Inventory Management Guide overview

March 10, 2025

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  • Beginner
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  • Admin
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  • User

This guide is intended for administrators working in the Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Admin. It provides detailed information about enabling this module, including configuration and management of its features. It assumes a basic understanding of the core Commerce configuration and functionality.

Inventory Management has two areas for administrators:

  • The Admin: Use this area to access the configuration UI and reporting.
  • The command-line interface: Use this tool to execute installation and backend configuration tasks.

This guide covers:

Subject
Description
Overview of the Inventory Management features that you can use to manage stock in multiple locations so that your Commerce store accurately reflects the physical inventory.
Review the release notes for information about all Inventory Management releases.
Inventory basics
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Learn about the Inventory Management module and how it fits into your Commerce instance and store operations: Commerce upgrades, module installation and update, merchant sourcing types, and sourcing structure changes
Learn about the configuration of Inventory Management options that determine source availability, storefront products, and order shipment.
Learn about sources and how they define the physical locations where product inventory is managed and shipped for order fulfillment, or where services are available.
Learn how stock is used to represent a virtual, aggregated inventory of products for sources of your sales channels.
Learn how to assign sources and quantities for new products or change existing products.
Learn about the additional Inventory Management features and options for managing inventory quantities through the shipment process.
Learn about the commands provided by the Inventory Management module to manage inventory data and configuration settings.