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title: "Manufacturing Inventory Management Software | Tulip"
description: "Track stock as it moves, trigger replenishment before a line runs short, and keep your ERP in sync with the floor. See how manufacturers use Tulip for inventory."
url: "https://tulip.co/inventory/"
lang: "en"
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Inventory Management Software

# Keep the inventory record in step with the shelf

Inventory counts tend to go stale between updates. Tulip captures every scan, kanban pull, and ERP transaction as material moves, so the number your planners see matches what's actually available.

- **10x** increase in inventory turns (Avon Technologies)
- **70%** reduction in finished goods inventory (Smith+Nephew)
- **$500k** annual savings from digitized kit inventory (global life sciences manufacturer)

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## Why teams choose Tulip for inventory management

**Know What's on Hand**

### **Know what's on hand without walking the stockroom**

Most inventory errors start as a missed update: a part pulled for a work order, a kit moved to the line, a receipt logged at the end of the day. Tulip records each move when it happens, tied to the operator, station, and time, so the count reflects the floor as it is now.

- Track on-hand stock, usage, and locations from the dock to the line to finished goods
- Log receipts and material movements with a barcode or RFID scan
- Track parts, WIP, and kits by storage zone or production line
- Run inventory workflows on tablets, scanners, or phones at the point of use

![Mass on inventory list](https://tulip.widen.net/content/8r70kzya9s)

**Replenish Before You Run Out**

### Catch a low bin before it stops a work order

Shortages usually surface when an operator reaches for a part that isn't there. Tulip Automations watch stock levels in the background and trigger a replenishment workflow or notification when a threshold is crossed, so the refill starts while there's still material on the shelf.

- Set reorder points and low-stock warnings for each material
- Trigger restock workflows from thresholds, usage, or kanban signals
- Route the alert to whoever owns the refill, whether that's a handler, buyer, or planner
- Change the replenishment logic yourself when the process changes

![Pick-to-light guiding operator](https://tulip.widen.net/content/1o7hnkonvy)

**Keep Your ERP in Sync**

### One inventory number for the floor and the ERP

When the floor and the ERP disagree, teams tend to start keeping their own spreadsheets to cover the gap. Tulip connects to your ERP or WMS, so information moves both ways between shop floor apps and your system of record, and nobody enters the same movement twice.

- Connect to ERP and WMS systems, SAP and NetSuite included
- Pull the bill of materials from the ERP when a new work order starts
- Remove double entry between the floor and back-end systems
- Give planners live material status without waiting on a report

![DMG Mori material tracking](https://tulip.widen.net/content/4gr8lil8rh)

### Agents help manage inventory

Composable AI Agents can watch your inventory tables and flag a shift in usage worth acting on, like a reorder point that no longer fits demand. A person approves the change, and every action lands in the same audit trail.

### Label reading with OCR

Scan and validate supplier labels during receiving and packing with a camera, so the label data gets automatically documented in the record without anyone retyping it.

### Connected scanners and sensors

Barcode scanners, RFID readers, and sensors update inventory as material moves. That removes the clipboard and the end-of-shift data entry that usually comes with it.

### Built to change with the process

Update material flows and replenishment rules yourself as processes change, and reuse the same apps across lines, shifts, and sites without needing to start over.

## Don't just take our word for it...

Hear from operations teams managing inventory with Tulip today.

> It was no longer your Excel against my Excel. … They were no longer fighting each other. They were pulling the effort in the same direction, which is something that was very, very amazing to witness.
>
> — **Mario Ríos**, Operational Technology Lead, Smith+Nephew

![Barcode scanning inventory](https://tulip.widen.net/content/cugsgkpm0z)

![App builders configuring an SOP](https://tulip.widen.net/content/mky4bbs5zd)

> The flexibility of Tulip makes it pretty easy to implement changes based on feedback from inventory personnel or people on the floor.
>
> — **Logan Pascoe**, Manufacturing Engineer, Pratt Miller Engineering

## Stop relying on your last manual count

Request a demo to see how Tulip ties scans, kanban signals, and ERP updates to one inventory record your team can act on.

[Get started with a custom demo](https://tulip.co/contact-sales/)