Zeroing Negative Stock Values

Zeroing Negative Stock Values

Negative stock levels can occur when an item is sold in a quantity greater than what is currently available in inventory. When this happens, the system records the stock level as a negative number. To correct these discrepancies, the Inventory Utility includes an operation specifically for resetting negative quantities back to zero.

✅ What This Function Does

The Zero Negative Inventory operation will:

• Scan your inventory for any items with negative stock levels
• Reset those negative quantities back to 0
• Leave all positive quantities unchanged

This is useful when:

• Incorrect receiving or sales entries have led to negative values
• Cycle counts or physical inventory adjustments need to be aligned
• You want a clean baseline before re‑evaluating reorder points

✅ How to Zero Negative Stock Levels

1. Go to:
   Maintenance > Zero Negative Stock
2. The Inventory Utility window will appear with the operation already set to:
   Zero Negative Inventory
3. Choose what to include:
   • Vendors to Include: All or a specific vendor
   • Departments to Include: All or one
   • Styles and Products to Include (this will be accessible if a specific vendor is used:
     • All
     • Selected list
4. Select OK to apply the changes.