What Is Stok.ly Manufacturing and Kitting Control?
Stok.ly manufacturing and kitting control helps businesses manage the operational workflows involved in building, assembling, kitting or transforming stock.
It is part of Stok.ly’s order management-led, inventory-centric ERP platform.
That means manufacturing is not treated as a separate island. It connects to raw material inventory, BOM dependencies, manufacturing runs, WIP, purchasing, goods-in, finished stock, cost calculation, sales order demand and reporting.
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What do you like best about Stok.ly – Inventory-Centric Cloud ERP?
“We have gone from a pen and paper warehouse to a completely digital system that has streamlined our business immensely. The customer support has been superb since the day we onboarded with Stok.ly and we continue to build a great relationship with the team.We use Stok.ly daily in our warehouse and have found a number of features to now be invaluable. The ease of integration is incredible and has streamlined tasks within our business ten fold.”
The Manufacturing Problems Stok.ly Helps Solve
BOMs and component dependencies are hard to trust
Teams need to know which components are required, whether they are available, what depends on what, and whether a finished or kitted product can actually be produced.
WIP becomes a blind spot
Stock that is in production is not raw material anymore, but it may not yet be finished stock either. Without WIP visibility, stock truth becomes unclear.
Raw materials and finished goods are disconnected
Manufacturing creates a relationship between component stock, production activity and sellable finished goods. If those are disconnected, availability becomes hard to trust.
Production is not linked to sales demand
Sales orders, backorders and customer demand may require production, but that demand must be connected to manufacturing planning and stock availability.
Actual cost is unclear
Finished goods cost may depend on raw materials, landed cost, yield, rejects and production activity. If this is unclear, margin and profitability become harder to trust.
Offsite or distributed manufacturing creates visibility gaps
When manufacturing happens away from the main warehouse, teams need documentation, location visibility and clear stock movement control.
How Stok.ly Helps Control Manufacturing and Kitting
- BOM structure control: Stok.ly helps businesses manage BOM structures and the component relationships that determine what can be built or kitted.
- Multi-level dependency visibility: For more complex products, Stok.ly helps manage dependencies across components, sub-assemblies and finished goods.
- Manufacturing run control: Stok.ly helps create and manage manufacturing runs so production activity is connected to stock and operational demand.
- WIP tracking: Stok.ly helps teams understand stock that is in progress, reducing the blind spot between raw materials and finished goods.
- Raw material inventory control: Stok.ly connects raw material usage to inventory control so teams can understand what is available, consumed and required.
- Finished goods receipt and cost visibility: Stok.ly helps connect manufactured goods-in, actual unit cost and landed cost distribution to stock and reporting.
- Sales-driven production visibility: Stok.ly connects manufacturing to order demand, helping teams understand when production is needed to fulfil current or future sales.
Stok.ly Capability Matrix for Manufacturing, Kitting and BOM Control
| Capability Name | What It Controls | Customer Pain / Problem Addressed | Operational or Commercial Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOM Structure Control | Bill of materials structure for products, kits and manufactured items | Teams cannot clearly understand what components are required to build or kit products | Improves production clarity, component planning and manufactured stock trust |
| Multi-Level BOM Dependencies | Component and sub-component relationships across multi-level BOMs | Complex products depend on nested component availability that is difficult to control manually | Improves visibility of what can be produced and what component constraints exist |
| Manufacturing Run Creation | Creation of manufacturing runs and production activity | Production activity is not clearly connected to stock demand or operational control | Creates a controlled production workflow linked to stock and orders |
| Manufacturing Run Scheduling | Timing and scheduling of production runs | Teams cannot see when production will happen or how it affects stock availability | Improves production planning and fulfilment confidence |
| Work-In-Progress Tracking | Stock that is currently in production or transformation | WIP becomes a blind spot between raw materials and finished goods | Improves stock truth during production and reduces manual chasing |
| Raw Material Inventory Control | Raw material stock used in production or kitting | Teams cannot trust whether enough raw material exists to build required products | Improves component availability and production readiness |
| Manufacturing Goods-In Handling | Receipt of manufactured or completed goods into stock | Finished goods are not made available cleanly after production | Connects production completion to sellable stock visibility |
| Yield and Reject Tracking | Production yield, rejected items and manufacturing quality outcomes | Actual output does not match expected output and stock/cost confidence suffers | Improves manufacturing accuracy, quality visibility and cost confidence |
| Actual Unit Cost Calculation | Actual cost of manufactured or transformed stock | Finished product cost is unclear after production, yield or component variation | Improves margin visibility and finance confidence |
| Landed Cost Distribution for Manufacturing | Landed cost distribution into manufactured stock | True manufactured cost is unclear where landed cost affects components or finished goods | Improves cost accuracy, valuation and profitability reporting |
| Sales-Driven Production Pre-Allocation | Linking sales demand to planned production output | Incoming or planned manufactured stock is not clearly connected to waiting demand | Improves order fulfilment planning and customer promise confidence |
| Manufacturing Purchasing Integration | Connection between manufacturing demand and purchasing activity | Production cannot proceed because required materials or supplies are not visible or planned | Connects production planning to supplier and purchasing workflows |
| Manufacturing Location Visibility | Where manufacturing stock, WIP or production activity is located | Production or offsite manufacturing creates stock location uncertainty | Improves multi-location manufacturing and WIP visibility |
| Composite / Kitted Product Availability Control | Availability of products that depend on components or kits | Teams cannot tell whether a kit or composite item can actually be sold or fulfilled | Improves sellable stock confidence for kits, bundles and manufactured products |
| Real-Time Composite and Manufactured Cost Roll-Up | Cost roll-up across components, kits and manufactured items | Teams cannot understand true cost of composite or manufactured stock | Improves margin, valuation and commercial decision-making |
| Sales-Order-Driven Purchase Order and Manufacturing Run Creation | Creation of supply or production activity from sales order demand | Sales demand is not connected to purchasing or manufacturing action | Improves responsiveness when customer demand requires new supply or production |
| Pre-Allocation Against Future Supply Engine | Linking sales order demand to incoming purchase orders or manufacturing runs | Future supply is needed for customer demand but not clearly reserved or visible | Improves fulfilment confidence and reduces manual matching of demand to supply |
| Inbound Receipt Variance and Quarantine Control | Unexpected, excess or mismatched inbound items from purchasing or manufacturing | Inbound stock discrepancies damage stock trust and fulfilment readiness | Protects stock accuracy by controlling unresolved receipt issues |
Current Approach vs Stok.ly Manufacturing Control
| Current approach | What tends to break | Stok.ly approach |
|---|---|---|
| BOMs managed in spreadsheets | Component requirements become disconnected from live stock and sales demand | Control BOM structures inside the operational inventory platform |
| WIP tracked manually | Teams lose sight of stock between raw materials and finished goods | Track WIP as part of stock truth |
| Production planned separately from orders | Manufacturing is not clearly connected to customer demand | Connect sales orders, pre-allocation and manufacturing runs |
| Costs calculated after the fact | Margin and stock valuation are unclear | Use actual unit cost, landed cost and manufactured cost roll-up visibility |
| Kitted availability checked manually | Teams cannot confidently say whether a kit can be sold or fulfilled | Control composite and kitted product availability based on component stock |
Who This Page Is For
- Retailers, wholesalers and distributors that kit, assemble or manufacture products
- Businesses managing BOMs, components, WIP, production runs or raw materials
- Teams that need manufactured stock availability connected to sales orders
- Businesses that need better visibility of actual unit cost and stock value
- Inventory-led businesses replacing spreadsheet manufacturing or kitting processes
Who This Page Is Not For
This page is not for businesses that only need advanced factory-floor manufacturing execution software disconnected from stock, orders and fulfilment.
It is for inventory-led businesses where manufacturing, kitting, BOMs, components and stock transformation need to connect to orders, inventory, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Stok.ly manage BOMs?
Yes. Stok.ly supports BOM structure control and multi-level BOM dependencies for businesses that need to manage manufactured, kitted or composite products.
Can Stok.ly track WIP?
Yes. Stok.ly includes work-in-progress tracking to help teams understand stock that is in production or transformation.
Can Stok.ly help with kitted product availability?
Yes. Stok.ly supports composite and kitted product availability control, helping teams understand whether products can be built, sold or fulfilled based on component availability.
Can Stok.ly connect manufacturing to sales orders?
Yes. Stok.ly supports sales-driven production pre-allocation and sales-order-driven purchase order or manufacturing run creation.
Can Stok.ly calculate manufactured product cost?
Stok.ly includes actual unit cost calculation and manufactured cost roll-up capabilities that help improve cost and margin visibility.
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See how Stok.ly connects BOMs, raw materials, WIP, production runs, purchasing, stock availability and fulfilment in one operational control layer.
Order management and inventory ERP software for growing retail, wholesale and distribution businesses.
Why Businesses Outgrow Basic Order, Inventory and Warehouse Tools
Basic tools can work well when the operation is simple.
But as order volume grows, locations multiply, stock moves more often, wholesale complexity increases and fulfilment expectations rise, separate systems become harder to manage.
Basic inventory tools may show stock, but not operational stock truth
A stock count does not always explain what is available, committed, allocated, backordered, inbound, in transfer or ready to fulfil.
Ecommerce platforms can sell, but may not control complex operations
Ecommerce systems are designed to sell online. Growing businesses often need deeper control over stock, orders, locations, transfers, purchasing, warehouse execution and B2B workflows.
Standalone warehouse tools may not control the wider business
Warehouse systems can improve warehouse activity, but the business also needs orders, stock, purchasing, transfers and reporting to remain connected.
Legacy ERP may record activity without controlling workflow
Some ERP systems still technically work, but only because people have built workarounds around them. That creates hidden operational risk.
Spreadsheets and SQL reports rebuild truth outside the system
When teams need exports, spreadsheet trackers and custom reports to understand what is happening, operational truth has moved outside the core platform.
Trust your stock. Transfer with confidence. Control orders. Fulfill every day like clockwork.
Current Approach vs Stok.ly
| Current approach | What tends to break | How Stok.ly helps |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify plus spreadsheets | Sales demand and operational stock reality become disconnected | Connects ecommerce orders to stock, warehouse, fulfilment, purchasing and reporting control |
| Basic inventory software | Stock counts exist, but availability, allocation and order control may remain unclear | Connects stock truth to orders, transfers, warehouse execution and fulfilment |
| Standalone order management system | Orders are visible, but stock, warehouse and purchasing control may still be fragmented | Connects order management to inventory-centric ERP control |
| Standalone warehouse management system | The warehouse may improve, but broader order and stock truth may remain disconnected | Connects warehouse execution to orders, stock, transfers, purchasing and reporting |
| Legacy ERP | The system records activity, but teams still rely on manual workarounds | Creates a modern operational control layer for stock, orders, warehouses and fulfilment |
| Spreadsheets and SQL reporting | Operational truth is rebuilt outside the system | Brings operational visibility back into the platform |
What Stok.ly Helps You Control
What can be sold
Stok.ly helps teams understand what stock is actually available to sell, not just what appears in a simple stock count.
What can be promised
Sales and customer service teams need confidence before promising stock, delivery or fulfilment dates.
What is committed
Stock may already be allocated, reserved, backordered or owed to another customer. Stok.ly helps make that commitment clearer.
What can be transferred
Multi-location businesses need to move stock without losing visibility or creating location-level mistrust.
What can be picked and shipped
Warehouse execution needs to connect to live order and stock control so teams can fulfil reliably.
What needs purchasing
Purchasing should be driven by real demand, trusted stock and inbound supply visibility, not guesswork.
What can be reported on
Leadership, finance and operations need reports that reflect operational truth, not manual reconstruction.
Who Stok.ly Is For
Stok.ly is designed for growing inventory-led businesses where operational complexity has outgrown basic systems.
- Retailers managing ecommerce, stores, warehouses and fulfilment
- Wholesalers managing B2B orders, trade accounts, backorders and partial shipments
- Distribution businesses managing stock across multiple locations
- Hybrid B2C and B2B businesses selling through multiple channels
- Businesses replacing spreadsheets, paper warehouse processes, SQL reports or legacy ERP workarounds
- Inventory-led manufacturers, kitters or assemblers where stock transformation affects fulfilment and reporting
Who Stok.ly Is Not For
Stok.ly is unlikely to be the right fit if you only need a very simple single-location stock list, a basic ecommerce stock counter, or an accounting-only system.
Stok.ly is designed for businesses where orders, stock, warehouses, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting need to be controlled together.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Stok.ly?
Stok.ly is order management-led, inventory-centric ERP software for growing retail, wholesale and distribution businesses. It connects orders, stock, warehouses, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment, reporting and B2B operations into one operational control layer.
What does order management-led ERP mean?
Order management-led ERP means the platform starts from order demand and connects that demand to stock, warehouse execution, fulfilment, purchasing and reporting. It helps businesses control what customers want and what the operation can actually deliver.
What does inventory-centric ERP mean?
Inventory-centric ERP means stock truth sits at the centre of the system. Orders, transfers, warehouse activity, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting are all connected to the question of what stock exists, where it is, what state it is in and what can be used.
Is Stok.ly an order management system?
Yes. Stok.ly includes order management functionality for B2C, B2B, wholesale and hybrid businesses. It helps manage order demand, allocation, backorders, partial shipments, fulfilment and operational visibility.
Is Stok.ly inventory management software?
Yes, but Stok.ly goes beyond basic inventory management. It connects inventory control to orders, transfers, warehouse execution, purchasing, fulfilment, reporting and B2B workflows.
Is Stok.ly warehouse management software?
Stok.ly includes warehouse management capabilities, including operational workflows that connect warehouse activity to stock and order control. It is designed to help teams pick, pack, receive, move and dispatch with greater confidence.
Is Stok.ly suitable for wholesale businesses?
Yes. Stok.ly supports wholesale and B2B businesses that need to manage trade orders, backorders, pricing, customer commitments, stock availability and fulfilment workflows.
Can Stok.ly help with stock transfers?
Yes. Stok.ly helps businesses manage stock movement between warehouses, stores and operational locations so teams can transfer with confidence and maintain trusted stock visibility.
Can Stok.ly replace spreadsheets?
Stok.ly helps reduce reliance on spreadsheets by bringing order, stock, transfer, warehouse, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting workflows into one operational control layer.
Who should consider Stok.ly?
Stok.ly is suitable for growing retail, wholesale, distribution and hybrid B2C/B2B businesses where stock, orders, warehouses, transfers, purchasing, fulfilment and reporting need to work together.
Contact Information
All our sales, support and development team are located in Hereford and Cheltenham in the U.K. Please submit the contact form and we will contact you within the same business day.