Manage stockrooms

Manage the assets in the stockroom by using appropriate stock rules, service locations, and distribution channels.

For details, see Stockrooms and Stock rules.

• Create a stockroom
  Create stockrooms to assign places to assets.
• Delete a stockroom with assets
  You can delete a stockroom. If the stock room has assets, you must remove the assets from the stockroom first.
• Delete a stockroom with no assets
  You can delete a stockroom that has no assets.
• Create a new stockroom type
  If you need stockroom types that are not included in the base system, you can create a custom stockroom type.
• View stockroom details
  View detailed information about the stockrooms where your hardware, consumables, bundles, pallets, loaner, enterprise, and other assets are located.
• Associate a stockroom with service locations
  Manage sourcing requests that consume from local stockrooms effectively by associating your stockroom with multiple service locations. Optimize your loaner asset workflow and automated asset tasks by serving multiple locations using a single stockroom.
• Remove service locations
  Remove service locations when the associated stockroom doesn't support those locations.
• Exclude a stockroom from service locations
  Exclude a stockroom from service locations so that the stockroom isn't shown in the Stockrooms missing service locations important actions card in the Inventory view.
• Link stockrooms into a distribution channel
  Link two geographically related stockrooms to create a distribution channel and make the distribution of assets more efficient. You can assign a preference order for each channel to source assets to the stockroom.
• Exclude a stockroom from distribution channels
  Exclude a stockroom from distribution channels so that the stockroom isn't shown in the Stockrooms missing distribution channels important actions card in the Inventory view.
• Create a stock rule
  Create a stock rule to control what happens when the inventory of a particular asset in a particular stockroom reaches a specified threshold.
• Configure a stockroom for automated sourcing by AI agents
  Configure a stockroom to enable AI agents in the Manage hardware asset requests agentic workflow to source hardware assets automatically.
• Manage the receiving of assets at stockrooms in the Hardware Asset Workspace
  Receive hardware and consumable assets at stockrooms from any workflow at a centralized location on the stockroom form in the Hardware Asset Workspace.
• Manage stockrooms with inventory reports in the Hardware Asset Workspace
  Track and manage stockrooms efficiently by evaluating the inventory reports in the Hardware Asset Workspace.

Parent Topic:Using Hardware Asset Management

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