Every Inventory Feature Across 6 Operational Areas
4 Capability Areas — One Inventory Engine
Warehouse and Location Architecture
Build a digital twin of every physical and virtual space in your network. Nest regional hubs under parent DCs, assign timezone-specific addressing, and define GL accounts per location for true multi-site accounting.
- Nesting and parent warehouses
- irtual and physical locations
- Storage types and putaway rules
- Barcode allocation per warehouse
- Warehouse status routing control
Lot, Serial, and Stock Control
Assign every unit a trackable identity from arrival to shipment. Lock completed batches, release unused lot stock back to general inventory, and view reserved quantities split by the exact manufacturing or sales order holding them.
- Automated lot and serial generation
- Reserved vs. on-hand split view
- Release stock from lot to unassigned
- Complete and lock finished batches
- Stock adjustments with full audit trail
Barcode Scanning and Goods Receipt
From dock intake to bin putaway, every movement is captured by camera or hardware scanner. Goods receipts generate automatically from POs. Reversal workflows undo incorrect receipts without corrupting the audit trail.
- Dynamic barcode scanning on any device
- PO-to-GR automation
- Proof of receipt workflow
- Reversal of goods receipt
- Barcode scan history and attribution
Replenishment and Cycle Counting
Configure rules that trigger replenishment automatically — by min/max threshold, by location, or by vendor lead time. Run non-disruptive rolling cycle counts per zone instead of shutting the plant down for a physical inventory.
- Reordering rules with auto-PO
- Cycle count scheduling by location
- Movement history and reversal
- Stock by location and by product\
- Scrap orders with regrind recovery
Dock to Balance Sheet
4 Steps from Receiving to Automatic Replenishment
Every inventory event — from the first barcode scan at the dock to the reorder trigger firing when a bin empties — lives in one system. No batch syncs. No API gaps. No manual deductions after the job closes.
Receive and Assign
Locate and Reserve
Consume and Trace
Replenish Automatically
Circular Manufacturing
Turn 500 lbs of Scrap Plastic Back Into Usable Inventory
Standard ERPs write scrap off as a total loss the moment it leaves the production line. For plastics, metals, and composites manufacturers who regrind waste back into raw material, that means your inventory count is perpetually wrong and your landed cost is a guess. Naologic's Scrap Regrind workflow logs the exact source scrap quantity, applies your defined mix percentage, and automatically generates a new inventory receipt for the recovered regrind material - complete with its own lot number and location assignment. Your balance sheet reflects the physical reality of your circular process, not a write-off that erases recoverable value.
Inventory Is the Foundation
4 Modules That Run on the Same Live Stock Number
Finance and Accounting
Freight capitalization hits the inventory valuation account automatically on goods receipt. Stock adjustments generate journal entries. GL attribution is assigned per location - so every warehouse has its own P&L line without creating redundant chart of accounts entries.
Manufacturing and Shop Floor
Work orders consume materials against the BOM via backflush the moment production is reported. WIP deductions update the available count instantly - eliminating the phantom inventory gap between what the computer says and what the floor actually has.
Sales and CRM
Reserved stock is locked at the order line level. When a sales rep builds a quote, the system shows available-to-promise quantities factoring in both on-hand stock and active manufacturing order timelines. No double-selling.
Purchasing and Procurement
Reorder rules trigger draft POs automatically when stock hits the minimum threshold. PO confirmation generates the Goods Receipt at the destination warehouse. Vendor bills are matched 3-way against PO, receipt, and invoice - no manual reconciliation.
From Camera Tap to Ledger Entry in 3 Seconds
Every barcode event - goods receipt, stock movement, bin putaway, or goods dispatch - writes directly to the live inventory ledger the moment the scan completes. Scan history is fully attributable by user, timestamp, and location. Barcode visualizations let managers audit the full scan timeline without pulling a single report manually.
Goods Receipt Scanning
Scan History and Attribution
Variant-Level Barcode Generation
Barcode Table Visualizations
Reorder Rules Fire Before the Machine Goes Idle
Manual reorder processes depend on a buyer noticing a low-stock alert, deciding to act, and drafting a PO before the machine needs the material. That chain of human decisions breaks constantly. Naologic replaces it with configured reorder rules that monitor every SKU against min/max thresholds, by location and by product. When stock drops below the trigger point, the system generates a draft PO or internal transfer request automatically - no buyer intervention required. Replenishment methods on each warehouse define whether the facility buys externally or pulls from the parent hub, so regional hubs never place rogue purchases outside your procurement policy.
Sub-Module Overview
Every Capability, Organized by Operational Function
Naologic's inventory module covers the full physical lifecycle of every unit in your operation - from vendor sourcing through warehouse receipt, shop floor consumption, cycle counting, and outbound fulfillment. Below is the complete sub-module breakdown for implementation and evaluation teams.
How Manufacturers Use It
4 Inventory Scenarios - One System Handles All of Them
Whether you run a single-site plastics plant or a multi-warehouse network spanning three states, the same inventory engine supports every operational model without customization.
ISO and FDA Lot Compliance
Full bi-directional lot traceability from incoming raw material lot through every sub-assembly to the outbound shipment. Recall identification that takes minutes, not days. Audit-ready without building a separate trace report.
Multi-Site Warehouse Networks
Parent-child warehouse hierarchies with consolidated stock reporting. Regional hubs pull replenishment from the master DC automatically. Each facility carries its own GL attribution and location-level barcode prefix.
High-Volume Barcode Operations
Mobile barcode scanning on the dock, on the floor, and at the shipping station - all hitting the same live inventory ledger. Scan history is fully attributed and auditable without exporting to a separate system.
Scrap-Intensive Plastics and Metals
Scrap regrind workflows capture every pound of waste and convert it back to usable raw material inventory. Physical circular manufacturing is finally reflected accurately on the balance sheet.
The system you're running now wasn't built for this. QuickBooks doesn't track WIP. Fishbowl breaks when the API fails. Your spreadsheets are always 48 hours behind the floor. Every week you close your books against data that was already wrong on Monday.
QuickBooks + Fishbowl + Spreadsheets API syncs between your accounting system and your WMS fail silently. Inventory deductions run as batch-end-of-day updates. WIP is a whiteboard. The first time you know about a stockout is when the machine stops.
See the ComparisonNetSuite or Odoo Built for widgets, not manufacturing complexity. Multi-level lot tracing requires expensive custom development. UoM conversion rules outside the standard library break in edge cases. Scrap regrind doesn't exist as a concept. Implementation takes 18 months and costs $400K.
See the ComparisonJobBOSS, SAP B1, and Legacy On-Premise Batch-processed inventory deductions mean your on-hand count is always hours behind. No native mobile scanning means every movement requires a desktop terminal. Physical cycle counts require a full plant shutdown. The system hasn't shipped a meaningful update since 2018.
See the ComparisonCustomer Results
Midwest Plastics Extruder - 220 Employees
94% reduction in phantom inventory incidents
Challenge
The operations team was scheduling extrusion runs based on system inventory counts that hadn't been updated since the previous shift's manual deduction. Three times per month, a machine would halt mid-run because the resin it needed was already consumed into another job and never deducted in the ERP. Planning ran on a 24-hour lag.
Solution
Naologic replaced the QuickBooks + Fishbowl stack with a single inventory engine that back-flushes resin consumption the moment production is reported. Reorder rules auto-trigger purchase orders when each silo drops below the minimum threshold. Lot numbers are assigned at dock intake via barcode scan, not manually at end of shift.
Impact
Phantom inventory incidents dropped from 12 per month to less than 1. Cycle count time per zone dropped from an 8-hour Saturday shutdown to a 45-minute rolling count during off-peak hours. Raw material carrying costs fell 18% in the first two quarters as reorder precision improved.
What Operations Teams Measure After Go-Live
The metrics that matter to a Supply Chain Manager, Warehouse Director, or VP of Operations aren't vague efficiency gains - they're specific reductions in events that cost money: stockouts, mis-picks, recall exposure time, and inventory carrying costs tied to phantom counts. These are the numbers manufacturers report within the first two quarters of running Naologic's inventory module.
