Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet

Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet

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About the Inventory Tracking Template

Manage your inventory and track incoming and outgoing orders in one place. The Inventory Tracking template takes the best from both spreadsheets and databases to keep your information organized and up-to-date.

  • List your products, even including images and variants as needed.
  • Track stock levels and order status.
  • Easily expandable and adaptable to businesses of any size.

How to use the spreadsheet templates of inventory management

eCommerce professionals can use Grist’s inventory spreadsheet templates to manage their inventory and track incoming and outgoing orders. Click through to the full template to add products.

Setting up your inventory tracking spreadsheet

Get started in the Add Products / Products card including details such as the suppliers you buy from.

Next, add your product variants, such as color.

Finally add product images and cost per unit.

Adding suppliers screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.
Adding product variant sizes screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.

Adding products to your inventory

You’re now ready to add products to your inventory.

Simple select the variant in the Product Variant table, and add sizes here.

Adding colors

Add or change colors within the “Colors” data table.

Adding colors screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.
Tracking low stock items screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.

Low stock

Quickly see which items are low or out of stock.

Use the filter buttons to filter by stock status or brand.

Create a new order

Create a new order by selecting the order date.

Status and Order Number will auto populate.

Total will calculate based on the items you add to the order below.

Creating a new order screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.
Adding items to a new order screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.

Add items to a new order

Select the SKU and the quantity you want to order.

Order received

After receiving an order, marked it as received here.

Tracking incoming orders screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.
Tracking customer orders screenshot within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.

Outgoing orders

Track your customer’s orders here.

Grist supports importing data from eCommerce platforms like Shopify.

Tracking inventory

In Stock, QTY on Order, Received and Sold are all calculated based on incoming and outgoing orders.

Tracking inventory example within the Grist Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet template.

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If you have an existing workflow in tools like Google Sheets or Excel, you can easily import it into the inventory tracking spreadsheet template right away.

Grist’s incremental imports feature allows users to import new activity to existing data, and Grist intelligently combines it without creating duplicates or needing manual cleanup.