Smithory

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  Dashboard

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  Products

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  Inventory

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  Suppliers

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  Purchase Orders

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  Stock Receiving

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  Stock Transfers

Inspiration

I had a friend who wanted to get experiment with starting a retail clothing business. He was not ready for how it would work yet but wanted to simulate some of the operational challenges before getting into it. This is why I built Smithory.

What it does

Smithory is an easy to use Inventory Management app that enables businesses to efficiently track products, manage suppliers, and oversee stock across multiple locations

How we built it

I leveraged the power of Medo in building the application. I first wrote down the features I wanted in the application in detail in a requirements document. This included key features, font design, color scheme, light and dark mode and accessibility. I then used the medo prompt optimization feature which helped to refine my requirements. I then I then refined some of the UI elements based on what was created using the edit function. I was very impressed with the ability to get majority of the features correct when listed in the requirements.md file. It made building a breeze.

Key Features

Design

• All views are fully responsive and adhere to accessibility best practices (WCAG guidelines)
• Primary color scheme based on Light Blue. Design must be adaptable for a Light Theme and a Dark Theme
• Primary font families: Inter, Helvetica, or Century Schoolbook.
• The application must include a user-controlled font size selector with three presets: Small, Medium, and Large.

Views

User Authentication System: A dedicated login screen with fields for Username and Password. Functionality for new users to Sign Up for an account. Secure session management post-login.

Dashboard View: Provide an overview of key inventory metrics (e.g., total stock value, low-stock alerts, recent activities) aggregated across all warehouses.

Products Management View: Create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) product records. For each product, track: SKU, Name, Description, Category, Cost Price, Selling Price. Set and visualize a Reorder Point per product. The system should highlight products where current stock is at or below this point.

Multi-Warehouse Inventory View: Display a master list of all warehouses/locations. For each warehouse, show detailed stock levels for all products housed there. Visual indicators for stock status: "In Stock", "Low Stock" (at/below reorder point), "Out of Stock".

Suppliers Management View: CRUD operations for supplier information (Company Name, Contact, Address, Terms). Link suppliers to the specific products they supply.

Purchase Orders (PO) Management View: Generate new Purchase Orders, ideally with semi-automated creation triggered by low-stock alerts. Each PO should be associated with a specific supplier and list products, quantities, and expected costs. Track PO status: Draft, Sent, Partially Received, Completed.

Stock Receiving View: Record the receipt of goods against an open Purchase Order. Update the inventory count for the specified product in the designated warehouse upon confirmation of receipt.

Stock Transfer View: Initiate and track the movement of stock quantities of a specific product from one warehouse to another. Record transfer date, quantities, source warehouse, and destination warehouse.

Challenges we ran into

• There were no major challenges. I had a clear idea of what I wanted to build and used medo to refine my prompt which made the work very easy.

What's next for Smithory

Looking forward to seeing how it is embraced in the community. In terms of features to add

• ability to use multi-currency
• multi-lingual support
• reverse logistics capabilibites
• ability to connect with warehouse systems

Built With

• medo.dev