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Manage your stock movements: count parts, scrap parts, adjust quantity, move inventory...
Stock Reorder
Planning methods in IFS Cloud are used to define the way we manage the reordering of parts. It helps to ensure a correct stock management and correct reorder process.
About Planning Methods
A planning method is a process of stock calculation. When your stock decreases, you need to decide according to your parts or your company which method you want to use to reorder parts.

Stock Process
Manage your stock movements: count parts, scrap parts, adjust quantity, move inventory...
- Inventory Locations
  This topic lists the references of IFS Cloud inventory locations.
- Shop Order
  A shop order is the action to build a product or a batch of product in IFS Cloud. It can include consumption of materials and operations: time and tasks. Some products cannot be purchased and must be built.
- Creating a New Material Requisition
  Consume stock for internal use.
- Adding a New Quantity for an Inventory Part
  Change the existing stock: add a new quantity to the stock.
- Removing a Quantity from an Inventory Part
  If for an unknown reason, you have more inventory parts counted in IFS Cloud than in your existing stock, you need to remove a quantity from the stock in IFS Cloud.
- Changing a Part Serial Number
  You can edit the serial number of a part in your stock if you notice it is wrong.
- Counting Reports
  Create a report to count the number of specific items or all items in a location, warehouse or company.
- Scrapping a Part from the Stock
  Remove stock from one location for Scrap reason. This part can be broken, obsolete...
- Moving Inventory Part
  Move stock from one location to another.
- Stock Reorder
  Planning methods in IFS Cloud are used to define the way we manage the reordering of parts. It helps to ensure a correct stock management and correct reorder process.
  - About Planning Methods
    A planning method is a process of stock calculation. When your stock decreases, you need to decide according to your parts or your company which method you want to use to reorder parts.
  - Reorder Calculation
- Statistics and Reporting

About Planning Methods

A planning method is a process of stock calculation. When your stock decreases, you need to decide according to your parts or your company which method you want to use to reorder parts.

Here is the list of planning methods available in IFS Cloud:

The planning methods most used are:

Planning method B

Calculation starts when:

Minimum stock is reached: the quantity appears in Order Point field.
Lot Size for reorder is fixed.

Calculation take into account:

Customer order lines that are open.
Purchase order lines open.

Planning method C

Calculation starts when:

Minimum stock is reached: the quantity appears in Order Point field.
Lot Size for reorder is variable. Here the Lot Size field is a maximum to reach.

Calculation take into account:

Customer order lines that are open.
Purchase order lines open.