Applies to: Enterprise
Sheet Inventory lets you track material stock by sheet usage.
When enabled, each material can have a sheet stock value. Quote & Cut can then reduce stock when WooCommerce orders are placed or moved into active statuses.
Where to enable Sheet Inventory #
Go to:
Quote & Cut → Settings → Sheet Inventory
Enable:
Enable sheet management
The setting description is:
Track sheet stock for each material and automatically reduce or restore it as order statuses change.
Where sheet stock is entered #
After Sheet Inventory is available, the material table includes a Sheet Stock column.
Go to:
Quote & Cut → Settings → Materials
Each material row can have a sheet stock value.
What sheet stock means #
Sheet stock is the number of sheets available for that material.
Example:
If you have 12 sheets of 3000 × 1500 mm Mild Steel 3 mm, enter:
12
If you track partial sheets, you can enter decimal values such as:
12.5
Sheet stock is per material row #
Each material row has its own stock value.
For example:
- Mild Steel 3 mm can have 12 sheets.
- Mild Steel 5 mm can have 7 sheets.
- Stainless Steel 2 mm can have 4 sheets.
- Aluminium 3 mm can have 20 sheets.
Stock is not shared automatically between different material rows.
How Quote & Cut calculates usage #
When a quote is calculated, Quote & Cut records sheet inventory usage for the job.
The usage can include:
- Material ID.
- Material name.
- Sheet length.
- Sheet width.
- Sheets used.
- Plates with parts.
- Total length used.
- Equivalent sheets.
Inventory is reduced using the equivalent sheet usage stored with the order.
Equivalent sheets #
Equivalent sheets allow inventory to track partial sheet usage.
For example, if a job uses around half of a sheet, the equivalent sheet usage may reduce stock by around 0.5.
If a job uses more than one sheet, stock can be reduced by more than 1.
Pricing-only or skipped-layout jobs #
For some pricing-only or skipped-layout jobs, Quote & Cut may use the estimated physical sheet usage to build the inventory usage row.
This lets inventory still track stock even when a full visual layout is not generated.
What Sheet Inventory does not replace #
Sheet Inventory is a useful stock-tracking tool, but it does not replace your full stock control process.
You should still manually review:
- Physical sheet deliveries.
- Damaged sheets.
- Offcuts.
- Manual stock adjustments.
- Jobs processed outside Quote & Cut.
- Material transfers.
- Production waste.
Recommended use #
Use Sheet Inventory as a live online quoting and order stock tracker.
Keep it aligned with your workshop by updating material stock values when physical stock changes.
Continue to: Enabling Sheet Management.
