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  1. When you look at an inventory item, it shows that you have that item on order, but it doesn't show you in the history and notes, what PO that the item is ordered on. All it shows in the history is the Bill's and the invoices.

    IT needs to show in the history the PO that the goods on order are ordered on.

    8 votes

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  2. Ability to upload pictures for inventory items into Xero.

    Purpose: To easily identify each inventory that was inputted in Xero.

    197 votes

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  3. Bundle multiple products together within tracked inventory.

    Purpose: To track sales for individual items that are sold together as a bundle at a different cost than the individual items.

    165 votes

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    Hi team, pleased to share another update as progress moves along in this space.

    We'd now doing some early testing of the teams concepts for being able to bundle inventory in Xero.

    With the high interest for this in the idea, we'd like to offer the opportunity to be involved in the process - If you'd be willing to give some of your time to share back with the team, we'd love you to fill in this short questionnaire ✍️

    While this will be limited to a small group, we'll keep you updated on the outcomes, here. Thanks!

  4. Low stock alerts can be set up in the Xero "Product" administration. Each product reaches a certain 'low' quantity and Xero gives an alert accordingly.

    74 votes

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  5. Ability to allow negative stock in Xero.

    Purpose: Users that take orders and receive payments from their contacts before placing inventory can easily do it in Xero.

    134 votes

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    Hi community, thanks for continuing to support this idea and share the situations where it matters most to your business.

    We’re now rolling out backorders for tracked inventory, that enables you to keep selling and invoice customers even when you don’t currently have enough stock on hand.

    When this becomes available in your organisation, you’ll be able to approve a sales invoice for tracked items even where there isn’t enough available quantity to fully supply it. Xero will allocate any stock that's available straight away, place the remainder on backorder, and then automatically allocate incoming stock to those outstanding backorders as inventory increases.

    We’ll continue to monitor feedback as this rolls out more broadly, and I’ll return to share another update once the release is complete.

  6. Ability to have multi-currency for inventory in Xero.

    Purpose: To make invoice and purchase tracking easier, because this feature will allow users to enter different currencies when they’re buying and selling the item.

    139 votes

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  7. I'd like categories for my products and services
    ie: tees, hoodies, pants etc
    So I can click into the hoodie category and see all the hoodies I have

    89 votes

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  8. Is it possible to filter between active and inactive inventory in inventory reports? All my inventory is listed in my reports but I only want to see active inventory.

    11 votes

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    Is there a specific inventory report you'd find this most useful in? 

    Being open we don't have immediate plans for adding this filter into the reports, but it'd be good to get this detail that could be shared back with the team when considered. 

  9. Most our clients require Delivery Order. The current packing slip does not cover the clients company requirement.

    31 votes

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  10. Would be great if you could link cirectly to the live stock levels inside Shopify so if I generate an invoice and sale from Xero then the stock level reduces and adjust accordingly. There does not seem to be functionality that does this currently.

    26 votes

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  11. Ability to have/add assembly inventory in Xero.

    Purpose: Users who are selling parts of the whole inventory can easily manage this in Xero.

    125 votes

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    Hi everyone, thanks again for continuing to share your feedback and examples on this idea.

    We’ve now done some initial discovery on this and can see the value it could provide for businesses needing assembly or bundled inventory capability in Xero.

    This is something we’re interested in solving longer term, however there is a bit of complexity involved in the work and it hasn’t been roadmapped at this stage.

    When we are able to get this planned in the pipeline, we’ll be sure to update you here and keep you informed on progress.

  12. Ability to merge inventory items.

    Purpose: Users can easily merge the inventory items when they accidentally created the new same items in Xero.

    116 votes

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  13. Ability to have a supplier name and link back to supplier contact list from the inventory.

    Purpose: Users can easily have information from which suppliers that they’ve purchased their inventory from, and can easily update any changes within inventory and supplier.

    80 votes

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    Hi team, while we don't have plans for adding a field for supplier to Inventory items, right now you could run the Payable invoice Detail report to see the purchases of items, and which supplier(s) they've been bought from.

    You can also Group/Summarise the report by Item Code or Contact, depending on which you want to see together.

  14. The Inventory Item Details report does not show inventory items where there was no movement during the month. Therefore the report does not tie out to the balance per the TB for inventory. Can this be fixed?

    12 votes

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    Hey Louis - thanks for sharing your suggestion!

    Understand that it's not quite what you're after, but it's worth a mention: The 'Inventory Item Summary' report will show all inventory items in your organisation, including those without any movement in the selected period. 

    I've attached a screenshot as an example, so you can check if it suits your reporting needs  - we'll leave this idea up in the meantime 😊

  15. Ability to attach supporting file to tracked inventory adjustment entry

    7 votes

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    Thanks for the response, Joanne. While it's not something we have direct plans for atm, we'll get a better of the interest around this here, and I'll share if there's any changes planned.

  16. Offer First-In-First-Out (FIFO) accounting within Tracked Inventory as an option.

    Purpose: Established US Companies tend to use FIFO for inventory valuation, so Xero would widen its scope of clients by offering the option. Plus, the option adoption would make reporting of its current US clients so much more straightforward.

    32 votes

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  17. Some of our customers have set discounts, however, some of our inventory items have very little to no margin and we would like to be able to block that inventory item from being discounted. Also, freight gets discounted on customers that have discounts saved to their account?

    12 votes

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  18. Ability to reserve inventory (through invoices or some other format) to account for pre-sales or consignment of goods

    Purpose: Make some inventory reserved so it cannot be sold through other channels

    44 votes

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    Hi everyone, thanks sharing how important it is to be able to reserve inventory for pre-sales, or consignment.

    We appreciate hearing your needs in setting stock aside before it’s invoiced, and in some cases working across multiple locations or warehouse setups.

    We are currently in the process of releasing backorders capability which is designed to help tracked inventory users approve a sales invoice even when there isn’t enough stock available at the time. When that happens, the stock you do have available is allocated first, and the remaining quantity is placed on backorder. As more stock comes in, Xero will then automatically allocate it to the oldest approved backorders.

    While this release doesn’t provide a way to reserve stock in advance for consignment, pre-orders, or particular customers and locations, it may still help some businesses that are currently needing to wait for stock to arrive before they can approve and…

  19. Inventory - Fully integrate Locate Inventory into the Xero platform so users have a fully functioning ERP and inventory management system.

    34 votes

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