Alerts & Adjustments

Low stock alerts and manual inventory adjustments

Low Stock Alerts

When an item's stock drops below its threshold, OXOCO alerts you:

  • Dashboard notification - A warning appears on the admin dashboard
  • POS badge - Yellow/red indicators on affected items
  • SMS/Push (if configured) - Notifications to managers

Setting Thresholds

  1. Edit a menu item
  2. Set the Low Stock Threshold (e.g., 10 units)
  3. When stock drops to this level, alerts trigger

Manual Adjustments

Sometimes you need to adjust stock manually:

Adding Stock

When you receive a delivery or restock:

  1. Go to Inventory
  2. Find the item
  3. Click Adjust Stock
  4. Choose Add
  5. Enter the quantity and a reason (e.g., "Weekly delivery")
  6. Save

Removing Stock

For waste, breakage, or corrections:

  1. Go to Inventory
  2. Find the item
  3. Click Adjust Stock
  4. Choose Remove
  5. Enter the quantity and a reason (e.g., "Expired items")
  6. Save

Setting Exact Count

After a physical stock count:

  1. Click Adjust Stock
  2. Choose Set To
  3. Enter the actual count
  4. Add a reason (e.g., "Physical inventory count")
  5. Save

Audit Trail

Every stock change is logged with:

Field Description
Date When the adjustment was made
Type Auto-decrement, manual add, manual remove, set
Quantity Amount changed
Reason Why the adjustment was made
Staff Who made the adjustment
Before/After Stock levels before and after

Next Steps