Inventory
Run your shop with Items
Manage parts, accessories, and products with SKUs, stock levels, and pricing so your counter knows what is on the shelf and techs stop waiting on missing components.
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Items
Low stock · 1What Items helps you do
Manage parts, accessories, and products with SKUs, stock levels, and pricing so your counter knows what is on the shelf and techs stop waiting on missing components.
Why repair shops need Items
Parts live in drawers, brains, and vendor chats. You discover you are out of a screen only after promising same-day service.
Generic retail tools and ad-hoc notes were not designed for device intake, parts variance by model, technician handoffs, and customers who expect a text when the job is ready. **Items** inside LML Repair Shops is built for that rhythm — so the work stays on the ticket, not in someone's head.
What you get
A structured catalog with SKUs, categories, variations, and cost/retail pricing
Stock levels by location with low-inventory alerts before you run out mid-repair
Quick add-to-ticket flow so techs pull parts usage directly from inventory
History of adjustments, receiving, and usage tied to jobs for margin tracking
How shops use Items day to day
A tech pulls an OLED for a ticket and stock decrements automatically. Low-stock alerts fire before the weekend rush so the PO goes out Thursday, not Monday morning in panic.
Independent phone and electronics shops win on process: intake → diagnose → repair → notify → collect. Items supports that loop whether you are a one-bench shop or running multiple locations with shared standards.
### Practical checklist
Track high-velocity SKUs by model (screens, batteries, charging ports)
Link parts used to tickets for true job cost
Set reorder points for your top movers
Receive POs against inventory so counts stay honest
Metrics to watch after you adopt it
If you cannot measure these, you are guessing:
Stockouts on top 20 SKUs
Parts margin per ticket
Dead stock older than 90 days
Inventory accuracy vs physical counts
Items vs spreadsheets and group chats
| Challenge | Spreadsheets / chats | LML Repair Shops | | --- | --- | --- | | Ownership | “Someone was supposed to…” | Clear records and assignees | | Customer answers | Dig through texts | Status and history in one place | | Handoffs | Verbal, easy to drop | Counter and bench stay aligned | | Reporting | Manual reconstruction | Ticket and activity history | | Scaling | Breaks at rush hour | Same workflow under pressure |
Built for shop owners, not enterprise IT
You do not need a six-month implementation. LML Repair Shops is designed for independent and multi-location repair stores that want to get organized fast — with a **14-day free trial** and no credit card to start.
Items sits alongside tickets, inventory, bookings, and customer communication so you are not duct-taping five apps together.
FAQs
### Do I need barcodes on day one?
Not required, but barcodes pay off quickly once volume rises. Start with your top screens and batteries.
### Can I track parts across locations?
Yes — multi-location stock keeps each store’s on-hand counts separate while still letting you transfer.
### What about OEM vs aftermarket grades?
Treat grades as separate SKUs so quotes and inventory never mix quality levels.
Get started
Ready to replace sticky notes and scattered tools? [Start your free trial](/trial) or [browse all features](/features) to see how Items fits your shop.
Why it matters
Items is built for the pace of a real repair counter — not a generic CRM with a repair sticker on it.
Ready to try it in your shop?
30-day free trial · no credit card required
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Track every device from drop-off to pickup with live status, notes, and photos so your counter and techs always know where each job stands.
BookingsLet customers schedule repair appointments online so your front desk spends less time on the phone and more time checking devices in at the counter.
RepairsBuild a device-to-model repair catalog with set prices so techs and counter staff quote consistently without guessing labor or parts on every job.