Lot- and serial-level tracking, cycle counts, allocations and a complete movement log — on the same product record the Warehouse, Manufacturing and Purchasing modules already use.
The ERP says one number. The warehouse spreadsheet says another. The retail till disagrees with both. When a recall lands, somebody has to phone customers and ask which batch they actually got.
Response365 treats inventory as one ledger of movements against one product record — the same record Purchasing received against and Warehouse picked from. The lot you shipped is one query away.
Track every unit by lot, batch or serial number — with manufacture and expiry dates, supplier of origin and a link to the receipt that brought it in. The data a recall needs is already in the row.
On-hand, allocated and available are derived from an append-only movement log — receipts, transfers, consumption, adjustments and shipments. The number is always right because it's always recomputed.
Reserve stock against a sales order, a work order or a transfer the moment it's promised — so the available pool reflects what you can actually sell next.
A unit is received, put away, allocated, picked and shipped — and every step is a movement against the same lot. Picking and put-away workflows live in Warehouse Management.
Goods receipt against a PO creates a lot or serial with origin, supplier and expiry.
The lot lands in a location — on-hand at that location updates in the same movement.
A sales or work order reserves quantity against a lot — available drops, on-hand does not.
ABC-classified counts confirm reality without halting the warehouse.
Discrepancies post as adjustment movements with reason codes and an approver.
Inter-location movements ship out of one location and into another, atomically.
The allocation becomes a consumption against the lot — and the customer record knows which batch shipped. recall-ready, by design
Recalls, warranties and food-safety audits all ask the same question: which units came from which lot, and where did they go. One query.
Six movement types — receipt, issue, transfer, adjustment, consumption and return — make up one append-only ledger. The stock figure is just a view on top.
A-class items counted weekly, B-class monthly, C-class quarterly — generated from movement velocity, scheduled to teams and resolved on a tablet. No annual stocktake shutdown.
Every adjustment carries a reason, a counter and an approver above threshold. Shrinkage, breakage and miscount each book to the right account in Profitability.
Move stock between warehouses, stores or trucks with in-transit visibility — receiver confirms, discrepancies post as adjustments to the originating location.
Inventory isn't a sync target. It's the source.
| Capability | Cin7 | Fishbowl | Response365 Inventory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot- and serial-level tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes — first-class objects |
| FEFO / FIFO picking enforcement | Limited | FIFO | Yes — both |
| Append-only movement ledger | No | Partial | Yes — six movement types |
| ABC cycle counts | Add-on | Yes | Yes — native |
| Multi-location with in-transit | Yes | Yes | Yes — atomic transfers |
| Same record as purchasing & manufacturing | Sync via integration | Sync via integration | Yes — same row |
| Allocations against quotes and orders | Order-only | Limited | Yes — hard & soft |
| Field-level audit on every movement | Limited | Limited | Yes — every change |
| Cost | Per-user/mo + add-ons | Per-seat license | Included in Response365 |
The conservative annual case for an operation holding €2–5M in stock across three locations.
Cin7, Fishbowl, NetSuite Inventory or the bolt-on the ERP licenses separately — gone.
Replace the annual full-shutdown count with ABC cycle counts — warehouse keeps running.
Hard allocations stop the orders you can't fulfil — fewer refunds, fewer apologies.
Before counting the recall you can now resolve in an afternoon instead of a week — and the obsolete stock you no longer write off because FEFO actually shipped it.
Let us show you in seven minutes how a goods receipt becomes a lot, the lot lands in a location, an order allocates against it, and the customer record knows which batch shipped — without anyone retyping anything.