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[IMP] Inventory: bringing inventory management current with 19.0
closes #15303 X-original-commit: 94b2eee Signed-off-by: Felicia Kuan (feku) <feku@odoo.com> Signed-off-by: Erin Jerison (erjer) <erjer@odoo.com>
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To view the seven location types in Odoo, select any location, and in the :guilabel:`Location Type`
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field, there are:
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- :guilabel:`Vendor Location`: defines an area where products purchased from vendors originate.
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Items here are **not** in stock.
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- :guilabel:`Vendor`: defines an area where products purchased from vendors originate. Items here
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are **not** in stock.
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- :guilabel:`View`: used to organize and structure the warehouse hierarchy. For example, the view
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location `WH` (short for warehouse) groups all internal locations, such as `Stock`, receiving
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docks, quality checkpoints, and packing areas to show they all belong to the same warehouse.
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- :guilabel:`Virtual`: used to organize and structure the warehouse hierarchy. For example, the
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virtual location `WH` (short for warehouse) groups all internal locations, such as `Stock`,
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receiving docks, quality checkpoints, and packing areas to show they all belong to the same
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warehouse.
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.. important::
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View locations should **not** contain products, but it is possible to move them there.
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Virtual locations should **not** contain products, but it is possible to move them there.
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- :guilabel:`Internal Location`: storage locations within the warehouse. Items stored in these
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locations are accounted for in :doc:`inventory valuation <../inventory_valuation/cheat_sheet>`.
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- :guilabel:`Internal`: storage locations within the warehouse. Items stored in these locations are
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accounted for in :doc:`inventory valuation <../inventory_valuation/cheat_sheet>`.
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- :guilabel:`Customer Location`: where sold products are tracked; items here are no longer in stock.
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- :guilabel:`Customer`: where sold products are tracked; items here are no longer in stock.
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- :guilabel:`Inventory Loss`: counterpart location to consume missing items or create stock,
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accounting for discrepancies.
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In Odoo, examples of inventory loss locations are *Inventory Adjustment*, used to account for
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In Odoo, examples of inventory loss locations are *Inventory adjustment*, used to account for
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discrepancies during an inventory count, and *Scrap*, which is where damaged goods are sent to
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account for inventory losses.
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.. example::
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`Virtual Locations/Inventory Adjustment` is a location with the :guilabel:`Inventory Loss`
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type. The database shows `65` units in `WH/Stock`, but an inventory check reveals `60`. To
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correct the quantity, five units are moved from `WH/Stock` to `Virtual Locations/Inventory
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Adjustment`.
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`Inventory adjustment` is a location with the :guilabel:`Inventory Loss` type. The database
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shows `8` units in `WH/Stock`, but an inventory check reveals `4`. To correct the quantity,
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four units are moved from `WH/Stock` to `Inventory adjustment`.
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.. image:: inventory_management/inventory-loss.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Product ends up in Virtual Locations/Inventory Adjustment.
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:alt: Product ends up in Inventory adjustment.
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- :guilabel:`Production`: where raw materials are consumed, and :doc:`manufactured products
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<../../manufacturing>` are created.
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- :guilabel:`Transit Location`: used for inter-company or inter-warehouse operations to track
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products shipped between different addresses, such as :ref:`Physical Locations/Inter-warehouse
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- :guilabel:`Transit`: used for inter-company or inter-warehouse operations to track products
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shipped between different addresses, such as :ref:`Physical Locations/Inter-warehouse
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transit <inventory/warehouses_storage/interwarehouse-transit>`.
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.. image:: inventory_management/locations.png
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:align: center
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:alt: List of locations in Odoo.
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.. note::
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In Odoo, location types are color-coded:
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- **Red**: internal locations
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- **Blue**: view locations
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- **Black**: external locations (including inventory loss, vendor, and customer locations).
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- **Blue**: virtual locations
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- **Black**: internal and external locations (including inventory loss, vendor, and customer
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locations).
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View locations in Odoo
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Odoo databases include preconfigured view locations to organize the hierarchy of locations. These
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Odoo databases include preconfigured virtual locations to organize the hierarchy of locations. These
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provide helpful context, and distinguish between internal and external locations.
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- *Physical locations* group internal locations—such as secondary warehouses and subcontractor
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.. example::
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When moving products in warehouses `WH` and `WH2`, the items are not in either warehouse, but
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still belong to the company. While in transit, they are placed in the `Inter-warehouse transit`
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location, a :guilabel:`Transit Location` type.
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location, a :guilabel:`Transit` type.
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This location is under the view location, `Physical Locations`, indicating that
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`Inter-warehouse transit` is outside of a warehouse, but still part of the company. Doing so
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