Zoho Inventory has different modules to cater to different areas of managing your stock. modules that will help you ease your inventory process are
The Dashboard is the home page, and it’s the first thing you’ll see when you log into your Zoho Inventory account. It gives you a clear picture of your company’s sales and stock summary.
Let me give you a quick representation of each activity present in the dashboard
As customers are essential to any business, it is necessary to save their contact information to create transactions quickly and do business efficiently in the long term. You can save the details of your customers such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, billing and shipping addresses, website information and other information in this module. Apart from saving your customer’s information, you can send emails, view customer statements, and create sales transactions for the customer on the contact details page itself.
Items are either goods you purchase from your vendors and sell to your customers or services you provide for which you get paid. You can ease your inventory process so that every time you create a purchase request to your vendor, its stock increases and when you sell the items, its stock decreases automatically.
To create a new item in Zoho Inventory:
A Composite item in Zoho Inventory is a single commodity composed of two or more items and services. Using composite items, you can create kits and sell them for customized rates and perform basic assemblies to create finished goods.
A sales order is a financial document that confirms an impending sale. It details the exact quantity, price and delivery details of the products or services being sold. Perform the simple operations mentioned below to create and manage your Sales Orders.
It allows you to create and assign package slip numbers to the items in your sales orders and keep track of your consignments when they are shipped.
The Customers/Vendors module in Zoho Inventory is where you save the details of your customers and vendors. You can save the details of your customers such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, billing and shipping addresses, website information and other details in this module. Apart from saving your customer’s information, you can send emails, view customer statements, and create sales transactions for the customer on the contact details page itself. In this document, we’ll learn more about how to make the most of this module.
The process of creating the vendors is same as customers.
Here is an overview of purchase order workflow

Click the space under Items & Description to select an item for which you were billed by your vendor.

For any business, it is essential to know the growth rate and translate it into facts & figures. Zoho Inventory provides systematic reports that can help you keep track of your stock flow, cash flow and other inventory activities.
The Settings page is where you customize Zoho Inventory to match your business requirements. Here, you can add more information or update your organisation’s existing information. To access Settings, click the icon on the top-right corner of the app.
Integration feature bridges and integrates you to a host of shipping service providers, payment gateways and other applications, giving you better reach to customers and new markets and completing you as the perfect vendor to your customers.
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