--- title: Inventory movements in Paragon description: In Paragon, certain transactions will affect your total inventory, and some will not. Sometimes it's not obvious what will and what won't. 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Search our Knowledge Base. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [ParagonERP](https://support.paragon-erp.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Inventory](https://support.paragon-erp.com/inventory?hsLang=en) 3. [Inventory Transfer](https://support.paragon-erp.com/inventory?hsLang=en#inventory-transfer) October 8, 2025 # Inventory movements in Paragon ### Introduction In Paragon, certain transactions will affect your total inventory, and some will not. This article will walk you through the overall inventory movements in Paragon to help you can track your inventory movements with accuracy. First, you'll want to click [here](https://support.paragon-erp.com/automatic-journal-entries?hsLang=en) to get yourself orientated on the automatic journal entry options in Paragon. You can choose to have your journal entries affected by your financials, **financials & inventory**, or neither one. #### **Receipts & Shipments** In Paragon, only two transactions affect your total inventory, and will post a journal entry if the option is turned on in **my company**. These are receipts and shipments. In particular, the only time your total inventory will be affected is when you **complete,** or **void** a receipt or shipment of goods. If you have the **financials & inventory** option turned on in **my company**, completing or voiding these transactions will create journal entries based on your inventory value. - Upon **completion** of a receipt/shipment, your inventory will move up/down accordingly. - Upon **voiding** a receipt/shipment, your inventory will move down/up accordingly. If you have one default location for all transactions, all of your inventory movements will be seen in the same location. If you have separate locations for shipping and receiving, the appropriate transactions will affect those locations.   #### **Picks & Packs** Issuing and completing picks and packs in Paragon do not actually deduct or add to your total inventory. They just move inventory from one location to another. The *ship from* address on the pick, pack, and shipment are important because they determine which warehouse the quantities will be deducted from/added to (if you are voiding).   - Upon **completing** a pick, the quantity gets deducted from the picking location, and goes into the packing location. - Upon **voiding** a pick, the quantity gets added back into the receiving location. - Upon **completing** a pack, the quantity gets deducted from the packing location, and goes into the shipping location. - Upon **voiding** a pack, the quantity is added back to the receiving location #### **Other Modules** Work orders, purchase orders, orders, quotes, RMAs, and reservations don't actually affect total inventory numbers if you complete one of these transactions. If you issue one of these, the inventory never moves. If you void these, the item numbers only update in reports (WIP changes).   #### **Tracking inventory history** In the product module, there is a **history** tab, that shows you the various inventory movements that have adjusted inventory values for that particular product. ![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsne2ab625b507019249d228d7b7462a57575ac5766bf3e3b781f04df18f992e1e02b27ab56be08bd74677de38b5bef2b30-2-2-1.png?width=670&height=117&name=edbsne2ab625b507019249d228d7b7462a57575ac5766bf3e3b781f04df18f992e1e02b27ab56be08bd74677de38b5bef2b30-2-2-1.png) The **Originating Transaction** column helps you determine the transaction that initiated the inventory update. The AG grid functionality is available on the item inventory history tab to help you read and understand your past stock movements. You can control which columns you see, how data is sorted, and easily filter on most attributes. ![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-05-2025-03-38-59-2232-PM.png?width=670&height=186&name=image-png-Mar-05-2025-03-38-59-2232-PM.png) #### **Historical inventory value information** Being able to quickly evaluate how your incoming cost of goods has been calculated is necessary when running a warehouse. Detailed stock valuation recaps are available in the inventory history screen for all completed receipts. ![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-05-2025-04-01-58-5785-PM.png?width=670&height=175&name=image-png-Mar-05-2025-04-01-58-5785-PM.png) #### ![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-05-2025-04-02-22-6641-PM.png?width=670&height=298&name=image-png-Mar-05-2025-04-02-22-6641-PM.png) #### **What's next?** Check out the [Inventory WIGO reports](https://support.paragon-erp.com/inventory-reports-wigo?hsLang=en) for an easy way to see your inventory movements.  - [Paragon Basics](https://support.paragon-erp.com/paragon-basics?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Paragon Modules & Features](https://support.paragon-erp.com/paragon-basics?hsLang=en#paragon-modules-features) - [Basic use Paragon](https://support.paragon-erp.com/paragon-basics?hsLang=en#basic-use-paragon) - [Advanced use Paragon](https://support.paragon-erp.com/paragon-basics?hsLang=en#advanced-use-paragon) - 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