Stock Availability & Balances
Four-way inventory balance monitoring: Quantity on Hand, Reserved Quantity, Available Quantity, and Incoming On-Order with reorder points and low-stock alerts.
Reviewed on 2026-10-07
Select the right warehouse and bin#
Choose the variant, warehouse and optional bin. Compare the same location scope when reviewing quantities.
Read the quantities you can use#
- 1Open the stock view for the product variant and select the warehouse and, if relevant, bin.
- 2Compare On hand with Reserved. Available is On hand minus Reserved at that location.
- 3Open reservations on the product when Reserved seems higher than the orders your team expects.
- 4Check the chosen lot's expiry and status or the selected serial's status before quoting the Available figure.
- 5Check lot expiry and serial status before promising the remaining units to an order.
Availability is local to the chosen scope. Units across town cannot satisfy a pick in this warehouse until they are transferred.
Check stock committed elsewhere#
A pending transfer reserves source stock; shipping removes it from the source and receiving adds it at the destination. In-transit quantity is not available in the destination warehouse.
WARNING: Do not ship from a warehouse or bin with too few available units just because the company has stock elsewhere.
If an order has too little stock#
Check another eligible bin only if the physical goods are there; otherwise complete the pending receipt or transfer first.
If a shelf has units but Available is zero, investigate reservations and tracking restrictions before entering an adjustment.
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