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Inventory / Inventory Valuation

Stock quantity tells you what is there. Valuation tells you what is tied up in it.

Review on-hand value, weighted receiving cost, product margin, slow-moving stock and the movements that explain how inventory changed.

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Put a cost value beside the physical quantity

Inventory Valuation Summary calculates positive on-hand quantity against product cost in the workspace base currency.

The report answers what current stock represents at cost. It does not claim that every accounting valuation method is available behind the number.

Inventory valuation
Stock on hand
284 units
Committed
USD 18,400
Inventory value
USD 142,880
Average margin
34.2%
Profitability by product
Product
Revenue
Margin
Launch Kit
USD 92,000
41%
Support Add-on
USD 37,800
28%
Training bundle
USD 19,500
35%

Let receiving explain the cost carried by the product

Posted receiving can update weighted product cost using prior stock and cost together with accepted incoming quantity at its base-currency cost.

The receipt and stock movement keep the source cost context, so later valuation is connected to purchasing activity instead of an unexplained setup value.

Receiving against the purchase order
PO line
Ordered
Received
Status
Launch Kit
25
25
Complete
Support Add-on
10
8
Partial
Onsite training
4
4
Complete
Stock movement
Warehouse
Main storage
Receipt number
GRN-10024
Matched supplier
Summit Supply Co.
Updated inventory
33 units now available
Last movement
Posted Sep 04, 2026

Do not confuse inventory value with sales margin

Margin by Product looks at recognized product revenue against cost of goods sold over a selected period. Inventory valuation asks what the stock currently represents at cost.

A product can have strong margin and still carry too much unsold inventory, or hold significant stock value while producing weak margin. Those are different problems.

Inventory valuation
Stock on hand
284 units
Committed
USD 18,400
Inventory value
USD 142,880
Average margin
34.2%
Profitability by product
Product
Revenue
Margin
Launch Kit
USD 92,000
41%
Support Add-on
USD 37,800
28%
Training bundle
USD 19,500
35%

Put movement beside value before calling expensive stock healthy

Slow Moving Stock highlights products with stock on hand and weak recent sales activity.

A high valuation total becomes much more useful when the business can also see whether the products behind it are actually selling.

Inventory valuation
Stock on hand
284 units
Committed
USD 18,400
Inventory value
USD 142,880
Average margin
34.2%
Profitability by product
Product
Revenue
Margin
Launch Kit
USD 92,000
41%
Support Add-on
USD 37,800
28%
Training bundle
USD 19,500
35%

Trace the operational events behind the balance

Stock Movements reports quantity changes by movement type, while underlying records can keep source, reference, reason and cost-basis information when available.

Finance and Operations can investigate how quantity and cost got there instead of treating the valuation total as a number with no history.

Carry delivered inventory cost into Accounting

Stocked products can map to inventory-asset and cost-of-goods-sold accounts. Eligible posted fulfillment can create the inventory and COGS accounting effect for delivered products.

The purchasing and payables flow also supports received-not-invoiced inventory handling where applicable.

Say exactly what costing logic exists today

Lynka currently uses product cost with weighted receiving logic. It does not advertise FIFO, LIFO, landed-cost allocation or a menu of costing methods that are not present.

Being explicit about the basis is more useful than making a broad valuation claim the product cannot prove.

A warehouse can be full and still be unhealthy. Value, margin and movement answer different questions about the same physical stock.

Lynka connects product cost, stock movement, customer sales and accounting while staying explicit about the costing logic the product actually uses.

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Questions about Inventory Valuation

How does Lynka calculate Inventory Valuation Summary?

The report uses positive on-hand quantity multiplied by product cost, reported in the workspace base currency.

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