# Simple Inventory Management

> Cloud-based inventory management software for small businesses and teams, with a built-in, OAuth-secured Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants such as Claude, Grok, OpenAI, and Gemini read and update live stock in plain language. $35USD/month, free for a limited time.

Simple Inventory Management tracks stock across multiple locations and companies, generates a unique QR code per item (scannable from any phone, no app), manages orders and suppliers, takes reconciliation snapshots, and supports unlimited team members. Its standout capability is the built-in **MCP server**: connect AI (Claude, Grok, OpenAI, Gemini, or another MCP client) over OAuth and manage inventory by chatting, with no API keys.

## AI / MCP
- [AI / MCP integration](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/ai-inventory-management): The flagship capability. A built-in, OAuth-secured MCP server that lets AI read live stock and take real actions (check levels, record receipts, build reorder lists) in plain language, scoped per company.
- [Connect AI (MCP setup guide)](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/connect-claude): Step-by-step guide to connecting AI assistants such as Claude, Grok, OpenAI, and Gemini to your inventory through the built-in, OAuth-secured MCP server. Includes the MCP server URL and how access is scoped to one company.
- [What is an MCP server](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server): Plain-English explainer of the Model Context Protocol and why an inventory tool should have a built-in MCP server.
- [Manage inventory by chatting with Claude](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/manage-inventory-with-claude): How the connection works and what you can do in a conversation.
- [Manage inventory by chatting with Grok](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/manage-inventory-with-grok): Connect Grok over the built-in MCP server, with example prompts and a live-stock conversation.
- [Questions to ask an AI assistant about your stock](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/ask-ai-about-your-stock): Practical prompts to run against live inventory.
- [Add custom fields by asking Claude](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/custom-fields-with-claude): Set and update item-level and unit-level inventory custom fields (lot numbers, expiry dates, serials, bins) in plain language over the MCP server.
- [Ask Claude which units are out (unit-level tracking over MCP)](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/unit-tracking-with-claude): Use the MCP tools list_inventory_units, add_inventory_unit and set_inventory_unit_status to list, add and update individually tracked units in plain language, with every change logged per unit.
- [AI demand forecasting for small teams](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/ai-demand-forecasting): How small teams can forecast demand from their own usage history with AI, and ask forecasting questions against live stock over the MCP server.
- [Security](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/security): OAuth 2.1 auth, per-company isolation, encrypted tokens, revocable AI access, passkeys, and SAML single sign-on (SSO).
- [Why passkeys matter](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/why-passkeys): Phishing-resistant sign-in with WebAuthn passkeys, and how they sit next to SSO for inventory accounts.

## Product
- [Features overview](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/): What the product does and who it's for.
- [Pricing](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/pricing): $35USD/month, free for a limited time; unlimited items, locations and team members.
- [Inventory software vs spreadsheets](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/inventory-software-vs-spreadsheets): Side-by-side comparison.
- [Multi-location & multi-company](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/multi-location-inventory): Track stock across teams, warehouses, stores and companies.
- [Unique QR code per item](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/qr-code-scanning): Scan to check or update stock from any phone, no app.
- [Order & supplier tracking](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/order-and-supplier-tracking): On-order to in-stock, invoice IDs and pricing.
- [Reconciliation snapshots](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/reconciliation-snapshots): Point-in-time counts to audit and reconcile.
- [Custom fields](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/custom-fields): Add your own fields at the item level (catalog facts like color and supplier SKU) or the unit level (per stock line: lot numbers, expiry dates, serials), reuse them, show them as columns, and set them with AI over the MCP server.
- [Unit-level tracking](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/unit-level-tracking): Track each physical item as its own named unit with an asset tag and a status (in stock, receiving, sending, damaged) instead of a single quantity. Opt in per item; the item's totals are derived from its units, every change is logged per unit, and units can be managed by AI over the MCP server (list_inventory_units, add_inventory_unit, set_inventory_unit_status).
- [Bulk CSV import](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/csv-import): Import an inventory from a CSV. Columns map automatically (name, cost, stock, ordered, warning/critical levels, notes, order URL, and matching custom fields), with a preview that flags duplicates, missing names and bad numbers per row before anything is created.
- [Reports & exports](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/inventory-reports): One-click inventory valuation, low-stock and transaction-history reports, downloadable as CSV (spreadsheet) or print-ready PDF.
- [Barcode scanning](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/barcode-scanning): Store UPC, EAN or Code 128 barcodes on items (with check-digit validation), scan to find an item with a keyboard-wedge or phone scanner, and print Code 128 labels. AI can look up an item by barcode over the MCP server (find_item_by_barcode).
- [Reorder points & purchase orders](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/reorder-points-and-purchase-orders): Set a reorder point and quantity per item; Simple Inventory flags what is at or below its point (counting stock plus on-order) and drafts inbound purchase orders grouped by preferred supplier in one click. Includes formal supplier records (contact, email, phone, lead time). AI can list suggestions and generate the orders over the MCP server (get_reorder_suggestions, generate_purchase_orders, list_suppliers, create_supplier).
- [QuickBooks & Xero export](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/quickbooks-and-xero-export): Download import-ready CSV files for QuickBooks Online (Products and Services) and Xero (Inventory Items), with names, prices, quantities and generated item codes in each tool's own columns. No account connection required.
- [Microsoft Teams notifications](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/microsoft-teams-notifications): Post low-inventory alerts into a Microsoft Teams channel via an incoming webhook. Four alert types with per-type toggles (warning level, critical level, out of stock, reorder point), sent as color-coded Adaptive Cards the moment stock crosses a threshold, from any write path (manual edits, QR updates, orders, CSV imports, AI over MCP).
- [Team collaboration](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/team-collaboration): Unlimited members, real-time updates.
- [SAML single sign-on (SSO)](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/features/saml-single-sign-on): Verify your domain via DNS, connect any SAML identity provider (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, OneLogin, JumpCloud, Duo), require SSO, and auto-provision members from your domain.

## Guides
- [Product walkthrough](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/walkthrough): Short video tour of the live app (inventory, day-to-day stock work, and AI). Video is in English.
- [Documentation hub](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/docs): Index of all how-to guides for the app.
- [Inventory guide](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/help/inventory): Items, the four counts (stock/receiving/sending/damaged), values, low-stock alerts and QR codes.
- [Assemblies guide](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/help/assemblies): Build recipes from stocked parts; how cost, can-assemble and the negative-quantity (creates stock) trick work.
- [Inventory Snapshots guide](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/help/snapshots): Freeze point-in-time counts to audit and reconcile.
- [Orders guide](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/help/orders): Inbound/outbound orders, suppliers, invoices, and how stock flows on completion.
- [Team guide](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/help/team): Invite teammates by email and share a company's inventory.
- [Microsoft Teams notifications guide](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/help/teams-notifications): Create a Workflows webhook in Teams (with screenshots), paste it into the company's notification settings, send a test card, and choose which low-stock alert types to receive.

## Use cases
- [Small business](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/inventory-for-small-business)
- [Warehouses](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/warehouse-inventory-management)
- [Makerspaces](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/makerspace-inventory-management)
- [Field & mobile teams](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/field-team-inventory)

## Optional
- [Blog (all guides)](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog): Inventory how-tos, QR codes, reconciliation, KPIs and more.
- [Pharmacy inventory management](https://simpleinventorymanagement.com/blog/pharmacy-inventory-management): Lots, expiry, par levels, receiving and audit-ready records for independent pharmacies, clinic pharmacies and compounding labs.
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