Manage waste
Record wasted stock with a reason — or add it back if it was a mistake.
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Overview
Waste is stock that left your branch but was not sold — shrinkage, damage, expiry, test hits, or any other loss. Recording waste decrements stock and tags the movement so it shows up in reports and the stock flow chart as WASTE.
When to use it
- Product expired, got damaged, or was destroyed
- Staff sampling or testing (where your policy allows recording it as waste)
- Shrinkage discovered outside a formal reconciliation
- Reversing a waste entry that was recorded by mistake
How to use it
Video tutorial coming soon
- Open Inventory -> Stock.
- Find the product row and open the row action menu.
- Choose Manage Waste.
- Fill the form:
- Quantity — how much is being wasted.
- Waste reason — shrinkage, damage, expired, test, or other (predefined dropdown).
- Notes (optional) — free-text detail.
- Click Confirm — stock decrements and the movement is logged with type
WASTE.
Remove waste (undo)
If you recorded waste by mistake, open the same row menu and choose Remove Waste — enter the quantity to add back.
Tips & gotchas
- Quantity must be ≤ current quantity in the room.
- Waste reasons are a predefined dropdown — if you need a new reason, use Other with a note.
- Waste entries show up in the Stock Flow tab under the
WASTEoperation type. - Waste cannot be deleted — only reversed via Remove Waste, which leaves both log entries intact for audit.