How stock movement history works

Stock movement history shows why an item’s stock changed. It is one of the most important parts of Inventory because it turns a stock number into an explainable timeline.

What movement history can show

• Opening stock when the item was first created.
• Sale out when stock was reduced through a sale.
• Sale restore when stock was restored before or after a sale edit.
• Sale delete restore when stock was restored after a linked sale was deleted.
• Invoice out when stock was deducted from an invoice payment added to Sales.
• Manual adjustments when a user changes stock directly.
• Bill purchase movements when stock is increased from supplier bill workflows, where supported.

Before, change, and after

• Before shows the stock level before the movement.
• Change shows how much was added or removed.
• After shows the stock level after the movement.
• Negative changes reduce stock.
• Positive changes increase stock.

How to use movement history

• Use it when stock seems wrong.
• Look for large negative changes.
• Check whether a sale or invoice payment deducted stock.
• Check whether a deleted sale restored stock.
• Check whether opening stock was entered correctly.
• Check whether a manual adjustment was made.

Example

• If Weetabix started at 100, then a sale reduced it by 1, the movement history can show Before 100, Change -1, After 99. If that sale was later deleted, history can show stock restored back up.