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title: Inventory
url: 'https://alox4.online/features/inventory'
markdown: 'https://alox4.online/features/inventory.md'
date: '2026-07-26'
description: 'Here are the highlights of how Alox handles inventory: Standard FIFO rules Lot costs are tracked all the way from PO to final sale Lots, their costs, and units remaining in that lot are viewable Costs are calculated both on a standalone and "attribute shipping costs to individual items" basis Ever…'
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# Inventory

Here are the highlights of how Alox handles inventory:

- Standard FIFO rules
- Lot costs are tracked all the way from PO to final sale
- Lots, their costs, and units remaining in that lot are viewable
- Costs are calculated both on a standalone and "attribute shipping costs to individual items" basis
- Every move or adjustment of quantities affects the GL (General Ledger)
- Each branch can have multiple independent inventory zones
- Each zone can be further divided into bins, to map your aisles.
- Each zone can specify its own GL accounts
- Each item can, if needed, override the GL accounts, down to a per-zone basis
- An unlimited variety of additional part number types can be specified: "barcodes", "quick codes", "SKU", "part number", "nicknames", any desired name can also find the item in searches
- Part numbers can be configured to allow multiple entries, for example, items may have multiple barcodes
- Powerful custom part number tool lets you use alternate part number for individual vendors, customers, or groups of either

Even with these zone GL complexities, Alox uses a system of cascading defaults, so if the items are not unusual in their GL needs, creation of new items requires zero accounting or GL knowledge.

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