Manage Ingredient Locations
8 min
to keep your inventory accurate, link each ingredient to at least one storage location, such as a lot, bay, or silage pile as your needs change, you can easily move ingredients between locations or add them to multiple spots on the dairy by enabling tracking for a location, you allow feedcomp to monitor your stock levels in real time so you always know what you have on hand assign an ingredient to a location assigning an ingredient to a location tells feedcomp where the feed component is stored and allows you to set location specific values for dm%, cost, and on hand amount from pulse on the web navigate to the ingredients page select the name of the ingredient in the table list or the details link on the ingredient's card the ingredient details page opens select edit ingredient at the top right of the page the edit ingredient side panel opens select add location and select a location enter the dm% and af cost , then select unit or ton select the track this location toggle to begin tracking inventory at this location in on hand amount , enter the current quantity available, then select unit or ton select save from the mobile app tap the ingredient you want to update tap edit ingredient at the bottom of the screen tap + assign/edit location in the middle of the screen select the location, select unit or ton , enter the dm% and cost unit or cost ton , then tap save at the bottom of the screen remove an ingredient from a location removing an ingredient from a location disassociates it from that storage area the ingredient itself is not deleted and can still be assigned to other locations from pulse on the web navigate to the ingredients page select the name of the ingredient in the table list or the details link on the ingredient's card the ingredient details page opens select edit ingredient at the top right of the page the edit ingredient side panel opens all locations associated with the ingredient are displayed under locations select the delete icon on the right side of the location to remove it 🗒️ note a blue delete icon indicates that the ingredient location is currently used in a recipe or premix and cannot be removed transfer an ingredient to a new location transferring moves an ingredient's inventory from one location to another in pulse, this is done from the settings>location page on the mobile app, it's done from the ingredients screen from pulse on the web select the location from which the ingredient needs to be moved the location side panel opens, and all ingredients associated with the location are displayed under ingredients check the box for one or more ingredients to transfer or, check the ingredient name box to select all ingredients click transfer ingredient(s) the edit ingredients side panel opens select the new location, and then click save from the mobile app tap the ingredient you want to transfer tap edit ingredient at the bottom of the screen tap + assign/edit location select the new location, select unit or ton , enter the dm% and cost unit or cost ton , then tap save at the bottom of the screen enable or disable tracking at a location enabling tracking at a location activates ongoing inventory monitoring for that ingredient once tracking is enabled, feedcomp continuously updates stock levels based on recipe usage and manual adjustments from pulse on the web navigate to the ingredients page select the name of the ingredient in the table list or the details link on the ingredient's card the ingredient details page opens select edit ingredient at the top right of the page the edit ingredient side panel opens select the track this location toggle to enable or disable tracking if enabling tracking, enter the on hand amount and select unit or ton select save 🗒️ note feedcomp adds a new adjustment transaction to the transactions page when tracking is toggled on or off, or when the on hand amount, dm%, or af cost is updated after tracking is enabled important considerations keep the following points in mind when managing ingredient locations each ingredient must be assigned to at least one location make sure your locations docid\ vrkielwkl33xqzdroqgqz are set up before adding ingredients to deactivate an ingredient rather than removing it from a location, see deactivate or reactivate an ingredient docid\ kt8bgwddvweywkjb0o0w0 to edit location specific values like dm% and cost without changing the location assignment, see edit an ingredient docid 8 hi5anca8hxdh8feg8w to learn more, see the links below create an ingredient docid\ lgwv1amkd oa y2txr9fo add a new ingredient and assign it to a location view and search ingredients docid\ c2avo8puxjx0 5c03nyb find, sort, filter, and view ingredient cards and details edit an ingredient docid 8 hi5anca8hxdh8feg8w update fields such as dm%, cost, load tolerance, type, and time delay deactivate or reactivate an ingredient docid\ kt8bgwddvweywkjb0o0w0 deactivate or reactivate ingredients