprehensive Date Tracking
Track manufacture date, receipt date, expiration date, retest date, and best-before date with automatic calculation based on configurable shelf life parameters.
Expiry Alerts & Actions
Configure alerts based on days to expiry or percentage of shelf life consumed with automatic holds, disposition workflows, and quarantine location movements.
Customer Shelf Life Requirements
Enforce different minimum remaining shelf life requirements by customer to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and prevent short-dated shipments.
Multiple Hold Types
Place inventory on quality, regulatory, customer, damage, recall, or quarantine hold with automatic transaction blocking and visibility across the organization.
Partial & Selective Holds
Hold specific quantities, locations, or serial numbers while keeping the remainder available—providing flexibility without unnecessary inventory write-offs.
Hold Workflow & Release
Manage investigation, decision, and release processes with approval workflows, documentation requirements, and complete audit trails.
Vendor Consignment (Consignment-In)
Track vendor-owned inventory in your warehouse with no cost until consumption, periodic reconciliation, and automatic ownership transfer on use.
Customer Consignment (Consignment-Out)
Manage your inventory at customer locations with consumption reporting, billing generation, and stock count reconciliation.
Consignment Agreements
Define min/max quantities, replenishment triggers, pricing terms, billing frequency, and payment terms with effective date control and agreement lifecycle management.
Multi-Entity Inventory Transfers
Transfer inventory between legal entities as sales, loans, or intercompany consignment with proper transfer pricing documentation.
Transfer Pricing Management
Apply cost-plus, market price, or negotiated pricing with transfer price tables and arm's length documentation for tax compliance.
Automatic Financial Settlement
Generate intercompany invoices, receipts, and journal entries in both entities with multi-currency support and proper VAT/GST handling.
HS Code Management
Classify items with 6-10 digit harmonized system codes, country-specific extensions, and automatic duty rate lookup for accurate landed cost calculation.
Export Control (ECCN)
Track Commerce Control List classifications, license requirements, license exceptions, and dual-use items to ensure export compliance.
Dangerous Goods Management
Maintain UN numbers, proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, and limited quantity thresholds with automated declaration generation.
Denied Party Screening
Check customers and destinations against restricted party lists, embargo countries, and end-use requirements before shipment approval.
Multi-Agency Recall Support
Execute FDA, USDA, CPSC, and voluntary recalls with configurable workflows matching regulatory requirements for each agency and recall class.
Rapid Lot Identification
Instantly identify affected lots and serial numbers with forward traceability to all customers who received affected products.
Customer Notification
Generate distribution reports and contact lists for recall notices with tracking of notification status and customer responses.
Effectiveness Verification
Document effectiveness checks from Level A (100% verification) through Level E (no verification) with pass/fail tracking and audit-ready documentation.
Mock Recall Drills
Practice recall procedures without actual notifications, measure trace completion time, and document drill results for audit preparation and continuous improvement.
Multi-Sensor Support
Connect temperature, humidity, motion, weight, door, light, and pressure sensors for real-time environmental monitoring and inventory tracking.
Threshold-Based Alerts
Configure acceptable ranges per sensor with automatic alerts at INFO, WARNING, CRITICAL, and EMERGENCY severity levels and configurable escalation rules.
Compliance Documentation
Maintain sensor reading history for regulatory compliance with automated reports demonstrating proper storage conditions throughout the inventory lifecycle.
RFID Infrastructure Management
Configure fixed portal readers, handheld readers, and antenna arrays with zone mapping for automated inventory tracking.
Automatic Transactions
Trigger receipts when tags enter receiving zones, confirm shipments at shipping portals, and update locations automatically as inventory moves through the facility.
RFID-Assisted Counting
Perform rapid cycle counts using RFID readers with automatic discrepancy identification and missing tag alerts.
Demand Analysis
Analyze historical demand patterns, detect trends and seasonality, and calculate demand variability to inform inventory planning decisions.
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
Calculate optimal order sizes that minimize total inventory costs considering ordering costs, holding costs, and demand patterns.
Safety Stock Optimization
Recommend buffer stock levels based on demand variability, lead time variability, and target service levels—balancing availability against carrying costs.
Risk Assessment
Score stockout risk, excess stock risk, expiry risk, and obsolescence risk for proactive inventory management and exception handling.
AI-Powered Forecasting
Leverage machine learning for demand predictions, anomaly detection, ABC reclassification recommendations, and lead time optimization.
Multiple Trigger Methods
Initiate replenishment at reorder point, safety stock, min-max levels, or forecast-based thresholds with item-specific, location-specific, and vendor-specific rules.
Flexible Order Sizing
Configure order-up-to levels, fixed order quantities, days of supply targets, minimum orders, and order multiples to match supplier and operational requirements.
Automatic Action Generation
Create purchase requisitions, purchase orders, transfer requests, or production orders based on replenishment needs with appropriate approval workflows.
Order Consolidation
Combine orders to the same vendor, align delivery dates, meet vendor minimums, and optimize transportation capacity for cost-effective procurement.
Allocation Rules Engine
Define item, customer, warehouse, and channel-specific allocation policies with priority ordering, effective dating, and authorized override controls.
Planning Workbench
Review and manage reorder parameters, replenishment settings, and exception conditions from a centralized planning interface.
Slow-Moving & Obsolete Management
Identify dead stock by aging buckets, flag items for markdown or liquidation, and track obsolescence with review cadence for inventory optimization.
Inventory Onboarding
Follow guided setup checklists for items, locations, and policies with data validation and readiness tracking for successful implementation.
Net Requirements Calculation
Calculate time-phased availability against demand (sales orders, forecasts) and supply (purchase orders, planned production) across planning horizons.
Planned Order Generation
Automatically create planned purchase or production orders based on calculated shortfalls with lot sizing options including lot-for-lot, EOQ, and fixed period.
DDMRP Buffer Integration
Calculate buffer status (red/yellow/green) and recommended replenishments based on demand-driven material requirements planning methodology.
Multi-Echelon Optimization
Optimize inventory levels across multiple stocking locations based on demand variability, service level targets, and holding cost trade-offs.
UOM Group Structure
Define unit of measure groups (weight, volume, length) with base units and unlimited alternate units for flexible transaction entry.
Context-Specific UOMs
Configure different units for purchasing, sales, storage, and production with automatic conversion between transaction and inventory units.
Item-Specific Conversions
Override standard conversions for specific items where standard factors don't apply—essential for catch-weight items and variable-unit products.
Configurable Rounding
Apply standard rounding, round-up, round-down, or truncation rules to control how unit conversions handle fractional quantities.
Standard Reports Library
Access inventory valuation, stock status, transaction history, aging, expiry, ABC analysis, slow-moving, and excess inventory reports out of the box.
Interactive Dashboards
Monitor inventory overview, turn rate analysis, fill rate tracking, stockout analysis, carrying cost analysis, and forecast accuracy from visual dashboards.
Key Performance Indicators
Track inventory turns, days on hand, fill rate, stockout rate, count accuracy, and perfect order rate with drill-down to underlying transactions.
Custom Report Builder
Create custom reports with configurable filters, groupings, and calculations to answer specific business questions.
Scheduled Reports
Automate report generation and distribution on daily, weekly, or monthly schedules for consistent stakeholder communication.
Mobile Warehouse Operations
Execute receiving, put-away, picking, transfers, and cycle counting from mobile devices with real-time system updates and offline capability.
Barcode Scanning
Support item, lot, serial, and location barcode scanning with GS1-128 compliance and multi-barcode format support per item.
QR Code Support
Embed extended data in QR codes for rapid scanning with complete item, lot, and serial information capture.
Quick Actions
Perform rapid receipt, issue, transfer, count, and lookup operations with streamlined mobile interfaces for high-volume operations.
Label Template Designer
Create custom label designs for items, locations, lots, serial numbers, shipping, and pallets with variable data fields and barcode elements.
Multi-Printer Support
Print directly to label printers throughout the warehouse with on-demand and batch printing capabilities.
GS1 Compliance
Generate GS1-compliant labels and barcodes for supply chain partner requirements and retail compliance.
MRP/DDMRP Integration
Share real-time inventory data with material requirements planning including current stock, ATP, reservations, and planned receipts.
Procurement Integration
Automatically create purchase requisitions from replenishment triggers and update inventory on PO receipt with vendor performance tracking.
Sales Integration
Provide real-time ATP for order promising, create reservations from sales orders, and update inventory on shipment and return receipt.
Manufacturing Integration
Issue materials to production, receive finished goods, track work-in-progress, and maintain lot genealogy through manufacturing processes.
Finance Integration
Post inventory transactions to the general ledger, create period-end valuation snapshots, and track cost variances for accurate financial reporting.
Quality Integration
Trigger inspections on receipt, place inventory on hold for quality failures, and update lot certifications based on test results.
Flexible Transaction Controls
Configure posting date validation, negative inventory prevention, approval workflows, and number sequences to match business requirements.
Costing Configuration
Set default costing methods, cost update frequency, variance accounts, and decimal precision for accurate inventory valuation.
Tracking Configuration
Define lot and serial number formats, expiry date calculation methods, and shelf life defaults by item type.
Reservation Settings
Configure default allocation methods, auto-reserve behavior, reservation aging, and backorder priority rules.
Role-Based Security
Control access with granular permissions for viewing, creating, editing, approving, and managing inventory across all functional areas.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Accelerate common tasks with keyboard shortcuts for navigation, transaction creation, searching, and data entry.
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