Ostendo has a comprehensive inventory control system that includes :-

• items which are stock controlled (ie raw materials and finished goods)
• descriptors that are not stock controlled
• supplier catalogues

Ostendo has the following inventory features :-

• Multiple warehouses and locations
• Inventory adjustments
• Able to split or combine items that have multiple units of measure
• Location transfers
• Inventory restocking allows one to restock a specfied location based on restocking parameters.
• Stock takes can be organised by warehouse, location or by product or category. Multiple cycle counts can be open at any one time
• Unlimited supplier catalogues can be imported
• Costing either by average, standard and actual costing for serial/batch controlled items
   

• Ostendo allows for negative stocks as a default
• Can specify that an item is not to go into negative
   
• Multiple units of measure
  - Serial number, batch or lot number, expiry dates and grades
  - Colour and size
   
• Barcodes. Can have a number of different barcodes associated with the item code. Barcodes can be printed either by item or by multiple items to a barcode printer that has a Windows printer driver.
   
• Unlimited user definable properties
• Item code can be 50 characters
• Description can be 100 characters
   
• Notes, images and documents can be linked to an item along with revision level. They are not embedded in the database but need to reside on the server. Images can be copied to job orders, sales orders, purchase orders, assembly (manufacturing) orders, invoices and displayed in price lists
   
• Extensive date and time stamped history notes can be kept for an item.
• You can create warranties automatically when items are sold and create regular customer asset servicing for fter sales servicing of products
• Complementary add-on sales can be defined against the inventory item for prompting at sales order entry
• Full cost tracking and cost change logging. Keeps track of all changes to last, average and standard costs
• Mass global replacement facility is included for substituting items and alternative items option from the preferred supplier or list of approved suppliers with part number cross-reference and pricing information
   

• Comprehensive pricing levels, quantity breaks, discounts. A customer is attached to a pricing level and there can be numerous pricing levels. For each pricing level there can be up to 5 quantity pricing breaks
• Can select from 22 pricing methods to set price
   

• Projected inventory availability enquiry screen
• able to view current inventory by location
• projected stock availability by days, weeks or months
• current sales and purchase orders
• inventory forecasting
• Automated inventory replenishment MRP functionality (re-order quantity, re-order level, order multiple, lead time) based on supply, demand, forecast and inventory re-order policy.

• Now able to have item dimensions where you can specify specific lengths, widths, depths and/or pack sizes.
• usefule for timber, steel merchants, tiling and meat indusry.
   

Able to :-
· Calculate the total length of Wood from various cut lengths

· Calculate number of Steel bars required to do a Job

· Calculate the Litres of Paint required for multiple surface areas

· Calculate the number of whole Roof Tiles required to roof a house

· Calculate the volume of concrete required to cover a driveway

· Enter various required pack sizes of Meat (this example includes a delivery tolerance)

· Take orders for 'ad-hoc' Pack Sizes