AI Stores Management
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✦   Manufacturing Inventory Intelligence

AI-Powered Stores Management & Inventory Intelligence

Know What You Have. Know Exactly Where It Is. Know What You Need Next.

Digitize receiving, QC, putaway, material location, issue, returns, transfers and stock counting across multiple manufacturing stores — with exact bin traceability and AI-driven shortage, ageing and demand intelligence.

✓ Exact rack / bin visibility✓ Scan-first stores execution✓ AI shortage & stock insights
STORES COMMAND CENTRE

Good Morning!

Plant: All Locations
Inventory Accuracy98.6%
Shortage Risk12
QC Pending18
Requests Pending27
Material Availability Trend Last 7 Days
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Plant→Store→Zone→Rack→Shelf→Bin
Today's Focus
  • 3 critical materials may stock out < 7 days
  • 6 GRNs waiting for QC > 8 hours
  • 4 putaway tasks are overdue
  • Cycle count accuracy at 99.1%
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AI Stores Briefing“3 materials need attention before next week…”
1Inventory source of truth
360°Multi-store visibility
BinExact material location
AIDemand & shortage intelligence
Why AI Stores Management

Move from “stock exists somewhere” to controlled, traceable material flow.

Manufacturing stores handle hundreds or thousands of raw materials, small parts, spares and consumables. This solution connects physical material movements with digital traceability — from supplier receipt to final issue, return, transfer or disposal.

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Current challenges

What slows stores operations today

  • Material exists in stock but staff cannot quickly identify the exact rack, shelf or bin.
  • Incoming PO, invoice, challan and physical quantity are manually compared and exceptions are easy to miss.
  • QC-hold, rejected, reserved and usable stock are not always clearly separated.
  • Production requests, urgent issues, returns and transfers depend on calls, paper or spreadsheets.
  • Management sees shortages, excess and non-moving inventory only after the problem becomes visible.
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Business benefits

What changes with AI Stores Management

  • Exact plant → store → zone → rack → shelf → bin location with QR/barcode confirmation.
  • Structured receiving, QC, putaway, reservation, picking, issue, return and transfer workflows.
  • Usable, reserved, QC-hold, rejected, expired and in-transit quantities are clearly distinguished.
  • Role-specific dashboards for Stores, Quality, Production, Maintenance, Purchase and Management.
  • AI identifies shortage risk, excess stock, ageing, non-moving materials and future demand signals.
RoT
Return on Time — and Working CapitalReduce search, reconciliation and follow-up time while improving inventory accuracy, material availability and management visibility.
See it in a demo →
How it works

Every material movement becomes a traceable stores workflow.

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Receive & validatePO, invoice/challan, delivery quantity, batch and supporting documents.
02
Inspect & put awayQC accept/hold/reject, then scan material into the recommended rack/bin.
03
Locate, reserve, pick & issueSearch exact location and issue to production, maintenance, project or work order.
04
Return, transfer & countProduction returns, RTV, inter-store transfer, cycle count and stock adjustments.
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Analyze & predictShortage risk, ageing, non-moving stock, excess inventory and expected demand.
SAP / ERPTally / OracleSupplier DocsMobile Scans
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Stores Intelligence HubMaterial + Location + Movement + Demand
Find MaterialIssue / ReturnsShortage AlertsManagement Analytics
Application capabilities

Built around real manufacturing stores operations.

Easy for store personnel to use on the floor, while giving management the control, auditability and intelligence required across locations.

Multi-Plant Stores Dashboard

One consolidated operational view of stock, receipts, QC, putaway, pending requests, transfers, ageing and inventory risks.

Smart Inward & GRN

Validate PO, supplier invoice, delivery challan, quantity, batch and supporting documents before confirming receipt.

QC, Hold & Quarantine

Route incoming material for inspection. Accept, partially accept, reject, hold or re-inspect while preventing blocked stock from being issued.

QR / Barcode Putaway

Scan material and destination locations to maintain plant → store → zone → rack → shelf → bin → container traceability.

Find Material in Seconds

Search by code, description, OEM number, batch, lot, serial, heat number or common shop-floor name and see the exact physical location.

Requisition, Pick & Issue

Reserve material, generate pick instructions and issue against production orders, work orders, departments, machines or cost centres.

Returns, RTV & Transfers

Handle production returns, defective supplier returns, bin/store/plant transfers and in-transit visibility without losing traceability.

Cycle Count & Stock Accuracy

Run scheduled or blind counts, identify variances, require approvals and maintain a complete adjustment audit trail.

AI Inventory Intelligence

Predict shortage risk, identify excess/non-moving inventory, monitor ageing and recommend replenishment using demand, lead time and safety stock.

Batch, Serial & Shelf-Life

Support batch/lot/serial/heat tracking, manufacturing and expiry dates, FIFO/FEFO and status-based stock control.

AI Stores Assistant

Ask “Where is bearing 6205?”, “What may stock out next week?” or “Show dead stock above ₹1 lakh” in natural language.

Reports & Management Packs

Generate daily, weekly and monthly stores reports plus filtered Excel/PDF downloads for management, purchase, finance and audit.

Users & scenarios

Different users see the work that matters to them.

Role-based experiences reduce clutter and make common tasks easier to complete without navigating through unrelated ERP transactions.

SM

Stores Manager

Monitor inward, QC, putaway, requests, stock accuracy, ageing and staff workload. Approve sensitive adjustments and exceptions.

Operations control
SK

Store Keeper

Receive, put away, locate, pick, issue, return, transfer and count materials using scan-first workflows.

Daily execution
RE

Receiving Executive

Verify supplier, PO, invoice, challan, e-way bill reference, quantity, packaging condition and delivery discrepancies.

Inward validation
QI

Quality Inspector

Inspect incoming material; accept, reject, hold, partially accept or quarantine by batch/lot.

Quality control
PS

Production Supervisor

Raise material requisitions, track reservations and pending issues, receive materials and return unused quantity.

Production supply
ME

Maintenance Engineer

Request critical spares against machines/work orders and monitor emergency or low-stock items.

MRO spares
PM

Purchase Manager

See shortages, open POs, rejected material, excess stock and supplier delivery/quality trends.

Procurement
PH

Plant Head / Management

Review inventory value, shortages, stockouts, non-moving inventory, working capital and cross-store performance.

Decision support
Connect, do not duplicate

Works with the systems manufacturers already use.

Use ERP as the master for purchase orders, financial values and accounting while AI Stores Management controls physical execution, bin-level traceability, mobile workflows and operational intelligence.

SAP / S/4HANAOracle ERPTallyPrimeMicrosoft DynamicsERPNext / Legacy ERPMES / Production SystemsREST APIsExcel / CSVSupplier DocumentsQR / Barcode ScannersRFID (Optional)Manual / Mobile Inputs
ERP / PO / MastersSupplier DocumentsProduction / MaintenanceManual / Scan Inputs
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Stores Data & AI LayerCentral operational inventory model
Exact LocationStores ExecutionManagement ReportsPredictive Alerts
Controls & security

Inventory movement needs strong business controls.

Operational convenience should not weaken stock control. The application uses status, approval, access and audit rules to protect material integrity across stores.

Role & Plant Access

Restrict company, plant, store, transaction and material-category access by role.

Complete Audit Trail

Keep user, time, device, before/after values, reason, approval and related document for important movements.

Stock Status Controls

Block rejected, expired and QC-hold stock from normal issue; block negative stock by default.

Controlled Sessions

Support one active login per user, secure sessions and meaningful notifications when another session exists.

Flexible Deployment

Deploy on cloud, private cloud or on-premise based on manufacturing customer policy and connectivity.

License Controlled

Manage SurensInffotek customer entitlement and monthly license validity centrally.

Frequently asked questions

Designed for manufacturing realities.

The MVP can be demonstrated standalone and then connected to customer ERP, document, scanner and reporting environments during implementation.

Not necessarily. For established manufacturers, the application is designed as a Stores Execution & Inventory Intelligence layer while the ERP remains the financial/system-of-record. It can also operate standalone for smaller manufacturers.

Every location can be defined down to zone, rack, shelf, bin and container. QR/barcode scanning and a visual location map let users search a part and see exactly where it is stored.

The normal workflow blocks rejected, QC-hold and expired material from issue. Any permitted exception should be role-controlled, approved and fully audited.

Yes. Tracking can be configured by item for batch/lot, serial number, heat number, manufacturing date, expiry/shelf-life and FIFO/FEFO.

Yes. Requests can capture department, required quantity/date, production order, maintenance work order, machine, cost centre, purpose and priority.

AI supports document comparison, natural-language material search, shortage prediction, excess/non-moving analysis, demand trends and management questions. Operational decisions remain traceable to underlying inventory data.

Yes. The MVP supports cycle-count planning, blind counting, variance review, recount, approval and inventory adjustment audit controls.

Yes. The solution is designed for operational daily reports, weekly exception reports and management-oriented monthly trend packs, with Excel/PDF exports in the deployable version.

Customer demonstration

See a material move from supplier receipt to exact-bin issue.

A strong demo follows one material through PO validation, QC, putaway, QR/bin location, production requisition, picking, issue, return and AI shortage prediction.

Recommended demo highlight: search “6205 bearing” and show Maintenance Store → Rack M04 → Shelf 02 → Bin 07.
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