# Consignment: buy and sell stock without owning it

> Most of the time, products stored in a company's warehouse are either purchased from suppliers, or are manufactured in-house.

Fonte: https://docs.kmee.com.br/en/odoo/modules/estoque/consignacao-comprar-e-vender-produtos-sem-possui-los/

Most of the time, products stored in a company's warehouse are either purchased from suppliers, or are manufactured in-house. However, suppliers will sometimes let companies store and sell products in the company's warehouse, without having to buy those items up-front. This is called *consignment*.

Consignment is a useful method for suppliers to launch new products, and easily deliver to their customers. It's also a great way for the company storing the products (the consignee) to earn something back for their efforts. Consignees can even charge a fee for the convenience of storing products they don't actually own.

## Enable the consignment setting

To receive, store, and sell consignment stock, the feature needs to be enabled in the settings. To do this, go to **Inventory -> Configuration -> Settings**, and under the **Traceability** section, check the box next to **Consignment**, and then click **Save** to finish.

![Enabled Consignment setting in Inventory configuration.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/owned_stock/owned-stock-enable-consignment.png)

## Receive (and store) consignment stock

With the feature enabled in Odoo, consignment stock can now be received into a warehouse. From the main **Inventory** dashboard, click into the **Receipts** section. Then, click **Create**.

Note

Consignment stock is not actually purchased from the vendor; it is simply received and stored. Because of this, there are no quotations or purchase orders involved in receiving consignment stock. So, *every* receipt of consignment stock will start by creating manual receipts.

Choose a vendor to enter in the **Receive From** field, and then choose the same vendor to enter in the **Assign Owner** field.

Important

Since the products received from the vendor will be owned by the same vendor, the **Receive From** and **Assign Owner** fields must match.

Once the vendor-related fields are set, enter products into the **Product** lines, and set the quantities to be received into the warehouse under the **Done** column. If the **Units of Measure** feature is enabled, the UoM can be changed, as well. Once all the consignment stock has been received, **Validate** the receipt.

![Matching vendor fields in consignment Receipt creation.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/owned_stock/owned-stock-receipt-fields.png)

## Sell and deliver consignment stock

Once consignment stock has been received into the warehouse, it can be sold the same as any other in-stock product that has the **Can Be Sold** option enabled on the product form.

To create a sales order, navigate to the **Sales** app, and from the **Quotations** overview, click **Create**. Next, choose a customer to enter into the **Customer** field.

Note

The **Customer** *must* be different from the **Vendor** that supplied the consignment stock received (and stored) in the warehouse.

Add the consignment product under the **Product** column in the order lines, set the **Quantity**, and fill out any other pertinent product details on the form. Once the quotation is complete, click **Confirm**.

![Sales order of consignment stock.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/owned_stock/owned-stock-sales-order.png)

Once the quotation has been confirmed, it becomes a sales order. From here, the products can be delivered by clicking on the **Delivery** smart button, and selecting **Validate** to validate the delivery.

## Traceability and reporting of consignment stock

Although consignment stock is owned by the vendor who supplied it, and not by the company storing it in their warehouse, consignment products will *still* appear in certain inventory reports.

To find inventory reports, go to **Inventory -> Reporting**, and choose a report to view.

Note

Since the consignee does not actually own consignment stock, these products are *not* reflected in the **Stock Valuation** report, and have no impact on the consignee's inventory valuation.

### Product moves report

To view all information about on-hand stock moves, navigate to the **Product Moves** dashboard by going to **Inventory -> Reporting -> Product Moves**. For consignment products, the information in this report is the same as any other product: the history of its product moves can be reviewed; the **Quantity Done** and **Reference** document are available; and its **Locations** are available, as well. The consignment stock will originate from **Partner Location/Vendors**.

Tip

To view a consignment product's moves by ownership, select the **Group By** filter, choose the **Add Custom Group** parameter, and then select **From Owner**, and **Apply** to finish.

![Consignment stock moves history.](https://docs.kmee.com.br/odoo/referencias/img/applications/inventory_and_mrp/inventory/shipping_receiving/daily_operations/owned_stock/owned-stock-moves-history.png)

Tip

To see forecasted units of consignment stock, go to **Inventory -> Reporting -> Forecasted Inventory**.

### Stock on hand report

View the **Stock On Hand** dashboard by navigating to **Inventory -> Reporting -> Inventory Report**. From this report, the **Locations** of all stock on-hand are displayed, in addition to the quantities per location. For consignment products, the **Owner** column will be populated with the owner of those products, or the original vendor who supplied the products in the first place.