Warehouses
Govern distribution, production, and service inventory sites with an explicit operating status.
Product map
One trail from warehouse to approved balance.
Inventory Control gives planners, counters, supervisors, and auditors a shared model for physical stock, recurring counts, differences, and decisions.
The operating model
Eight connected areas. No orphaned count.
Each area answers a different control question, while references preserve the path between physical location, item, observation, and decision.
Locations
Control zones and bins inside each warehouse, including restricted and inactive storage.
Items
Identify stocked materials by SKU, unit of measure, inventory class, and lifecycle status.
Stock balances
Hold on-hand, allocated, and available quantities against an exact item and location.
Count plans
Set weekly, monthly, or quarterly cadence and scope by controlled warehouse.
Count sheets
Assign dated blind count work to a named counter for a precise location.
Count lines
Connect each observed quantity to its sheet and item before comparison.
Variances
Investigate differences and record a recount, adjustment, or no-change disposition.
Automation with a control point
Routine work moves. Stock changes wait.
Required-safe workflows can release count work and flag differences. Applying an approved balance adjustment stays behind the consequential approval gate.
Release sheets
An active count plan reaching its start date creates assigned count work without exposing book quantity.
Flag variance
A submitted nonzero count line creates a linked exception for supervisor disposition.
Approve
The supervisor chooses recount, adjust, or no change and preserves the reason.
Apply
Only an approved Adjust disposition can update the linked stock balance.
Responsibility by role
Planning, counting, deciding, and review stay separate.
Permissions match the warehouse job. Counters observe. Supervisors decide. Auditors can inspect the complete chain without operating it.
IC-R01Planner
Inventory planner
Creates plans, locations, and count assignments.
IC-R02Counter
Cycle counter
Records observed quantities on assigned blind sheets.
IC-R03Supervisor
Inventory supervisor
Reviews and controls variance disposition.
IC-R04Auditor
Inventory auditor
Reads the evidence chain across all areas.
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