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title: Adjusting stock
id: inventory.items.stock
description: "Check an item's quantity at each location on its Inventory card, and raise or lower it outside an order with Adjust Stock."
lastUpdated: 2026-10-16
order: 50
---

## What it does

The Inventory card on an item shows its SKU and Barcode. Where the item is tracking inventory, it also lists the locations the item is stocked in, with the quantity at each.

Adjust Stock changes those quantities outside a purchase order or a sale. Each row takes a Location, an Adjustment and a Reason, and shows the quantity before and after. The reasons are Correction, Received, Returned, Damaged, Theft or Loss, and Fulfilled. Add Another Location adds a row. One save can correct several locations.

An item with variants takes its adjustments from the [variants table](/docs/inventory/items-variants.md) instead. There the window takes one location, one reason and an adjustment per variant.

## Before you start

Lucrii shows Adjust Stock only on an item that is tracking inventory and has no variants. If your organisation has no locations yet, the button is greyed out and says to create one first.

An adjustment can take a location below zero. Lucrii still saves it. A warning shows the location and the quantity it would fall to. It says the stock owed is recorded, and the valuation stays at zero until it is received.

## How to use it

1. Open the item and find the Inventory card.
2. Select Adjust Stock.
3. Choose the location. Lucrii does not choose one for you. Each option shows the quantity already there. Each row must use a different location.
4. Type the adjustment. A plain number adds stock and a negative number takes it away.
5. Choose the reason.
6. Select Save. A note recording the adjustment appears on the item's timeline.

## Related

- [Stock locations](/docs/inventory/locations.md): Add the places you keep stock, with an address and stats for what is held at each.
- [Options and variants](/docs/inventory/items-variants.md): Add options such as Size and Colour to an item, and Lucrii makes a variant for every combination, with a price and stock for each.
- [Items and locations](/docs/inventory/overview.md): Browse two lists in Inventory, one of the items you buy and sell and one of the locations you keep them in.
- [Notes and media on items and locations](/docs/inventory/notes.md): Post staff notes and attachments on the timeline of an item or a location, and add pictures to an item's Media card.

## Changes

- [Average cost and available stock](/changelog/2026-09-30#2026-09-30-average-cost-and-available-stock) - 2026-09-30
- [Help pages for every feature](/changelog/2026-09-30#2026-09-30-help-pages-for-every-feature) - 2026-09-30