Stock Inventory

SOS's Inventory Stock Control Software Features

Important stock control features for growing businesses are:

1. Multi-channel inventory management – the ability to import and process sales orders by API or manually from multiple channels or locations.
2. Track by lot or serial number to manage expiration dates and track product forward or backwards.
3. Customize fields and reports for deep dives into product performance.
4. Unify data across all touchpoints in your business for greater accuracy
5. Access account remotely from any mobile device
6. Integrate with QuickBooks Online, Big Commerce, Shopify and other platforms
7. Generate purchase orders from sales invoices
8. Keep inventory counts and costs up to date at all times

Q: Stock vs. inventory – what’s the difference?

A: These terms are used interchangeably. In the United States, inventory is more commonly used. Outside the U.S., stock is the popular term in business.

Q: Is SOS Inventory a free stock inventory app?

A: Users can enjoy their first two week with no obligation. No credit card is required to get started. Our sales team can assist you with a demonstration to help you get started. You may also attend our free inventory training classes once you place a credit card on file.

Q: What is the greatest benefit of using stock inventory software?

A: In the case of SOS Inventory, you can manage multiple locations, different departments of your business and an unlimited amount of products in a single platform that provides consistent data throughout giving greater control, accuracy, savings and higher profitability.

Q: What are the different types of inventory?

A: Inventory exists in different stages:

1. Raw materials are unprocessed items such as oil, metal, plastic, or ingredients.
2. Work in progress inventory is in different stages of production. The raw materials or ingredients have been changed by a process on their way to becoming finished product.
3. Finished product is ready to sell to the customer.

Stock Inventory App

An effective application for managing your company’s stock will track each product, every step of the way, from receipt at the warehouse to storage to order fulfillment. It will also follow a product at every stage, as it makes its journey around the production facility from raw materials to finished product, and all the points in between. A comprehensive software program will facilitate its management at every end of the spectrum, allowing for greater control in ordering from supply chains to minimize waste and overhead while optimizing profit.

​When many different raw materials are assembled, raw material counts will reduce by those included in that assembly. In cases where products are sold or assembled according to an expiration date, as is often the case with perishables such as food, chemicals or medication, a smartly devised inventory software will move the oldest product out of warehouse first to avoid waste and profit loss.

Inventory Stock Management

There are varying methods for tracking stock. The first in first out method (FIFO) aims to move the first products to arrive from suppliers out to the retailer. Most manufacturers choose this method of accounting. Alternatively, last in first out moves the most recent products out of the warehouse first. The business must choose one method and stick to it or if a change is required, paperwork must be filed with the IRS to update the method. Switching back and forth from one method to the other could send up red flags to the IRS.

Managing stock inventory with software makes it much easier. And stock inventory control helps your business run more profitably.