The hardest part of restocking isn't running out of stock—it's not being able to see clearly which warehouse still has room, which best-sellers are about to run dry, and how much you can send without getting the shipment rejected. Inventory & Restocking pulls all of that into one page, so you understand it in three minutes and act on it just as fast.

For cross-border sellers on South Africa's Takealot marketplace, stock is split across three warehouses—JHB (Johannesburg), CPT (Cape Town), and DBN (Durban)—each with its own capacity limit. Restocking used to mean digging through the Takealot dashboard one SKU and one warehouse at a time: messy, slow, and easy to over- or under-send once your catalogue grows. We rebuilt the whole flow into a clean inventory overview: every product, every warehouse, stock and capacity all in view, with the decision and the order happening in the same place.

What this feature does for you

The idea is simple—answer three questions on one screen: how much stock do I have, how much more can each warehouse hold, and what should I restock.

All three warehouses on one page: See each product's current stock, inbound units, and capacity limit for JHB / CPT / DBN in a single table. The format is plain to read—e.g. "JHB 15/50" with (10) inbound means you can still send 25 more units to that warehouse—so you stop jumping between screens.
One-click capacity sync: Tap "Sync stock" to pull the latest capacity figures from each Takealot warehouse, instead of checking the dashboard product by product. The more SKUs you have, the more time this saves.
Find products fast: Search by product title, SKU, PLID, or TSIN, filter by status (buyable / not buyable / disabled), and sort by stock high to low—so low-stock best-sellers jump straight to the top.
Tick a box, raise a restock order: Once you've decided what to restock, select the products, enter quantities, and create a restock purchase order draft. Confirm the draft to turn it into a live order, and add more products to the same order later—all without leaving the page.
Bulk-edit lead-time (direct-ship) stock: For every product on lead-time (Leadtime) / direct-ship mode, set the stock to a single number in one go. The whole direct-ship channel updates instantly—ideal for adjusting quickly around your Leadtime sales strategy.

How it helps you sell more and slip up less

Restocking is really about putting limited stock where it sells best—without sending too much or too little. This page looks after every step.

No more rejected over-shipments: When you type a restock quantity, the cap is worked out live as capacity minus current stock minus inbound. You simply can't enter more than the warehouse can take, so shipments don't get refused at intake.
Best-sellers stay in stock: Sort by stock to restock your hottest, lowest-stock items first, keeping them buyable so you don't hand sales to a competing offer just because you ran dry.
Spot blocked warehouses instantly: If a warehouse temporarily won't accept a given SKU (restockable quantity of 0), the table flags it and a hover note explains why—so you can reroute to another available warehouse instead of leaving stock stuck on the road.
One order, one warehouse—by design: Selecting your first product locks the order to that warehouse; afterward you can only add items from the same warehouse (one order ships to one warehouse). It rules out mixed-warehouse mistakes; to switch, just clear the selection first.
Bulk restocks never lose your place: Any row you've entered a quantity for jumps to the top and stays highlighted—it won't disappear when you paginate or search. Even when you're adjusting thousands of units across multiple batches, it stays visible and editable.

Quick tip: read "15/50(10)" as—15 units in this warehouse now, a 50-unit capacity limit, and 10 units inbound, meaning you can still send 25 more. Learn this one format and the whole page makes sense at a glance. Products whose capacity hasn't been synced show "—", so run a sync first.

Real-world scenarios

End-of-quarter stocktake: Quickly review total stock, distribution, and inbound across all three warehouses, then use sorting to surface slow movers and stockouts—deciding in one pass what to clear and what to replenish.
Rush-order restocking: When a big order lands, sort by stock to lock onto restockable items, select several at once, set quantities, and generate a restock purchase order—then add more to the same order if you remember something later.
Switching the direct-ship strategy: When Leadtime sales soften, bulk-zero your direct-ship stock instantly; when sales pick back up, set it to a safe level in one move—no editing items one by one.
Multi-store stock comparison: In overview mode, compare the same product's stock across stores and warehouses to spot imbalances fast and guide transfers and restocks.
Capacity-clash warnings: Because inbound units sit right next to stock, you can judge whether there's enough headroom and avoid over-sending stock the warehouse can't accept.

See your stock clearly and you'll restock accurately. By folding scattered stock-checking, quantity math, and order creation into a single page, you spend your time selling more—not counting more.

Inventory & Restocking is part of 辉光ERP, the all-in-one management platform for Takealot cross-border sellers in South Africa. Master your three warehouses—and get every restock right.