Intake

Every way stock comes in

Product reaches your shelf in more than one way, and using the wrong door costs you time — or costs you the cost, which is worse. Here is each one, and when it is the right one.

1. One by one — when it is one thing

   A single part, an accessory, a phone. Full control over every field. Use it when you are adding one thing, not twenty. Add a product.

2. In bulk — the box that just arrived

   Twelve screens and eight batteries, no invoice file. Brand, model, problem, quality, cost and quantity — and on to the next line. Add in bulk.

3. A MobileSentrix order

   If you buy from MobileSentrix, connect the account and the order comes in by itself, with its costs, photos and SKUs. Nothing typed, nothing mistyped. Import a MobileSentrix order.

4. Any other distributor, from the file

   Upload the invoice or order file the distributor sent you — PDF, Excel or CSV — and the system reads the lines, matches what it recognises and shows you the rest before anything is saved. Import a distributor order.

5. Phones you buy from customers

   A trade-in or a used phone you bought. It enters as a purchase — with the seller on record and its own cost — and you decide whether it is for resale or for parts. Buy used phones.

6. Refurb lots

   You bought thirty units in one lot. Triage each one, harvest parts from the donors, refurbish the rest. It is an add-on, for shops that work at that volume. Refurb lots.

7. Adjusting — when reality disagrees

   You count the shelf and there are two, not three. Adjusting is not an intake method, it is a correction — and every one is recorded with who made it and why. Adjust stock.