# Stock keeping -SKU code / Lot Or Batch / Unique Pcs / Carton Code / Set Code

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### 🧾 Introduction

Efficient **SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) managemen**t is critical to: 

* 📦 Controlling inventory.
* 🧮 Optimizing warehouse space.
* 🚚 Streamlining supply chain operations.

**Logic ERP** offers a robust framework for managing inventory at various levels—ranging from **fixed item codes** to detailed **carton-level tracking**📦. In this tutorial, we will walk through the different types of SKU management supported in Logic ERP, along with how each can be implemented and monitored using real-time reports🔍.

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### 🔹 1. **Fixed Item Code Management**

#### ✔️ Overview:

This method is ideal for businesses where each product has a consistent SKU or item code across all transactions📅, regardless of purchase or sale instances.

#### 📌 Implementation Steps:

1. Go to **Purchase Entry**.
2. Select the item using its **unique item code**🏷️.
3. Enter **quantity🔢, purchase rate**💰, and **other necessary details**.
4. 💾**Save** the entry.

✅This setup ensures that:

* All stock entries (even on different dates or from different suppliers) are consolidated.
* Inventory tracking is simplified and consistent.

#### 📊 Reporting:

* Use the **Item Code Stock Status Report**🧾 to view overall stock by item code, including quantity available, issued, and balance.

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### 🔹 2. **Lot/Batch-Wise Inventory Management**

#### ✔️ Overview:

Used when tracking by production batch or expiry date is crucial (e.g., **textiles🧵, pharmaceuticals💊, chemicals**).

#### 📌 Implementation Steps:

1. In the **Purchase Entry**, choose to create a **new batch or lot** for the item.
2. Each transaction row will be assigned a **distinct lot code**, even for the same item.
3. The system can **automatically generate**🔄 these lot codes or **allow manual entry**✍️.

#### ✅Benefits:

* Helps track quality, expiry, or supplier-specific information.
* Facilitates batch recalls or quality control checks.

#### 📊 Reporting:

* The **Lot Code Wise Stock Report**🧾 gives detailed visibility of stock levels per batch, including date of entry and supplier.

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### 🔹 3. **Unique Piece-Wise Tracking with Barcode**

#### ✔️ Overview:

Recommended for industries where every single unit must be tracked individually (e.g., **electronics**��**, apparel**��**, jewelry**��**)**.

#### 📌 Implementation Steps:

1. During **Purchase Entry**, enable **Piece-Wise Tracking**.
2. Logic ERP generates a **unique barcode or piece code** for each item unit.
3. **Barcodes can be printed**🖨️ for physical tagging and used for dispatch, stock check, and return.

#### ✅Benefits:

* Facilitates individual product traceability.
* Reduces human error during dispatch and inventory counting.

#### 📊 Reporting:

* The **Piece Code Inventory Report**🧾 displays individual units, their transaction history, and current status.

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### 🔹 4. **Set-Wise Inventory Management**

#### ✔️ Overview:

Useful for creating product bundles or combos (e.g., **gift sets🎁, kits🧰**).

#### 📌 Implementation Steps:

1. Go to **Set Creation Module**.
2. Right-click➡️ and select **Create New Set**.
3. Define **Set Name**, add items🔢 with their respective quantities.
4. Save the set to generate a **unique Set Code**.

#### 🎯Use Case:

* Ideal for promotions or sales where multiple items are sold together.
* Quickens the dispatch🛒 process through single-scan processing.

#### 📊 Reporting:

* The **Set-Wise Stock Report**🧾 shows the items included in each set and their stock levels.

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### 🔹 5. **Carton-Wise Inventory Management**

#### ✔️ Overview:

Best for bulk packaging and logistics tracking (especially for **exports**📦 or **warehouse managemen**t📍).

#### 📌 Implementation Steps:

1. After creating sets, go to **Carton Management**.
2. Select➡️ **Create Carton**.
3. Assign sets to a carton. The system will generate a **unique Carton Code** for each.
4. The inventory is now treated as **reserved** and moved to **carton stock**📦.

#### ✅Benefits:

* Enhances visibility into packaged inventory.
* Improves coordination between warehouse and dispatch teams.

#### 📊 Reporting:

* The **Carton Wise Stock Report**🧾 shows:
  * 📦Total cartons in stock.
  * ✅Cartons allocated vs. available.
  * 🧾Individual set codes within each carton.

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### 📌 Real-Life Example for Clarification:

Let’s say you purchase **10 shirts**👕 with the same design but different colors on different dates📅.\
You can manage them as:

| SKU Type          | Description                                    | Example                        |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| 🎯**Item Code**   | All 10 shirts tracked under a single item code | `SHIRT001`                     |
| 🧬**Lot-Wise**    | Track based on purchase date or supplier       | `LOT-APR10`, `LOT-APR15`       |
| 🧾**Piece-Wise**  | Assign a unique code to each shirt             | `SH001`, `SH002`, ..., `SH010` |
| 🧺**Set-Wise**    | Combine a shirt, jeans, and belt into a set    | `SET-CASUAL01`                 |
| 📦**Carton-Wise** | Pack 5 sets into one carton for dispatch       | `CRT-EXP01`                    |

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### ✅ Conclusion

By offering **flexible SKU tracking**, **Logic ERP** empowers businesses to:

* 🔍Improve traceability and quality control.
* ❌Reduce inventory errors.
* 🚀Streamline dispatches and purchases.
* 📊Gain granular insights through real-time reporting.

Whether you're managing thousands of units or high-value individual products, **Logic ERP** has a **solution tailored** to your **inventory control needs**✅.


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