What is a stock adjustment?
A stock adjustment is a manual correction to recorded inventory, used for damage, count differences, found stock or data entry errors.
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When adjustments are needed
Records drift from reality. A case gets dropped, a count comes up short, or a pallet turns up that nobody received. An adjustment brings the system back in line with the shelf.
Because adjustments change stock value, most companies want to know who made each one and why.
Worked example
In this example, a forklift drops 4 cases of item J-12. The worker records a damage write-off of minus 4 at that location.
With approval switched on, the adjustment waits as pending. The supervisor checks the location, approves it, and only then do the 4 cases leave the ledger.
How Waresify handles it
Waresify has four adjustment types: count correction, damage write-off, found stock and system correction. An approved adjustment posts as one adjustment movement that records who made it and who approved it.
The adjustment approval module is on every plan. With it on, an adjustment changes nothing until a supervisor approves it, and a rejection writes nothing to the ledger. Each company decides whether adjustments notify its ERP.
Questions
Should every adjustment need approval?
Most warehouses with more than a few staff require it. Approval adds a short delay, and in return a second person checks every change to stock value.
What is the difference between an adjustment and a transfer?
A transfer moves stock between locations and the total stays the same. An adjustment changes the total.