Stock transfers

A stock transfer moves material from one warehouse to another. It records the movement at both ends so location changes are tracked and your total stock never changes just because something moved.

Making a transfer

1. Open Stock Transfer.
2. Choose the source warehouse and the destination warehouse.
3. Select the item(s) and enter the quantity to move.
4. Add a reference or remark if useful.
5. Confirm the transfer.

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Add a screenshot here: the Stock Transfer form with source and destination warehouse pickers, the item and quantity, and the reference field.

What a transfer does

• Records a paired outward movement at the source and inward movement at the destination, linked by a single transfer reference.
• Total on-hand across warehouses is unchanged: a transfer moves stock, it does not create or destroy it.
• The destination is valued at the source’s moving-average rate, so overall stock value doesn’t change either. It’s an internal move, with no profit or loss.
• The movement appears in both warehouses’ log books, as a transfer-out on one side and a transfer-in on the other.
• The transfer, and any failed attempt, is written to the audit trail.

When a transfer is blocked

A transfer is refused if the source warehouse doesn’t have enough on-hand to cover it. Stock can never go negative, see The no-negative-stock guard. The error tells you the available quantity so you can adjust and retry.