How the Inventory reports page works

The Inventory reports page gives you a business-focused view of your stock. Instead of only showing item names and quantities, it explains what your stock is worth, what stock has moved, what stock may have been lost, which items are selling well, and which items need attention.

What this page is for

• Use it to review stock movement over a selected period.
• Use it to estimate the cost value of stock currently on hand.
• Use it to identify stock loss, damaged stock, expired stock, returned stock, and removed stock.
• Use it to see which inventory-linked items are selling the most.
• Use it to find stock that has not moved during the reporting period.
• Use it to find low-stock items that need attention.
• Use it to spot items repeatedly going low stock.
• Use it to see why stock went down during the selected period.

Why it is useful

• It helps you see where money is tied up in stock.
• It helps you identify stock loss before it becomes a bigger problem.
• It helps you reorder fast-moving items before customers are disappointed.
• It helps you avoid buying too much dead stock.
• It helps you understand whether stock is leaving through sales, invoice payments, damage, expiry, removals, returns, or corrections.
• It gives small businesses a clearer stock control view without needing a complicated accounting system.

How it connects to the rest of Bizwazi

• Inventory reports use stock item records from the Inventory page.
• They use stock movement history created by inventory sales, invoice payments added to Sales, bill-linked stock records, manual stock adjustments, and stock corrections.
• They use selling price and cost price to estimate stock value and sales value.
• They help explain numbers that also affect Sales, Invoices, Bills, Accounts, and the Business overview page.

Small Kenyan business example

• A small mini-mart in Nairobi may have KSh 154,996 worth of stock at cost. The owner can use Inventory reports to see which items sold fastest, which stock was damaged, and which low-stock items should be reordered from suppliers.
• A cosmetics shop in Mombasa can use this page to see which hair products move quickly and which products are sitting on the shelf without movement.
• A kiosk can use this page to notice repeated removals or damaged stock, such as broken bottles, expired milk, or lost packaging stock.