Inventory

How stock is deducted from inventory Understand how stock quantities reduce when sales or invoices use inventory items. Featured guide

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How low-stock alerts work Set low-stock alert levels so Bizwazi can show when items are running low. Featured guide

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Selling price versus cost price Understand the difference between what you charge customers and what the item costs your business. Featured guide

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How to handle out-of-stock items Understand what to do when inventory quantity reaches zero. Featured guide

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How to count stock and correct differences Compare physical stock with Bizwazi stock and correct differences carefully. Featured guide

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How to add opening stock Enter the stock quantity you already have when creating an inventory item. Featured guide

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What to do when stock is damaged Record damaged stock so inventory quantity stays accurate. Featured guide

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What to do when stock expires Remove expired stock from available inventory. Featured guide

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What the Inventory page is used for Understand how the Inventory page helps you track stock items, prices, margins, suppliers, low stock, and movement history. Featured guide

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How the Inventory overview cards work Learn what Total, Active, Inactive, Low stock, Out of stock, and Linked suppliers mean. Featured guide

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How to search and filter inventory items Use inventory search and filters to find items by name, SKU, description, status, stock level, and supplier. Featured guide

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What an inventory item card shows Understand the information shown on each inventory item card. Featured guide

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How to add an inventory item Step-by-step guide to adding a new inventory item in Bizwazi. Featured guide

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How to view an inventory item Understand the inventory item details page, stock cards, supplier details, purchase history, and movement history. Featured guide

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How to edit an inventory item Learn how to update item details, supplier, SKU, unit, prices, low stock level, status, description, and stock level. Featured guide

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How manual stock adjustments work Understand how to adjust stock manually when stock arrives, is damaged, is removed, or does not match the physical count. Featured guide

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How stock movement history works Understand sale out, sale restore, invoice out, sale delete restore, opening stock, and manual stock movement records. Featured guide

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How sales and invoice payments affect inventory stock Understand when stock reduces, when it restores, and why invoice stock may only reduce after payment is added to Sales. Featured guide

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How supplier bills connect to inventory Understand how bills, bill lines, suppliers, purchase history, and stock purchase records relate to inventory items. Featured guide

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What Active and Inactive inventory items mean Understand active and inactive status and when to use each. Featured guide

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Why some inventory items cannot be deleted Understand the danger zone, linked invoice lines, linked bill lines, linked sale lines, and why Bizwazi protects historical records. Featured guide

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How low stock and out of stock warnings work Understand low stock alert levels, low stock badges, and when to reorder stock. Featured guide

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Common inventory problems and how to fix them Troubleshoot wrong stock, missing items, low stock warnings, supplier issues, deletion blocks, negative margin, and stock not reducing. Featured guide

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How the Inventory reports page works Understand the Inventory reports page, including stock value, stock loss, damaged stock, low stock risk, stock flow, top-selling items, and dead stock. Featured guide

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How Bizwazi calculates inventory report values Learn how cost price, selling price, stock value, sales value, stock loss value, and low-stock value are calculated. Featured guide

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How to choose a reporting period in Inventory reports Use the reporting period filter to analyse stock movement, losses, sales, and value for a selected period. Featured guide

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What the Inventory report summary cards mean Understand Stock on hand, Stock loss, Damage/Expiry/Returns, Low stock value at risk, Manual corrections, Dead stock, and Stock flow. Featured guide

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How to use Items with the most stock loss Learn how to investigate the items losing the most stock by quantity and estimated cost value. Featured guide

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How to use Most sold items by KSh Use this report section to identify your highest-value inventory-linked sellers. Featured guide

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How to use Fastest-moving items Find the products selling fastest by quantity and use the information for restocking decisions. Featured guide

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How to understand damaged, expired, and returned stock Use this section to monitor waste, damage, expiry, returns, and non-sale stock removals. Featured guide

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How to use Dead stock and no movement items Find stock that is sitting in the business without movement during the selected period. Featured guide

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How to use the Low stock list Use the Low stock list to find items that need attention, with current stock, alert level, cost value, and sales value. Featured guide

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How to understand Removal reasons Understand why stock went down, including invoice payments, stock removed, damaged stock, and other removal reasons. Featured guide

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Common Inventory report problems and how to fix them Fix common issues such as wrong values, missing items, no movement, high stock loss, low stock surprises, and unexpected report results. Featured guide

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How stock movements work Understand the history of stock changes for each inventory item.

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How to adjust stock manually Manually correct stock when counted stock does not match Bizwazi records.

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What SKU means in inventory Use SKUs to identify stock items more clearly.

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How inactive inventory items work Use inactive status for items you no longer sell but want to keep in history.

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How to record stock returned to a supplier Adjust inventory when items are returned to a supplier.

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Why inventory cost price matters Use cost price to understand margins and how much items cost the business.

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What opening stock means Understand opening stock quantity and opening stock notes.

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How supplier linkage and unlinked stock work Learn why linking inventory items to suppliers helps stock organisation and purchasing.

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How inventory reports help you manage stock Understand how inventory reports can help spot stock loss, slow-moving stock, low stock, and supplier issues.

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Best practices for using Inventory in Bizwazi Practical tips for keeping stock, suppliers, prices, bills, sales, invoices, and reports accurate.

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Inventory examples for Kenyan small businesses Real examples of how dukas, mini-marts, salons, cosmetics shops, food kiosks, and small suppliers can use inventory.

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How to use Most frequently damaged items Identify items that are repeatedly damaged and costing the business money.

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How to use Items repeatedly going low stock Find items that often become low stock and may need better reorder planning.

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How to use Items most often corrected manually Use manual correction reports to find counting problems, missed sales, stock errors, or process issues.

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How Inventory reports help small Kenyan businesses Practical benefits of Inventory reports for dukas, mini-marts, kiosks, salons, suppliers, and other Kenyan small businesses.

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Best practices for using Inventory reports Use Inventory reports well by reviewing stock regularly, keeping prices accurate, checking low stock, and investigating losses.

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