Supplies

Keep a simple list of consumables such as stretch film or adhesive tape per warehouse, with current stock and minimum stock.

Under Supplies (Hilfsmittel) you keep the consumables and working materials of a warehouse, for example stretch film or adhesive tape, with their current stock and minimum stock. It is a simple master data list per warehouse.

Screenshot: Supplies list with search field, warehouse filter and the columns Name, Slug, Warehouse, Stock and Minimum stock
Screenshot: Supplies list with search field, warehouse filter and the columns Name, Slug, Warehouse, Stock and Minimum stock

Before you start

  • A warehouse exists – see Warehouses.
  • Your user needs the permission Supplies (Hilfsmittel) and, to create or edit, the edit permission – ask your administrator.

Step by step

  1. Open WMS › Warehouse › Supplies (WMS › Lager › Hilfsmittel).
  2. Click New supply (Neues Hilfsmittel). The form Create new supply (Neues Hilfsmittel anlegen) opens.
  3. Choose the Warehouse (Lager) and enter a Name (Name).
  4. Optional: enter a Slug (Slug). Leave it empty to have it created automatically from the name.
  5. Enter the current Stock (Bestand) and the Minimum stock (Mindestbestand).
  6. Click Save (Speichern). You see "Supply successfully created." (Hilfsmittel erfolgreich erstellt.) or, when editing, "Supply successfully updated." (Hilfsmittel erfolgreich aktualisiert.)
Screenshot: Form "Create new supply" with Warehouse, Name "Stretch film", empty Slug, Stock 40 and Minimum stock 10
Screenshot: Form "Create new supply" with Warehouse, Name "Stretch film", empty Slug, Stock 40 and Minimum stock 10

To find an entry, use the search Search by name or slug (Suche nach Name oder Slug) and the filter Warehouse (Lager, "All warehouses"), then click Filter (Filtern).

Fields and options

Field Meaning Required
Warehouse (Lager) Warehouse of the supply yes
Name (Name) Name of the supply yes
Slug (Slug) Unique short code per warehouse; created from the name if empty no
Stock (Bestand) Current quantity no
Minimum stock (Mindestbestand) Quantity that should always be available no

Good to know / Troubleshooting

Message Cause Solution
Please enter a name. (Bitte gib einen Namen ein.) Name is missing. Enter a name.
Please select a warehouse. (Bitte wähle ein Lager aus.) Warehouse is missing. Choose a warehouse.
A supply with this name/slug already exists in this warehouse. (Ein Hilfsmittel mit dieser Bezeichnung/Slug existiert bereits in diesem Lager.) Duplicate slug. Choose another name or slug.