Manage stockrooms

Manage the assets in the stockroom by using appropriate stock rules, service locations, and distribution channels.

For details, see Stockrooms and Stock rules.

• Create a stockroom
  Create stockrooms to assign places to assets.
• Delete a stockroom with assets
  You can delete a stockroom. If the stock room has assets, you must remove the assets from the stockroom first.
• Delete a stockroom with no assets
  You can delete a stockroom that has no assets.
• Create a new stockroom type
  If you need stockroom types that are not included in the base system, you can create a custom stockroom type.
• View stockroom details
  View detailed information about the stockrooms where your hardware, consumables, bundles, pallets, loaner, enterprise, and other assets are located.
• Associate a stockroom with service locations
  Manage sourcing requests that consume from local stockrooms effectively by associating your stockroom with multiple service locations. Optimize your loaner asset workflow and automated asset tasks by serving multiple locations using a single stockroom.
• Remove service locations
  Remove service locations when the associated stockroom doesn't support those locations.
• Exclude a stockroom from service locations
  Exclude a stockroom from service locations so that the stockroom isn't shown in the Stockrooms missing service locations important actions card in the Inventory view.
• Link stockrooms into a distribution channel
  Link two geographically related stockrooms to create a distribution channel and make the distribution of assets more efficient. You can assign a preference order for each channel to source assets to the stockroom.
• Exclude a stockroom from distribution channels
  Exclude a stockroom from distribution channels so that the stockroom isn't shown in the Stockrooms missing distribution channels important actions card in the Inventory view.
• Create a stock rule
  You can create a stock rule to control what happens when the inventory of a particular asset in a particular stockroom reaches a specified threshold.

Related concepts

• Work with hardware normalization
• Work with Asset and CI
• Consumables life cycle
• Manage various assets through asset classes
• Manage your inventory through pallet assets
• Create fixed assets
• Manage pre-allocated assets
• Manage loaner assets
• Donate assets to charity organizations
• Manage RMA requests
• Transfer orders for Asset Management
• Reclaim hardware assets
• Manage the lifecycle of hardware models with calculated lifecycle templates
• Receive asset warranty details from Lenovo
• Track shipments using the integration framework
• Assess performance of Hardware Asset Management
• Manage refresh of assets using Zero Touch Refresh
• Configure the Total Cost of Ownership of assets
• Manage Hardware Asset Management subscriptions

Related tasks

• Customize tabs in Hardware Asset Workspace
• Manage asset bundles from your inventory
• Exclude assets
• Use Advanced Shipment Notification
• Create an inventory stock order request
• Create a transfer order for Asset Management
• Create a disposal order
• Use a hardware asset request flow
• Audit your inventory
• Request a Hardware Asset Refresh
• Manage your expiring contracts for leased hardware assets
• View RFID information of assets
• Track asset location using indoor maps
• Update associated Decision tables for HAM flows

Related reference

• Use Organization Management
• Transfer order line asset tracking