Stock Issue vs Stock Adjustment: Key Differences Explained
🔹 Stock Issue
👉 Stock Issue means when products are taken out of inventory for a specific purpose, such as sales, delivery, or departmental use.
Usually happens during customer delivery or when transferring to production/service departments.
Examples:
Issuing 100 units of raw materials to the production department.
Delivering 50 units of finished goods to a customer order.
📌 Stock Issue = Products officially going out of stock for use or delivery.
🔹 Stock Adjustment
👉 Stock Adjustment is done when the system stock record and the physical stock count don’t match.
Purpose is to correct inventory data.
Usually happens due to damage, loss, theft, expiry, or counting mistakes.
Examples:
System shows 200 units, but physical count is 195 → Adjustment -5.
10 units expired → Adjustment -10.
Found 3 extra units in warehouse → Adjustment +3.
📌 Stock Adjustment = Correcting stock to match actual situation.
✅ Key Differences:
| Aspect | Stock Issue | Stock Adjustment |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | To give/deliver products for sales or usage | To correct stock mismatches |
| When it happens | During sales, delivery, or transfer | During stock count, damage, expiry, theft, or error |
| Effect on stock | Stock decreases (formally issued) | Stock may increase or decrease (adjusted) |
| Handled by | Sales/Production/Delivery team | Store/Inventory/Admin team |