Inventory Overview

Swift POS provides comprehensive inventory management tools that work directly with your Shopify inventory. All changes made in the POS are reflected in your Shopify admin in real time.

Inventory Features

The inventory section in the POS sidebar gives you access to:

Feature	Plan Required	Description
Stock Tracking	All plans	View stock levels for the current location
Stock Adjustments	Starter+	Adjust or set inventory quantities
Stock Transfers	Standard+	Move stock between locations
Low Stock Alerts	Standard+	Get notified when products run low
Multi-Location View	Standard+	See stock across all locations
Purchase Orders	Pro	Full PO lifecycle management
Inventory Audits	Pro	Structured stock counting with blind count mode
Demand Forecasting	Pro	Reorder suggestions based on sales velocity

How Inventory Syncs

Swift POS reads inventory data from Shopify's GraphQL Admin API. When you make changes (adjustments, transfers, audit completions), those changes are written back to Shopify immediately using inventory mutations.

This means:

• Online store and POS always show the same stock levels
• Changes from Shopify admin are reflected in the POS on the next data fetch
• Third-party apps that modify inventory are also reflected

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There can be a brief delay (up to 30 seconds) between making an inventory change and seeing it reflected everywhere. This is due to Shopify's API propagation time.

Quantity Types

Shopify tracks four quantity types per product variant per location:

Type	Meaning
Available	Sellable stock (what customers can buy)
On Hand	Physically present at the location
Committed	Reserved by unfulfilled orders
Incoming	Expected from transfers or purchase orders

The relationship is: Available = On Hand - Committed

Getting Started

• Start with Stock Tracking to understand your current levels
• Set up Low Stock Alerts to stay ahead of stockouts
• Use Transfers to balance stock across locations