--- title: "Warehouse Inventory Tracking – Punch for Construction" description: "Track the materials you hold in your warehouse or yard — as general stock or staged for a specific project — connected to the purchase orders and jobs they belong to." canonical: https://buildwithpunch.com/product/inventory --- [](https://buildwithpunch.com/) [See Punch work](https://calendly.com/taylor-punch/30min?hide_event_type_details=1&hide_gdpr_banner=1) PRODUCT: WAREHOUSE INVENTORY # Know what's in the warehouse — and which job it's for Plenty of contractors buy ahead: consolidated orders, staged materials, a yard that feeds the jobs. Punch tracks what you're holding — as general stock supply or as materials staged for a specific project — so the office sees the same inventory the yard does, connected to the orders and jobs it belongs to. [See Punch work](https://calendly.com/taylor-punch/30min?hide_event_type_details=1&hide_gdpr_banner=1) THE PROBLEM ## Materials on hand are invisible to the office The moment a delivery lands in the yard instead of on the jobsite, it falls off the record. The office sees a PO that was fulfilled; the yard sees pallets. What’s actually available, and what’s already spoken for, lives in someone’s head. That’s how the same confusion keeps happening: stock gets used on a job it was never bought for, staged materials get double-promised, and the next order goes out for material that’s been sitting in the warehouse the whole time. HOW PUNCH HANDLES IT ## One record of what you hold, and what it’s for Warehouse inventory in Punch lives next to your purchase orders and job records, not in a side spreadsheet. 1. 01 ### Order to the warehouse Route a delivery to your warehouse or yard instead of straight to the jobsite — for consolidated buys, advance staging, or running your own yard. 2. 02 ### Log the delivery with a photo When the truck shows up, snap the delivery ticket. Punch reads it — items and quantities, nothing typed — matches the delivery to the purchase order it fulfills, and logs what actually came off the truck, even when it’s only part of the order. 3. 03 ### Stock or staged — never confused Every item you hold is tracked as one of two things: general stock supply, or material staged for delivery to a specific project. The distinction is explicit, so nobody has to guess what’s spoken for. 4. 04 ### Dispatch to the job When materials go out to a project, Punch tracks the dispatch — so the warehouse picture stays current and the receiving job knows what’s coming. 5. 05 ### Connected to purchasing and the job Inventory isn’t a standalone list. It’s tied to the purchase orders that brought materials in and the job records they’re headed to, in the same system that runs the rest of your workflow. One photo at the tailgate — the delivery is on the record before the truck pulls away. BID TO BOOKS ## Where this sits in the flow Warehouse inventory sits between the order and the jobsite in bid-to-books: materials committed on a PO, held on hand, and dispatched to the project when the job calls for them. How work moves through this step In to Punch - Purchase orders routed for warehouse or yard delivery - Materials received and logged as stock or staged for a project Punch Out from Punch - Dispatches out to specific projects, tracked - A current picture of what’s on hand and what it’s for Connection: Built on the same purchase orders and job records that run the rest of bid-to-books GO DEEPER ## Related reading [Product ### Purchase Orders The orders that fill the warehouse start here — built in 60 seconds and tracked to delivery. Read more](https://buildwithpunch.com/product/purchase-orders)[Guide ### Material Order Tracking The delivery side of the order: tracking, supplier coordination, and delay prevention. Read more](https://buildwithpunch.com/material-order-tracking-construction)[Product ### Job Costing Materials dispatched to a job land in the same cost picture as everything else. Read more](https://buildwithpunch.com/product/job-costing) ## See Punch work on your own workflow. It's a working session, not a slide deck. Bring a real PO, an invoice, or a daily report. You'll use Punch on it live. [See Punch work](https://calendly.com/taylor-punch/30min?hide_event_type_details=1&hide_gdpr_banner=1)