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- 10 Jun 2024
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Consumables are items used regularly and need to be replaced once they are consumed or have reached the end of their useful life. Managing these effectively is crucial to maintaining operational efficiency, minimizing costs, and ensuring availability when needed.
The Consumables page is crafted to provide you with effortless control over your consumables. Navigate with ease, accepting, rejecting, or returning items as necessary. Enhanced with reconciliation and updates on consumables usage, it ensures precise record-keeping and optimal resource management.
User Persona: End User
Let's explore the following use case.
User Persona: End User | Solution |
NovaTech faces challenges in managing their office supplies, such as frequent stockouts and overstocking, leading to disruptions and unnecessary expenses. They lack a clear system for tracking the usage and inventory levels of consumables like paper, ink cartridges, and pens. | To address these challenges, Novatech IT implements a simple inventory management system to track stock levels, set reorder thresholds, and automate email alerts for low stock. By conducting weekly checks, logging usage, and maintaining relationships with preferred suppliers for quick reordering, the company ensures efficient management of office supplies, reducing costs and preventing disruptions. |
Manage My Consumables
To manage Consumables assigned to you, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to Asset Management > My Entitlements > My Consumables. My Consumables List page is displayed.
Figure: My Consumables List page
2. To accept the assigned consumable, check for Pending Acceptance status and click the Consumable Code hyperlink to access the details page.
Figure: Consumable Details page - Pending Acceptance state
Click Accept
to accept the consumable and click Reject 
to reject the particular consumable.
To know more about the My Consumables details page, see Field Description below:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| General Details | |
| Tenant | Select the Tenant from the drop-down list. |
| Store | Select the Store from the drop-down list. |
| Category | Select the Category from the drop-down list. |
| Customer | Enter the Customer name. |
| Allocation Details | |
| Allocate To | Displays the name of the user whom the Consumable is assigned to. |
| Allocation Date | Displays the date when the Consumable is allocated. |
| Assigned User | Displays the name of the user to whom the Consumable is assigned. |
| Allocation Quantity | Displays the allotted quantity of the Consumable. |
| Allocation Type | Displays the type of allocation for the Consumable. |
| Return Date | Displays the scheduled return date for the Consumable. |
| Remarks | Displays the remarks if any. |
| Request Id | Displays the Request ID of the Consumable. |
3. To view the consumables under Reconciliation, check for Pending Reconciliation status and click the Consumable Code hyperlink to access the details page.
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