> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Stock Alerts

> Knowing what to reorder before you run out.

**Stock & Inventory → Stock Alerts** lists products at or below their reorder
point across your stores.

Three tiles summarise it:

> [card] Out of Stock
>
> Needs immediate restocking.

> [card] Critical
>
> Below 25% of the reorder point.

> [card] Low Stock
>
> At or near the reorder point.

The table shows Product, Store, **Current Qty**, **Reorder At**, a
**Suggest Order** quantity and **Est. Cost**.

## Turn alerts on for a product

Alerts come from two fields on the product itself, so they are set per product
and apply at every store:

**1. Open the product**

Catalog → Products → the product.

**2. Set the Reorder Point Threshold**

The quantity at which you want to be warned. No reorder point means no
alert — this is the single most common reason a product never appears here.

**3. Set the Reorder Quantity**

How much to buy when you do reorder. It is what **Suggest Order** proposes.

There is also a **Default Low Stock Threshold** in
[Business Settings](https://sims-bae272dd.mintlify.site/admin/business-settings.md) for products with nothing set.

## Acting on an alert

From the **Dashboard**, the **Low Stock Alerts** card gives each row a
**Reorder** button that starts a new purchase invoice with that product and the
suggested quantity already filled in.

## How you are told

Low stock raises an **in-app notification** — the bell in the top bar — for
members of the business. It is checked after every stock movement, and repeat
alerts are suppressed for a while so one busy afternoon does not flood the bell.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Low-stock alerts are in-app only today. They are not emailed, so the bell (and
> this page) is where to look.


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