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# Introduction to Stock

**Stock** helps you manage materials across one or more storage locations.

Use it to track availability, avoid shortages, and keep stock changes visible.

### What Stock helps you do

* manage stock per warehouse, vehicle, or job site
* set reorder levels per item and warehouse
* update stock from material usage on work orders
* record deliveries, transfers, counts, and corrections

### When to use Stock

Use Stock when:

* you use materials or parts in daily work
* you keep stock in more than one place
* employees need to know what is available before a job
* you want less manual tracking in spreadsheets

### How it fits in OutSmart

Stock works across the BackOffice and the mobile app.

Office teams manage warehouses, stock levels, and transactions.

Field employees select the right warehouse when they register used materials on a work order.

### What you need first

* access to the **License Manager**
* a clear list of warehouses or storage locations
* the items you want to track in stock

### Related topics

* [**Stock**](/marketplace-packages-and-power-ups/power-ups/stock.md)
* [**OutSmart packages**](/marketplace-packages-and-power-ups/marketplace/outsmart-packages.md)
* [**Power-Ups**](/marketplace-packages-and-power-ups/power-ups.md)


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