# Inventory Management in Construction

> Inventory management controls site stock from receipt to issue. See a cement store example and how SuperWise shows stock as deliveries minus consumption.

Canonical: https://superwise.site/glossary/inventory-management/
Last updated: 2026-11-01

Control of a site store, from receiving materials to issuing them against approved indents, with a running stock balance.

## What is Inventory Management (Stores)?

Inventory management is the control of a project's store, covering both the physical stock and its records. It includes receiving materials against [GRNs](https://superwise.site/glossary/material-delivery-challan/) or MDCs, storing them to prevent theft and weather damage, tracking stock balances, and issuing materials to [labour contractors](https://superwise.site/glossary/labor-contractor-thekedar/) only against approved indents to reduce wastage.

## Practical example

A storekeeper receives 500 bags of cement. In a loosely run store, 50 bags ruined by rain can go unnoticed. In a controlled store, the storekeeper records the opening balance of the day, issues exactly 100 bags to the masonry contractor and shows a closing balance of 400 intact bags at the end of the shift.

## In SuperWise

SuperWise works out the stock of a material on a project as approved delivery challans minus recorded consumption, and shows it as an inventory balance per project. Consumption can be recorded against a task and a [BOQ](https://superwise.site/glossary/bill-of-quantities/) item. A resource can carry a minimum stock level, stock can move between projects through resource transfers, and the [DPR](https://superwise.site/glossary/daily-progress-report/) lists the stock balance of every material on site.

[Material management](https://superwise.site/features/material-management/)

## Related terms

- [Material Delivery Challan (MDC / GRN)](https://superwise.site/glossary/material-delivery-challan/)
- [Material Indent (Purchase Requisition)](https://superwise.site/glossary/material-indent/)
- [Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC)](https://superwise.site/glossary/ordinary-portland-cement/)

## Related
- [Material Delivery Challan (MDC / GRN)](https://superwise.site/glossary/material-delivery-challan/)
- [Material Indent (Purchase Requisition)](https://superwise.site/glossary/material-indent/)
- [Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC)](https://superwise.site/glossary/ordinary-portland-cement/)
- [Material management](https://superwise.site/features/material-management/)