Inventory Transfer lets you move stock, and its cost, from one outlet or cost center to another. It's a one-way push: you can send inventory to another outlet, but you can't reach into someone else's outlet and take it. They have to send it to you.
It also keeps your accounting clean. Every transfer creates a real transaction that moves the cost off one outlet's P&L and onto the other's.
Why You'd Use It
Inventory Transfer is built for any situation where one part of the business buys something that another part actually uses. A few common examples:
The kitchen buys all the fruit, but the bar uses some of it for the cocktail program. You don't want that cost sitting on the kitchen's P&L.
The sommelier buys wine for the wine list, but the kitchen uses a bottle to make a coq au vin. That cost should move to the kitchen, not stay with the bar.
Any time inventory crosses from one outlet or cost center to another, a transfer is how you keep the cost — and the stock count — accurate on both sides.
How It Works
Inventory Transfer lives under Inventory → Inventory Items.
From Inventory Items, click Transfer.
Choose the outlet or cost center you're transferring to. Remember, transfers only push out — you can't pull stock in from another outlet's space.
Choose a transfer date. This is the date the transfer will land on the accounting side, so pick the date you want the financial movement to reflect.
Optionally, add a note — handy for context if anyone needs to look back at why the transfer happened.
Click Complete.
What Happens Behind the Scenes
Every transfer creates two "invoices" automatically:
One reducing inventory for the outlet sending the stock.
One increasing inventory (and cost of goods sold) for the outlet receiving it.
That's it, we move the cost, you move the stock, counts update on both sides, and your accounting stays accurate without any manual journal entries.
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