Inventory
6 min
inventory in feedcomp lets you track feed ingredients, record inventory transactions, and monitor supply levels across your dairy inventory data is shared between the mobile app and feedcomp on pulse to keep on hand amounts accurate and up to date from the mobile app, inventory is managed through the adjustments screen, where you can record deliveries, pickups, and physical inventory adjustments in pulse (web), the inventory page provides an overview of ingredient inventory, transaction history, and vendor information, helping you identify usage trends and ingredients that may need to be reordered 🗒️ note only ingredients with location tracking enabled are included in your inventory tracking begins when inventory is added to a location, ensuring stock levels are continuously monitored see manage ingredient locations docid\ szgxeeyibtcpm2smkdst3 to learn more about enabling tracking inventory tracking feedcomp continuously monitors stock levels for tracked ingredients as feedings are completed, usage transactions are automatically created and on hand amounts are updated accordingly deliveries, pickups, and manual adjustments also update inventory in real time amounts are displayed in pounds or kilograms based on the unit of measure specified in your dairy info docid\ um11ovtjce3ar8qn7o4p2 and user account docid\ ncifty4cxspt1jmf9vraa settings low inventory indicators feedcomp uses color coded indicators to help you quickly identify ingredients that are running low card header colors (pulse) color meaning green more than 30 day supply on hand yellow 7 to 14 days on hand red 0 to 6 days on hand detail banner colors (mobile app) color meaning yellow less than a 30 day supply on hand red less than a 15 day supply on hand on pulse, if any ingredient has less than 30 days remaining, a low inventory banner displays at the top of the overview page select filter on the banner to quickly limit the list to low inventory items in the mobile app, a low inventory banner appears on the inventory/vendors screen showing the count of items running low (e g , "low inventory (13 items)") tap the banner to view a scrollable list of just those items days left the days left value indicates the estimated number of days before an ingredient's on hand amount is depleted at its current usage rate if the value is less than 15 days, the ingredient displays in red a dash (" ") is displayed in days left when no scheduled feedings use the ingredient at the listed location, or the ingredient's on hand amount for the location is negative a negative on hand amount can occur when feedings generate usage transactions that exceed the available stock — for example, when tracking is enabled but delivery or adjustment transactions were not recorded before feedings were completed transaction types feedcomp uses four transaction types to track inventory changes recipes and feedings are updated automatically when transactions are created or when the dm% of an ingredient changes type description delivery the delivery of an ingredient purchased for daily feedings feedcomp processes inventory updates using the first in, first out (fifo) rule when stock remains, or updates inventory values directly when no stock remains pickup the pickup of an ingredient no longer needed and sold off farm follows the same fifo processing rules as deliveries physical inventory adjustment a manual change or correction to match actual on hand inventory feedcomp resets the inventory and updates the on hand amount, dm%, and cost adjustment transactions are also created automatically when you turn tracking on or update the on hand amount, dm%, or af cost for a tracked ingredient system a system generated transaction that sets the on hand inventory to zero when tracking is turned off for an ingredient location system transactions cannot be edited or deleted usage the ingredient amount used in daily feedings feedcomp creates usage transactions automatically as ingredients are fed these transactions are only visible on the web when the show usage filter is checked offline mode (mobile app) feedcomp supports working in offline mode in the mobile app if you see a no connection message, you can continue creating transactions, updating ingredients, and performing other tasks all changes are saved locally and applied automatically once your device is back online see mobile connection status docid\ fxnzd3cekrxoj8tthg0mm to learn more managing ingredients for step by step instructions, see the following pages view and search inventory docid\ bn4gmx4xrq4gzt2zx1gni browse inventory, filter and sort, and view ingredient details view transaction details docid\ wlyk2l31so3fklx9lb i view transaction information by type create a transaction docid\ fefpjuzmt0ht4nh0l aus record deliveries, pickups, and physical inventory adjustments edit or delete a transaction docid u5djmbfxa9oh0ekie6qu modify or remove transactions (pulse only) for vendor management, see vendors docid\ un hdsrhx9jjizegjrpzl