Inventory & Boot Stock Management


Boot Stock Definitions

“Boot stock” = inventory carried in a technician’s vehicle for planned/unplanned repairs.


Admin Responsibilities

  • Set baseline boot stock per technician type
  • Review consumption trends
  • Enable barcode scanning rules
  • Configure reorder thresholds (if integrated with ERP)
  • Maintain inventory catalog & units of measure

Tracking Break-Fix, Break-Replace, Break-Loan

Ensure administrators configure:

  • Replacement reason codes
  • Component vs. full-unit replacement workflows
  • Audit trails of serial numbers scanned out/in
  • Reporting dashboards for trend analysis

 

 

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