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This screen sets up where stock is held — stores and the bins inside them — and how parts are grouped. Open it from Administration → Inventory. The Part catalogue link at the top of the screen takes you to the parts list.
If you don’t see this in your navigation, your administrator can switch the module on under Administration → Modules, or it may not be included in your plan.
The inventory configuration screen The inventory configuration screen The stat strip counts stores, bins and part categories. Who can change this. Stores and bins are edited by people whose role includes Add parts, stores and bills of materials and Maintain the part master. Part categories need Add configuration entries and Edit configuration entries.

Stores

A store is somewhere stock is held — a main store, a line-side cabinet, a technician’s van. Stock levels, reorder points and shortage warnings are all worked out per store, because one empty store is a shortage even when the total across the organisation looks healthy. See reorder. Each store card shows its name, its site (and storeman, where one is set), how many parts it holds and how many bins it has. Click the card to expand its bins. Two buttons sit on each card: Add a store opens a new one. Editing a store Editing a store

Bins

Bins are the places inside a store that stock is counted on. They nest — a bin inside a shelf, inside a rack, inside an aisle — and each row shows its kind and whether it is pickable. A store with no bins says so: stock in it has no shelf to be counted on. Expand a store and use Add beside Bins to add one; click a bin to edit it.

Part categories

Groups parts — bearings, seals, filters, lubricants — for reporting and for finding things in a long catalogue. Categories can nest, and each row shows how many parts it holds. Add opens the form; click a category to edit it.

Set on the part, not here

Reorder points and quantities, units of measure and bills of materials are not configured on this screen. They belong to each part and asset — see part detail and reorder. A stocked part with no reorder point is never recommended for buying unless planned maintenance demands it, so check that critical parts carry one.