Inventory management system
Inventory and warehouse management in Iraq: ERP for warehouses
Multiple warehouses, barcodes, batches and expiry, counts and transfers.
Who it’s for
- Trading companies and importers
- Factories and raw-material stores
- Contractors and site stores
- Hospitals and their medical stores
Problems it solves
- System balances don’t match the shelf
- No idea which warehouse holds an item
- Imported cost wrong after freight and duties
- Items issued without documents or approval
Modules
What’s inside the inventory management system
Warehouses & bins
Warehouse, rack, bin — every item has a known location.
Barcode receiving
Receipts matched to purchase orders.
Batches & expiry
Batch traceability from supplier to customer.
Landed cost
Allocate freight, duties and transport to items.
Stock counts
Cycle counts on handhelds with documented adjustments.
Reorder levels
Alerts at reorder points.
How does ERP for warehouses link to accounting and purchasing?
A purchase order becomes a receipt that matches quantities, item cost is calculated, and the result is posted to accounting. A sale or an issue deducts the balance and produces the accounting effect from the same movement, so the invoice is not re-keyed in a separate ledger.
Without this link the warehouse stays an operational file, and accounting stays a late picture. The gap appears at the count: the shelf does not match the account, and you cannot tell whether the cause was a short receipt, an undocumented issue, or a landed cost that arrived late.
If daily work is still on spreadsheets, the move is covered in from Excel to an integrated system, and the causes of gaps in inventory discrepancies. Published prices are on the pricing page.
One inventory system we built is Dalal Al-Misk inventory.
What’s the difference between cycle and annual counts?
An annual count stops operations and finds problems a year late. Cycle counting checks a small part of the store every week, catching gaps early without stopping sales.
Excel vs an inventory system
Balance updates
- Excel:
- Manual and late
- Inventory system:
- Real time with every movement
Multiple users
- Excel:
- Conflicting file copies
- Inventory system:
- One database
Permissions
- Excel:
- None
- Inventory system:
- Per user and warehouse
Batches & expiry
- Excel:
- Very hard
- Inventory system:
- Built in
Change history
- Excel:
- None
- Inventory system:
- Complete
Link to accounting and purchasing
- Excel:
- Journals transferred by hand
- Inventory system:
- The movement posts the journal and the cost
| Criterion | Excel | Inventory system |
|---|---|---|
| Balance updates | Manual and late | Real time with every movement |
| Multiple users | Conflicting file copies | One database |
| Permissions | None | Per user and warehouse |
| Batches & expiry | Very hard | Built in |
| Change history | None | Complete |
| Link to accounting and purchasing | Journals transferred by hand | The movement posts the journal and the cost |
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Inventory management system: questions
What does inventory or ERP for warehouses start at?
If the scope is inventory only, the price depends on that scope. ERP starts from $3,000 over 3 to 6 months, as on the pricing page.
Does the inventory system link to accounting and purchasing?
Yes. Receiving is matched to the purchase order, cost is posted to accounting, and every issue or sale deducts the balance from the same movement.
Can the inventory system connect to POS?
Yes. Every sale deducts stock instantly.
Does it support handheld scanners?
Yes, via an app on Android devices or rugged handhelds.
Is it suitable for factories?
Yes, and production and bills of materials can be added later.
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