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Stores and budget

Track store stock, teacher requisitions, purchase orders, and budget spend versus plan.

Who does what

RoleResponsibility
TEACHERSubmits Request materials
FINANCEApproves Requisitions, posts Stock movements, POs/GRNs, runs budget periods/lines/expenses/variance
ADMINOversees Stores & Budget
SECRETARYMay request materials when enabled

End-to-end

Stores path

  1. Teacher Request materials
  2. Finance Requisitions (approve with location)
  3. Stock movements issue, or Purchase orders + Goods receipts when stock is short
  4. Watch Low stock and stocktakes

Budget path

  1. Budget periods - open period
  2. Budget lines - plan amounts
  3. Budget expenses - post spend
  4. Budget variance - review plan vs actual

Screens

ScreenRolesId
Stores & BudgetADMINadminStoresBudget
Request materialsTEACHER, ADMIN, SECRETARYteacherRequestMaterials
StoresFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresDashboard
Store itemsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresItems
Store locationsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresLocations
Stock movementsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresMovements
Low stockFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresLowStock
RequisitionsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresRequisitions
SuppliersFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresSuppliers
Purchase ordersFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresPurchaseOrders
Goods receiptsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresGoodsReceipts
Fixed assetsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresAssets
StocktakesFINANCE, ADMINfinanceStoresStocktakes
BudgetFINANCE, ADMINfinanceBudgetDashboard
Budget periodsFINANCE, ADMINfinanceBudgetPeriods
Budget linesFINANCE, ADMINfinanceBudgetLines
Budget expensesFINANCE, ADMINfinanceBudgetExpenses
Budget varianceFINANCE, ADMINfinanceBudgetVariance

Common mistakes

  • Issuing stock below zero
  • Approving requisitions without a store location
  • Expenses outside an open budget period
  • Closing a teacher request before the movement posts
  • Posting expenses to the wrong budget line