Core
Inventory Control
The backbone of SYSPRO Inventory. Receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments, cost methods, and goods-in-transit visibility. Every stock movement posts to the ledger in real time.
SYSPRO Inventory Management
Know Every , Every Bin, Every Movement.
SYSPRO Inventory Management gives you one live view of stock across every warehouse, every bin, and every movement. Real-time visibility, accurate costing, and lot or serial traceability built into the core. Stop guessing what is on the shelf and start running stock as a strategic asset, not a working-capital trap.
5 Costing
FIFO, LIFO, average,
standard, actual
standard, actual
Multi Warehouse
Unlimited locations
and bin tracking
and bin tracking
Lot · Serial · ATP
Traceability and
available-to-promise
available-to-promise
Inventory Module
Live Stock, One Source of Truth
Hold less. Sell more. Trace every unit from receipt to dispatch.
What Inventory Management Actually Is
One of Stock. Across Every Warehouse.
SYSPRO Inventory Management is the stock control layer inside SYSPRO ERP. It is where every receipt, issue, transfer, adjustment, and count lives. Purchasing draws from it. Sales orders allocate against it. Manufacturing consumes it. Finance values it. One module, one source of truth, every team working off the same numbers.
Built into SYSPRO ERP, not bolted on
Real-time stock visibility
Every receipt, issue, transfer, and adjustment updates the ledger and the warehouse view as it happens. The number you see is the number that is actually on the shelf, not the number from yesterday's batch update.
Costing that matches your business
Pick FIFO, LIFO, average, standard, or actual costing per warehouse or per stock code. Landed cost flows into the valuation automatically, so margin reports stop being approximations.
Lot, serial, and bin traceability
Track materials from receipt through manufacture to dispatch. Lot and serial numbers, bin locations, expiration dates, and inspection phases all stay attached to the unit, not the spreadsheet.
FIFO+4 more
Five Costing Methods
FIFO, LIFO, average, standard, and actual costing. Selectable per warehouse, with landed cost integration so the valuation reflects the real cost of goods on hand.
ATP.
Available-to-Promise
Real-time inventory allocation built into sales orders. Your sales team sees what they can actually ship before they commit a date, so customer promises stop being guesses.
ABC+Cycle
Pareto Analysis & Cycle Counts
ABC classification ranks SKUs by sales value or movement so your team focuses on the items that drive the business. Cycle counting replaces annual stocktakes with continuous verification.
See SYSPRO Inventory in Action
Watch SYSPRO Inventory Control Run a Real Stock Day.
A short overview from SYSPRO showing how Inventory Management works inside SYSPRO ERP. Live access to inventory balances, open purchase orders, work orders, and sales orders. All in one system.
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The Inventory Lifecycle
Seven Steps. One Continuous Loop.
SYSPRO Inventory handles every movement that touches a stock code. From the moment goods arrive at the receiving dock to the next reorder point being recalculated. Same data, same workflow, every cycle.
01
Receive
Book goods in against the PO, capture landed cost, and update stock balances in real time.
02
Store
Allocate to warehouse, bin, or zone. Lot, serial, and expiration data stays attached.
03
Count
Cycle counts by ABC class, value, or movement. Continuous verification, not annual scramble.
04
Allocate
Sales orders reserve stock with Available-to-Promise. Commit dates you can actually deliver.
05
Issue
Pick, pack, dispatch. Or issue to a work order. Stock drops, the GL posts, every movement traced.
06
Replenish
Reorder points and safety stock trigger automatic purchase requisitions for the next cycle.
07
Optimise
Forecasting and Pareto analysis refine min, max, and reorder levels for the next plan.
Stock Is a Loop, Not a List.
Every issue triggers a recalculation. Every count validates the next forecast. Every receipt closes one cycle and opens the next. Inventory is not something you do once a year. It is something the system runs every minute.
Always Live
Core Capabilities
Six Modules. One Live Stock View.
The SYSPRO Inventory suite, designed to work together on shared data. Activate what you need. Skip what you do not.
Forecasting
Inventory Forecasting
Build credible sales forecasts from your own history. Multiple forecasting algorithms, including a competition method that automatically picks the best fit. Pareto analysis ranks items by impact.
Optimization
Inventory Optimization
Set inventory policies per SKU or warehouse. Model the impact before committing. Balance service levels against carrying cost with rules that adapt to seasonality and trend.
Hierarchy
Families & Groupings
Aggregate thousands of SKUs into Families and Groups. Forecast at brand or category level, then disaggregate to SKU for execution. Apply inventory policies in bulk, not item by item.
Traceability
Lot & Serial Traceability
Track materials from receipt through manufacture, assembly, inspection, and dispatch. Maintain expiration dates, certification trails, and recall workflows for regulated industries.
Multi-Site
Multi-Warehouse & Bin Tracking
Manage stock across unlimited warehouses and bin locations. Goods-in-transit control during inter-warehouse transfers. The same product can hold different cost, status, and location data per site.
Built on five costing methods with integrated landed cost and real-time GL posting
See SYSPRO's full Inventory brief
Operating Modes
However You , SYSPRO Tracks It.
SYSPRO Inventory is built for the four stock operation shapes most manufacturers and distributors actually run. Same module, same data, same workflow. Pick the one that describes your operation, or pick all of them.
Raw · WIP · Finished
Manufacturing Stock
Three states of inventory. One system.
Raw materials feed production. Work in progress sits on the floor. Finished goods wait for dispatch. Costing, allocations, and consumption track the unit through every state without losing the audit trail.
SYSPRO here: MRP-driven replenishment, backflushing, BOM-integrated issues, and lot tracking from receipt to dispatch.
Buy · Hold · Sell
Distribution Stock
Stock turns make the margin.
Pure distribution operations buy finished goods and resell. Fill rate, days of cover, and obsolescence write-downs decide profitability. Forecasting and optimisation matter more than make-or-buy decisions.
SYSPRO here: Inventory Forecasting, Optimization policies per SKU, Available-to-Promise, and automated replenishment workflows.
Lot · Serial · Expiry
Regulated & Traceability-Heavy
Every unit tells a story. SYSPRO writes it down.
Food, pharma, chemical, and medical operations where recall workflows, expiration dates, and inspection phases are not optional. The unit has to be traceable from supplier batch to customer delivery.
SYSPRO here: full lot and serial traceability, expiration management, inspection phases, and recall-ready audit trails.
Multiple Locations · One View
Multi-Site Inventory Network
Stock in many places. One source of truth.
A head office in Nairobi, a depot in Mombasa, branches in Lagos and Accra. Inter-warehouse transfers, location-specific costing, and goods-in-transit visibility across borders without falling out of sync.
SYSPRO here: unlimited warehouses and bin locations, goods-in-transit control, per-warehouse costing, and inter-branch transfers.
One module. Four stock shapes. Built so your inventory team does not run one system for the factory, another for the depot, and a spreadsheet for the rest. SYSPRO is one platform.
Why Mareba Implements Inventory
SYSPRO Brings the . Mareba Makes Your Stock Behave.
25+ years implementing SYSPRO across East, West and Central Africa. 20+ ERP rollouts behind us. Inventory is where most ERP implementations succeed or quietly fall apart, so it is the part we design before we install.
Tier-1 Partner
SYSPRO Premium Solutions Partner
The top SYSPRO partner tier in this region. 25+ years in business, 20+ ERP implementations delivered, certified consultants who have set up stock codes, warehouses, costing methods, and traceability for businesses that look like yours.
Stock by Design
We Design Your Stock Structure Before We Configure It
Stock code conventions, warehouse and bin layout, costing method selection, families and groupings, and reorder policies all decided up front with your team. The choices you make in the first month of implementation are the choices you live with for a decade. We make them properly.
Stock Compliance
Costing, Counts, and Recall Workflows, Set Up Right
Stock valuation methods that match IFRS reporting, cycle count programs that satisfy your auditors, and lot or serial traceability configured for GMP, HACCP, or pharma recall workflows. SYSPRO provides the engine. Mareba configures it for how your auditors and regulators actually want it set up.
6+ Countries
Regional Reach, Same Time Zone
Nairobi, Lagos, Addis Ababa, Accra, Dar es Salaam, Abuja. East, West and Central Africa. Same continent, same working hours, warehouse and stock-keeping realities we have seen on the ground, not from a London or Johannesburg office.
Premium Solutions Partner
Mareba Computers Ltd, listed on SYSPRO Kenya
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