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Stock Process
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.
Reorder Calculation
Configuring Items
You must assign the correct planning method to each item to realize the correct reorder calculation.

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
    - Configuring Items
      You must assign the correct planning method to each item to realize the correct reorder calculation.
    - Managing an Order Proposal
      Once you have configured your parts, you can use the Create Order Proposal menu to help the customer to define when the parts need to be reordered.
- Statistics and Reporting

Configuring Items

You must assign the correct planning method to each item to realize the correct reorder calculation.

To access the page Inventory Part Planning Data:
1. Go to Warehouse Management > Part > Inventory Part Planning Data.
2. Or you can access this page through the page Inventory Part, then click Inventory Details > Inventory Part Planning Data.

By default, Planning Method is set to A and so the part is not taken into account for reorder calculation.

To change the Planning Method, you need to fill the fields:
1. Planning Method.
2. Order Point.
3. Lot Size.
4. Safety Stock is also important but not mandatory.
  
  Note:
  Safety Stock is the minimum stock ensure by the system taking into account lead time for the delivery. The available quantity in stock must be at least at safety stock level.
5. Click Save.
You need to assign a supplier to your part:
1. Go to the page Supplier for Purchase Part.
2. On the left side of the screen, select your part.
3. In the tab General, click the pane Indicators, turn on the toggle Primary Supplier - Purchase.
Note:
On the page Inventory Part, you can add a lead time to consider the time that will be spent between the order proposal and the planned delivery of the purchase order.