Barcode Inventory

Perform inventory adjustments and stock counts directly from the Barcode scanner app.

The operator picks an internal location, scans the products found there (with barcode_gs1 installed, a GS1 label also brings its lot/serial and quantity), types the counted quantity, and applies. Each adjustment is recorded as a stock_inventory adjustment group — draft → in progress → done — so every barcode count leaves a traceable, auditable record with its own move lines, using Odoo’s native on-hand adjustment mechanism (stock.quant).

This is a feature module on top of barcode_scanner: it registers its own screens, scan handling and home-screen tile into the scanner core without patching it, so you install only what you need.

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Usage

From the Barcode app home screen, tap Inventory Adjustment.

Count a location

Pick or scan the location to count. Scanning a location barcode jumps straight into the count; otherwise choose one from the searchable list of internal locations.
The count screen shows the stock the location holds, one line per product and lot. Count by scanning each product: a plain barcode adds one unit. With barcode_gs1 installed, a GS1 label also brings its lot/serial and its quantity; without it, the scanner reads plain EAN-13 barcodes only. You can also type the counted quantity in each line, decimals included, which then shows how far it is from the stock.
To count something not shown, tap “+” and scan or search the product. A freshly scanned or added product jumps to the top of the list and is highlighted, so you always see what the scan just changed. Only storable products can be counted: services and non-storable consumables are not offered, and scanning one says why it is refused.
Tap Apply Adjustment to record the count. If the stock of a counted product changed while you counted — goods came in or went out — nothing is applied yet: the lines show the stock as it is now, and you choose whether to apply your count anyway or to count again.

Lots and serial numbers

A lot/serial-tracked product needs its lot/serial before it can be applied — read from a GS1 label, or typed into the line (the lots a count at that location can use are suggested; a new name is created on the server). The name is matched exactly first, as lots differing only in case are different lots; in another case it is only taken when it names a single lot. The same product can appear on several lines, one per lot or serial number, so it stays available in the “+” picker even after it already has a line.

A serial number counts one unit: reading it again warns instead of counting it twice.

What it records

Each adjustment is applied as a stock_inventory adjustment group (draft → in progress → done), scoped to exactly the counted products at the counted location, using Odoo’s native on-hand adjustment. Every barcode count therefore leaves one traceable, auditable record with its own move lines. Lots are created in the counted location’s company.

A count covers the stock at the location itself, outside packages and not owned by a partner: its sublocations are counted on their own, and stock in a package or owned by someone else is neither shown nor changed.

As in the back office, applying a count requires Inventory Administrator rights. Other users are told so when they open Inventory Adjustment.

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Contributors

Zuzanna Elzbieta Szalaty Szalaty

Maintainers

This module is maintained by the OCA.

OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.

Current maintainer:

This module is part of the OCA/barcode-interface project on GitHub.

You are welcome to contribute. To learn how please visit https://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute.