Within the inventory interface, we can find the all parts in the shop and the desired quantities to keep in inventory. This includes purchased parts and production parts.
All parts within this page can be marked as “sellable” or not “sellable”. This is important to note because parts that are marked as sellable are what would be ordered and entered into system via the orders page.
For example, in the picture below there may be many input parts that are used in the green operations, however, our customers place an order for the red block “completed item”. Only the SKU that represents that completed production part is what we would mark as sellable.
Reading the chart from left to right gives us an example of how the tan bubbles are inventory that can come from both producing or purchasing the part. The red bubble on the far right is the final product that should be marked sellable in the system and be quoted.
The Inventory page can be found under the “Inventory” tab in the primary navigation menu of the StartProto system. See below for visual.
From the Inventory page, you can see a list of all the inventory (Purchased parts and created) that are in the StartProto system and manage the parameters around them. This page is pictured below.
Adding a purchased part can be done by moving to the “Purchased” tab and selecting the “Add Item” button.
After the add “Add Item” button is selected, the “Add Purchased Item” window will display. See below for an example.
The “Item name” should identify a single orderable part. This part may be orderable through a single vendor or many vendors. The option to enter more possible vendors to order from is available after the part has been made in the details page for the part.
The next line “Item SKU” (item Stock Keeping Unit) is a completely optional field that can match what the vendor uses to track the item or can be unique to your shop.