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Bins View

Your complete guide to managing bin, or location - specific inventory.

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Written by Cynthia Rivera
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The Bins View is your most detailed view for managing inventory at each of your locations. Each bin represents a single variant at a single location, allowing you to drill down into the specific inventory data and adjustments needed to keep each site accurate and up-to-date.

You can find the Bins View by going to your Inventory>Bins, or by clicking on the Bins Tab from the Catalog>Products & Variants option in your navigation bar.


When to Use the Bins View

Use the Bins View to:

  • Update inventory levels at specific locations

  • Adjust pricing, cost, or reorder settings per store or warehouse

  • Prepare for or complete physical stocktakes

  • Review out-of-stock or low-inventory items

  • Manage shelf/bin locations throughout your facility

  • Perform daily inventory, receiving, or replenishment tasks


Customizing your Bins View

Available Columns:

Notes:

  • The first two columns, Variant Name and Location, cannot be rearranged.

  • *Stock Forecasting is available on Professional Plans or above

  • Hold down Shift + Select multiple columns to sort across your page.


Available Filters:


Available Actions

Create Products


Select the + icon in the upper-right corner to create a new product. This opens the Product Details Page, where you can fill in product details and save your changes.

Use Bulk Upload Spreadsheets.


Bulk Uploads let you create or modify multiple products at once. Click the spreadsheet icon to download Thrive’s bulk upload templates, make your updates, and upload them back into the system.

By default, you'll see the Bulk Edit Inventory Quantities and Bulk Receive Inventory Quantities spreadsheet, but you can select View all Bulk Upload options to see a complete list.

Print Product Labels


Choose the Print Labels icon to launch the Label Printing Wizard. From there, pick a label layout, select products, specify quantities, and create a PDF ready for printing.


Bulk Actions

Without having to select any items or set filters, there are a few bulk actions available.

Edit Stock Levels

Editing Stock Levels will replace the current quantity in Thrive. You'll find this under the Stock Management icon.

Note: When Editing Stock Levels, you'll have the opportunity to log the changes via Stocktake. Create a New Stocktake, or add items to an existing Stocktake. Line item notes can be added to be included in the Stocktake.

Thrive will allow you to create and edit existing Stocktakes, and will also provide the option to Approve and Complete your Stocktake from this screen.

If a Stocktake is not needed, you can log the item as a Manual Adjustment. Make sure to leave a note if needed.

Add to Stock Levels

Also under the Stock Management icon, the Add to Stock Levels option will add the quantity entered to the existing quantity in Thrive. This is best used when receiving quantities.

Edit Location- Specific Costs & Prices

Select the Edit Costs & Prices icon to edit location-specific costs and prices for all items with Use Defaults off; there is no need to select items first. If an item is not able to be edited, you'll need to check the Use Defaults setting.

Set Locations-Specific Fields

If you need to set the same value for multiple items, you can use this option! Select items to edit, then click on the Pencil Icon. You will see the following option for editing location - specific values.

  • Set Price

  • Set Cost

  • Set Reorder Point

  • Set Reorder Target

Selecting multiple products and editing one of these fields will change all products selected.


Create Purchase Orders & Internal Transfers

The Bins View lets you create Purchase Orders and Internal Transfers directly from filtered inventory views, using real-time data to speed up replenishment and stock balancing.

Creating Purchase Orders

To create a Purchase Order, you'll need at least:

  • a location filter

  • a vendor filter

However, you can use the many additional filters to create views for your low inventory products, products with low estimated time remaining, and more.

Once your filters are set, you can select the products to add to your Purchase Order. You can then click on the Draft Purchase Order icon.

Once the Purchase Order is drafted, additional fields such as Discount, Freight, Fees, etc. can be added before creation.


Creating Internal Transfers

To create an Internal Transfer, you'll need at least 1 location filter. You can use additional filters to refine your view to easily find the products you wish to transfer.

Once you have your view set, you can select the products you wish to transfer, then select the Draft Internal Transfer icon.

Thrive will prompt you to select a Destination Location. Once the Internal Transfer is created, additional details such as Fees and Freight can be added before it is created.


Dig Deeper

Clicking the quantity on the Bins View will open up the Inventory History, showing all inventory movements for the item.

Clicking into the cost will show the Lot History for the item.

Want more specific details? Clicking into the product will open the Bin Details page!

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