Inventory Control & Warehouse Management with Ostendo Continuum ERP
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Effective inventory control and warehouse management are critical to profitability, customer satisfaction, and regulatory compliance. Ostendo Continuum ERP delivers a fully integrated, end-to-end solution that gives organisations complete visibility and control over inventory — from initial receipt through storage, picking, dispatch, and after-sales service.
Built on the proven Ostendo platform and enhanced through the Continuum architecture, the system combines robust core ERP functionality with mobility, automation, and advanced costing to support manufacturing, distribution, and service-based businesses at scale.
Complete Inventory Control from Receipt to Dispatch
Ostendo Continuum provides comprehensive stock management across the entire inventory lifecycle. Businesses can manage stock accurately while maintaining flexibility for growth, multiple locations, and complex product structures.
Key capabilities include:
- Multi-site and multi-warehouse inventory control
- Granular location tracking down to aisle, rack, and row
- Optional container tracking for pallets, cartons, and shipping containers
- Stock reservations for jobs, sales orders, and assemblies
- Controls to prevent negative inventory and protect data integrity
This structured approach ensures every item has a defined location, reducing picking time, minimising errors, and improving stocktake accuracy.
Advanced Warehouse Management & Fulfilment
Ostendo Continuum supports efficient, high-volume warehouse operations with powerful fulfilment and despatch functionality.
Pick, Pack & Despatch
- Automated picking workflows
- FEFO (First Expiry, First Out) logic for perishable goods
- Full traceability by serial, batch, expiry, revision, colour, grade, or size
- Proof of delivery and full audit trails
Multi-Location & Distribution Planning
Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) enables coordinated stock management across multiple sites. Internal transfers can include site-based costing, ensuring true branch-level profitability is reflected in financial reporting.
Traceability, Compliance & Warranty Management
For regulated and quality-driven industries, Ostendo Continuum delivers deep traceability and compliance support.
- Serial, batch, and expiry tracking across all transactions
- Instant recall analysis (e.g. which customers received a specific batch)
- Hazard and safety information stored against items
- Automatic creation of warranty and asset service records at dispatch
This ensures compliance obligations are met without introducing manual processes or disconnected systems.
Accurate Costing, Landed Cost & Valuation
Understanding true inventory cost is essential for margin control and informed decision-making. Ostendo Continuum supports multiple costing methodologies to suit different business models.
- Standard and Average costing
- Full landed costing with flexible allocation methods
- Multi-currency purchasing and shipment consolidation
- Automatic cost roll-ups from purchase to finished goods
- Site costing for internal stock transfers
These capabilities provide precise visibility of inventory value and profitability at every stage.
Intelligent Planning & Replenishment
Ostendo Continuum includes powerful planning tools that balance stock availability with carrying costs.
- Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)
- Re-order levels based on historical usage or fixed quantities
- Automatic generation of purchase and manufacturing orders
- Two-bin (Kanban) control for low-value, high-volume items
- Forward-looking projected availability analysis
Together, these tools help organisations reduce stockouts, minimise excess inventory, and respond confidently to demand changes.
Product Information, Barcoding & Units of Measure
Ostendo Continuum acts as a single source of truth for all product data.
- Comprehensive item master with lifecycle status controls
- Product supersession and runout/obsolete management
- Multiple barcodes per item, including GS1 standards
- Customer-specific item codes
- Multi-unit of measure with automatic conversions
- Dimensions and pack sizes for freight and space planning
This flexibility supports complex product structures without compromising operational simplicity.
Mobile Warehouse Operations with Ostendo Freeway
Ostendo Freeway extends inventory and warehouse management to the warehouse floor and beyond.
- Android and iOS mobile applications
- Picking, receipting, transfers, and stock counts in real time
- Barcode and RFID scanning using device cameras or scanners
- Offline capability with automatic synchronisation
- Mobile-triggered replenishment and purchase order generation
Mobility eliminates paper processes, reduces double-handling, and ensures data accuracy at the point of activity.
Total Control, One Integrated System
Ostendo Continuum ERP brings together inventory control, warehouse management, costing, mobility, and planning into a single, unified platform. The result is total operational control — improved accuracy, reduced costs, enhanced compliance, and the agility to grow with confidence.
Ready to transform your inventory and warehouse operations?
Talk to your Ostendo partner about configuring Ostendo Continuum to match your exact business requirements.
Reporting & Analysis
Effective inventory control and accurate costing are critical to profitability, cash-flow management, and operational confidence. Ostendo delivers powerful reporting and real-time visibility tools that give you complete control over stock levels, inventory value, and true product costs—across single or multi-warehouse environments.
Inventory Control Visibility
Ostendo provides live, role-based insight into inventory movement and status, enabling proactive decision-making rather than reactive stock management. These insights ensure the right stock is available at the right time—without over-stocking or production delays.
Key inventory reporting capabilities include:
- Real-time stock on hand by item, location, bin, batch, or serial number
- Stock availability vs commitments, including sales orders, jobs, and transfers
- Minimum, maximum & reorder analysis with exception-based alerts
- Slow-moving, obsolete & excess stock reports to reduce carrying costs
- Stock ageing & turnover analysis for improved inventory performance
- Multi-warehouse & inter-branch visibility with consolidated or site-specific views
Inventory Costing & Valuation Reporting
Accurate costing underpins pricing strategy, margin analysis, and financial reporting. Ostendo supports flexible costing methods with full transparency. All costs are traceable back to source transactions, ensuring confidence in margins, audits, and compliance.
Comprehensive costing visibility includes:
- Inventory valuation reports by warehouse, category, or GL account
- Multiple costing methods (e.g. average, standard, last cost) with audit history
- Material, labour & overhead roll-ups for manufactured and custom products
- Cost variance reporting comparing expected vs actual costs
- Batch & serial cost traceability for compliance and recall readiness
- WIP and finished goods valuation fully aligned with financials
Operational & Financial Insight
Inventory and costing reports seamlessly integrate with purchasing, manufacturing, sales, and finance—delivering a single source of truth. Dashboards can be filtered, drilled into, exported, or integrated with BI tools for advanced analysis.
Decision-support dashboards highlight:
- Inventory value vs revenue contribution
- Gross margin by product, category, or customer
- Stock exposure and cash tied up in inventory
- Cost trends over time for continuous improvement
- Exception-driven alerts for cost overruns or stock risks
Why It Matters
With robust reporting and visibility for inventory control and costing, organisations gain:
- Reduced working capital tied up in stock
- Improved pricing accuracy and margin control
- Lower risk of stockouts or over-stocking
- Stronger compliance and audit readiness
- Data-driven confidence across operations and finance
Ostendo turns inventory and costing data into actionable intelligence—supporting smarter decisions, tighter control, and sustainable profitability.
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