How do I setup inventory alerts?

Overview: talech can alert you when the quantity of an item is low or when the item has gone out-of-stock. talech register application can notify employees when adding a low or out-of-stock item to an order as well as notify the account owner and designated employees with a daily email containing all items that are below their warning threshold.

This feature can also help to build purchase orders when these items are running low.

In this article: Setting the low inventory alert threshold for your products Enabling email alerts for certain employees Enabling Low Inventory/Out-of-stock warning in the register app

Setting the low inventory alert threshold for your products

Step 1: Log in to talech.com

Step 2: Go to Products

Step 3: Search for the item/product to enable

Step 4: After selected the item/product, the product edit panel will appear:

Step 5: Check the boxes for Track Quantity and enter the amount

Step 6: Enable Inventory Alerts 

Step 7: Enter the desired quantity for the Alert Threshold and Reorder Amount, if desired

Note: The Reorder Amount is optional. This is only used when creating purchase orders within talech.

If your products use variations, you can also set alert thresholds per-variation under ‘Edit Price & Quantity’

Enabling email alerts for certain employees

Step 1: Log in to talech.com

Step 2: Go to Settings > Alerts (left side)

Step 3: Toggle the Alert Status switch for each user who should receive an email alert for low-inventory items

Enabling Low Inventory/Out-of-stock warning in the register app

Step 1: Sign in to talech as an Admin and go to Dashboard > Back Office > Settings

Step 2: Under General Settings, scroll to the Order section

Step 3: Enable Low Inventory Warning

For more information on General Settings for talech Register, please click here.