# How to account for allocated inventory on a Work order

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### Overview

When you start a work order in Accentis Enterprise, it will allocate the inventory required for the work order from the current stock availability. When the work order is not actioned immediately, or the inventory needs to sit for a time on the shelf, you need to know what inventory is allocated to work orders, and what inventory is your stock.

You should create a process that allows you to know which inventory is allocated, and which inventory is still available as general stock.

A large item such as a gearbox is a good example. It can be consumed in a work order, but will remain on a pallet until the work order is ready to use it. It needs to be physically tagged or identified in some way to show the person counting that it has been allocated to a work order, and should not be counted when you do a stocktake.