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# How Inventory Records Work for Inventory Batch Search

Track and monitor inventory with batch-level details across locations. Helps you manage serialized and non-serialized products with enhanced traceability across your supply chain.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Automotive Cloud, Communications Cloud, Consumer Goods, Energy and Utilities Cloud, Manufacturing Cloud, Service Cloud, and Media Cloud. <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.aslm_editions.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Review the supported products and editions for Asset Service Lifecycle Management features.">View edition availability</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Review the objects that can be used to store the required inventory information.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d17160e77">Stage</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d17160e80">Requirement</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d17160e83">Action</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d17160e86">Example</th>
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            <td data-label="Stage" class="slds-cell-wrap" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e77 ">Model Inventory Information</td>

            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Track a product that is sold or transferred in batches. Specify core product
              attributes.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 ">Create a Product record. Specify batch-related settings and other key product
              attributes such as Model Name, Product Category Code, Product Code, and whether the
              product is serialized.</td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">
              <p>A construction equipment company, Adichie Equipments, creates a product record
                for each of these products.</p><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_adv_rqk_gcc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_adv_rqk_gcc">
                <li>Compactor</li>

                <li>Trenching Bucket</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Represent a company that you work with, such as a dealer, distributor, vendor,
              or supplier.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 ">Create an Account record.</td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">Adichie Equipments creates an account record to represent Ramony Warehousing, a
              warehousing partner.</td>

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            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Represent an inventory location, such as a warehouse, a plant, or a
              van.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 ">Create a Location record. Specify Inventory Location as true and select the
              location's type.</td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">
              <p>Adichie Equipments creates these location records to represent the locations of
                warehouses where it stores its inventory.</p><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_i3j_drk_gcc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_i3j_drk_gcc">
                <li>Akita Trenching Bucket Warehouse </li>

                <li>Yamagata Trenching Bucket Warehouse </li>

                <li>Kyoto Compactor Warehouse</li>

                <li>Fukushima Compactor Warehouse</li>

              </ul>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Adichie Equipments selects Warehouse as the location type in the four
                records.</p>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Relate an account with its inventory locations.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 ">Create Associated Location records, and specify the account and its related
              inventory locations.</td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">
              <p>Adichie Equipments relates the three location records to the Ramony Warehousing
                account by creating these associated location records.</p><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_jhc_qrk_gcc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_jhc_qrk_gcc">
                <li>Ramony Warehousing - Akita Trenching Bucket Warehouse</li>

                <li>Ramony Warehousing - Yamagata Trenching Bucket Warehouse</li>

                <li>Ramony Warehousing - Kyoto Compactor Warehouse</li>

                <li>Ramony Warehousing - Fukushima Compactor Warehouse</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Create a customer-facing business brand for multiple products.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 "><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_hzv_gh2_gcc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_hzv_gh2_gcc">
                <li>Create a Business Brand record.</li>

                <li>Specify the business brand in product records.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">Adichie Equipments creates a Business Brand record to represent its Heavy
              Machinery Solution brand. They relate the Compactor and Trenching Bucket product
              records with the Heavy Machinery Solution business brand record.</td>

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            <td data-label="Stage" class="slds-cell-wrap" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e77 ">Monitor Inventory Stock</td>

            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Track a non-serialized product by batch at a specific location.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 "><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_lgg_jkw_tgc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_lgg_jkw_tgc">
                <li>Create a Product record with Serialized as false.</li>

                <li>Create a Product Item record related to the Product record. Specify the
                  product's location and its quantity on hand at the location. </li>

                <li>Create one or more Product Item Batch records to track individual
                  batches.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">
              <p>Adichie Equipments tracks Trenching Bucket inventory at Akita Warehouse in
                batches.</p>
              <p>They create a product item record to represent the stock of
                trenching buckets at the Akita Trenching Bucket Warehouse location.</p>
              <p>They
                create two product item batch records.</p><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_tnr_nkw_tgc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_tnr_nkw_tgc">
                <li>Batch Number: TB-0925A, Quantity: 15</li>

                <li>Batch Number: TB-0925B, Quantity: 10</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Track a serialized product by batch at a specific location.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 "><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_hbt_qkw_tgc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_hbt_qkw_tgc">
                <li>Create a Product record with Serialized as true.</li>

                <li>Create a Product Item record related to the Product Item Batch records.
                  Specify the product's location. </li>

                <li>Then, for each unit in a batch, create Serialized Product records.</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">
              <p>Adichie Equipments must track the compactors that they sell as serialized
                products by batches. They create a product record for Compactor with Serialized as
                true.</p>
              <p>They create a product item record to represent the stock of compactors
                at the Kyoto Compactor Warehouse location.</p>
              <p>They create a product item batch
                record: Batch Number: HHK-1005, Quantity: 3</p>
              <p>They create three Serialized
                Product records related to the batch, each with its own serial number.</p><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_r3h_5kw_tgc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_r3h_5kw_tgc">
                <li>HHK-1005-001 </li>

                <li>HHK-1005-002 </li>

                <li>HHK-1005-003</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Stage" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e77 ">Search and Monitor Batch Inventory</td>

            <td data-label="Requirement" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e80 ">Search for product inventory by batch details across locations.</td>

            <td data-label="Action" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e83 ">Use the Inventory Batch Search experience. Filter results using product, batch
              number, location, or status. View batch-level stock information and serialized
              product details (if applicable). </td>

            <td data-label="Example" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17160e86 ">
              <p>Adichie Equipments uses Inventory Batch Search to:</p><a name="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_ojm_2lw_tgc"><!-- --></a>
              <ul id="aslm_inventorybatchsearch_records_work__ul_ojm_2lw_tgc">
                <li>Find all Trenching Bucket batches stored across warehouses. </li>

                <li>Filter by Batch Number = TB-0925A to locate a specific lot. </li>

                <li>Monitor serialized inventory under compactors, Batch HHK-1005</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

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