Create a stockable product

A stockable product is a good whose quantity and value SynkriaOps tracks. This is the product type that triggers stock movements on every purchase, sale or adjustment — unlike a service, a consumable or a package.

The four product types

Type	Stock tracking?	Example
Stockable good	Yes	Bag of cement, bottle, spare part
Consumable	No	Office supplies not resold
Service	No	Labour, professional service
Package	No	Subscription, bundle

Tip

Only the Stockable good type opens the stock fields (quantity, thresholds, store, WAC). Choose it only for items whose quantities you want to track.

Creating the product

1. Open the form

   Main menu → Stock (or Products) → New product.

2. Choose the type

   Select Stockable good. The stock sections appear.

3. Fill in the identity

   Field	Required	Description
   Name	Required	The product’s commercial name
   SKU / reference	Recommended	Unique reference in your company file
   EAN-13 barcode	Optional	Validated automatically; used for mobile scanning
   Unit of measure	Recommended	Unit, kg, litre, box…
   Category / group	Optional	To group and filter your products

4. Set prices and VAT

   Enter the purchase price, the sales price excl. VAT in XAF and the applicable VAT rate (by default, your regime’s — 19.25% in Cameroon).

5. Check the SYSCOHADA accounts

   SynkriaOps suggests default accounts:

   • a product account (class 7) for sales — for example 701;
   • a stock account (class 3) — for example 311.

   Adjust them if your chart of accounts requires it.

6. Save

   Click Save. The product is created with an initial quantity of zero. To stock it up, see Movements & valuation or go through a supplier invoice.

Unique SKU and barcode

The SKU and the EAN-13 barcode are unique per company file. If you import an existing catalogue, make sure not to duplicate a reference — SynkriaOps will refuse the save to preserve catalogue integrity.

Create several products at once

For a large catalogue, two faster options:

• CSV import — prepare a file from the downloadable template, then import (preview then batch validation). See Import an invoice via OCR for the assisted-import logic.
• Mass catalogue scan (mobile) — scan a list of items to create them in a batch. See Inventory campaigns & scanning.

Further reading

• Stores & multi-warehouse — spread stock across several locations
• Movements & WAC valuation — understand stock value
• Threshold alerts — avoid stockouts