Question

I am getting a little stuck with the inventory table design and would appreciate if anyone could guide me with that.

The inventory is at 3 different locations(warehouses). I want help with how do I avoid creating multiple itemcodes for each warehouse

The current set up is as follows: –

table no 1 – inventory_T

• itemcode(primary key)
• item name
• item group id(foreign key to item group table)
• item category id(foreign key to item category table)

table no 2 – item_costs

• itemcode(fk to table 1)
• average cost

table no 3 – stock_balance

• itemcode(fk to table 1)
• stock on hand

Answer 1

I suppose you have a single database which serves all warehouses.

Create another table

warehouses

• warehouseid (PK)
• name
• other details

And then add the field
– warehouseid
to table stock_balance as a FK(Foreign Key) – this way you will bind each stock of an item to a warehouse