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FOBIS External Inventory Management: keep track of inventory off-site

With FOBIS External Inventory Management, you can keep track of inventory at external storage partners, cold storage facilities, and other locations. A single view of inventory, better planning, and traceable batches.

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No more wasted capital or costly emergency measures

See current inventory levels at all locations—both in your own warehouse and at external locations—at a glance. This makes planning easier and prevents costly last-minute rushes.

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Higher margins and less waste

You can immediately see which external inventory items are at risk of expiring or are rotating too slowly. You can take proactive action by strategically relocating them or expediting their delivery.

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Peace of mind during audits, without time-consuming rework

You can find the exact status and location of each third-party supplier with a single search. No more hours-long administrative searches when dealing with complaints or recalls.

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Full control over your external capacity

External warehousing is often a sign that your business is growing. You’re handling higher volumes, serving more customers, or managing broader inventory flows. You don’t want that growth to result in a loss of visibility into availability.

FOBIS External Inventory Management helps you avoid treating external locations as a separate entity. You integrate external inventory back into your normal management process. This allows you to see more quickly which inventory is available, which batches still need to be moved, and which inventory affects production or delivery.

You’ll rely less on separate partner reports, manual Excel files, or email coordination. You’ll work from a single source for inventory, status, and movement.

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External inventory becomes part of a single food process

With FOBIS External Inventory Management, you retain full control. External locations are no longer a blind spot, but an integral part of your processes. From now on, you’ll manage external inventory exactly the same way you manage your internal inventory: with real-time visibility into batch, best-by date, location, status, and availability.

Because FOBIS is a food-specific ERP/MES solution, logistics, traceability, quality, and BI directly reinforce one another. You integrate everything into a single, seamless chain, eliminate costly errors, and increase your margin.

  • A Single Comprehensive View: You have an immediate overview of all internal and external inventory. This allows you to make faster decisions regarding production, transfers, and shipments.
  • Error-free planning: Planning, warehousing, and shipping all operate using the same real-time data. You’ll never miss a beat again.
  • Watertight traceability: During audits or recalls, you can instantly display the exact status with the push of a button, without any administrative searches.
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Frequently Asked Questions

FOBIS External Inventory Management is the module within FOBIS that allows you to manage inventory at external locations, cold storage facilities, or storage partners through a single inventory process. You maintain visibility into location, batch, best-by date, status, and availability.
Because external inventory requires the same level of control as internal inventory. You want to know which batch is located where, what its shelf life is, whether the inventory has been released, and whether it is available for production or shipment.
FOBIS provides a single, comprehensive view of internal and external inventory. This enables the planning team to more quickly determine which inventory is available and where transfers or action are needed.
Yes. External inventory remains linked to the batch, best-by date, location, and status. This allows you to better manage shelf life, inventory turnover, and customer agreements.
Yes. External inventory movements remain part of the traceable flow of goods. This allows you to more quickly determine where a batch is located, where it came from, and where it went.

This module is suitable if you work with external cold storage facilities, warehousing partners, multiple warehouses, multiple production sites, or experience seasonal peaks during which inventory is temporarily stored off-site.

The three most important KPIs are inventory availability by location, best-before date risk for external inventory, and traceability time per external batch. These KPIs show whether external inventory contributes to operational stability, profit margins, and traceability.

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