Overview
Effective inventory management relies on precise data, and tracking your expendable assets is a critical piece of the puzzle. Consumable reporting provides organizations with real-time visibility into the usage, costs, and stock levels of everyday operational items—such as office supplies, manufacturing components, and safety gear—that are used up and replaced frequently. Unlike fixed asset reporting, which focuses on long-term depreciation, consumable reporting helps supply chain and operations teams prevent costly stockouts, eliminate waste, and optimize purchasing budgets. This article covers the report sources that are available within Report Builder.
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What materials do I need?
- Internet connectivity
- A web browser
- Privileges within the UA ESM system to the Assets/CIs module.
How do I use this technology?
Consumables Report
The Consumables report source allows you to create custom reports based around consumables, returning one row per consumable item.
Consumable Usage Report
The Consumable Usage report source allows you to create custom reports based around consumable usage on tickets. The report returns one row per consumable line item recorded on a ticket, and combines consumable fields with ticket attributes useful for chargeback and operational reporting.
Consumable Details Report
The Consumable Details report source allows you to create custom reports based around consumable quantities at specific locations/rooms.
Availability on Other Reports
Consumable-related columns are also available on the Locations, Location Rooms, and Tickets report sources.
A Consumables dynamic widget is available for dashboards, along with pre-filtered Out of Stock Consumables and Low Stock Consumables widgets.
Need additional help or have issues
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