Manual Stock Replenishment
The following personas are involved in manual stock replenishment:
• Depot or field engineer
• Back office staff or Logistics personnel or ERP system
The following flow diagram displays the loaner management process.
The following steps explain the process to replenish stock manually:
1. Verify the product request: The depot or field engineer verifies if any product request exists for the location.
2. Submit product request: The depot or field engineer submits the product request to determine if it is available. If it is not available, the engineer creates a product request and submits it.
3. Create product transfer and shipment: The back-office staff, logistics personnel, or ERP system updates inventory and creates the product transfer or shipment.
4. Update inventory: The inventory is updated automatically with the product details once the shipment is created.