What the Inventory page is used for

The Inventory page is where you manage the products your business sells or keeps in stock. It helps you record item names, selling prices, cost prices, stock quantities, low stock alert levels, suppliers, SKUs, units, descriptions, and stock movement history.

What you can do from the Inventory page

• Add new stock items that your business sells.
• View all inventory items in one organised list.
• Search by item name, SKU, or description.
• Filter items by status, stock level, and supplier.
• See which items are active, inactive, low stock, out of stock, linked to suppliers, or unlinked.
• Open an item to see full stock details and movement history.
• Edit an item’s name, supplier, SKU, unit, price, cost, low stock level, status, and description.
• Record manual stock adjustments when stock arrives, is damaged, is removed, or the physical count differs from Bizwazi.
• Review recent purchase history from supplier bills.
• Review stock movement caused by sales, invoice payments, bill purchases, deletes, restores, and manual adjustments.

Why inventory matters

• It helps you know what you have available to sell.
• It helps you avoid selling items that are out of stock.
• It shows low-stock warnings before you run out.
• It helps you understand your selling price, cost price, and gross margin.
• It helps connect stock to suppliers and bills.
• It helps explain why stock changed over time.

Small Kenyan business example

• A mini-mart in Nairobi sells cooking oil, sugar, rice, milk, and snacks. With Bizwazi Inventory, the owner can see which items are low, which supplier provides each item, how many units remain, and which sales or invoice payments reduced stock.
• A small cosmetics shop in Mombasa can record shampoo, hair oil, soap, braids, and skincare stock. When stock drops below the alert level, the owner knows what to reorder.
• A food kiosk can track bottled drinks, flour, cooking oil, gas, and packaging. If the stock count is different after a busy day, the owner can use a stock adjustment to keep Bizwazi accurate.