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Inventory Management System

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Inventory Management System

A full-stack web application for managing products, orders, invoices, and customers — built with Laravel and Bootstrap.

Features • Tech Stack • Installation • Usage • Structure • Contributors

#Features

#Product Management

  • Add, edit, and track products with unique product codes
  • Monitor stock levels with real-time availability
  • Restock products via the purchase products module
  • Automatic stock deduction upon invoice creation

#Order Management

  • Create orders from available product inventory
  • AJAX-powered customer auto-fill for faster order creation
  • Track order status: Pending → Delivered
  • Separate views for pending and delivered orders

#Invoice & Sales

  • Generate invoices from existing orders or create standalone invoices
  • Automatic due amount calculation (total - payment)
  • Auto-creation of customer records for new customers
  • Sold products report with aggregated quantities

#Customer Management

  • Full customer CRUD operations
  • REST API endpoint for AJAX-based customer lookup
  • Automatic customer registration during order/invoice creation

#Dashboard

  • Summary cards: Stock, Sold Products, Available Products, Pending Orders
  • Interactive area and bar charts via Chart.js
  • Data tables with export options (Copy, Excel, PDF)

#Tech Stack

Layer Technology
Backend PHP 8.0+ / Laravel 8.12
Frontend Blade Templates, Bootstrap 4.5, jQuery 3.5
Database MySQL (IMS)
Auth Laravel Breeze (session-based)
Admin Theme SB Admin 2
Charts Chart.js 2.8
Data Tables DataTables 1.10 (with Excel, PDF, Copy export)
Icons Font Awesome 5.15
Build Tool Laravel Mix 6 (Webpack)
Testing PHPUnit 9.3
Code Style StyleCI (Laravel preset)
Dev Environment Laravel Sail (Docker)

#Installation

#Prerequisites

  • PHP 8.0+
  • Composer
  • MySQL
  • Node.js & NPM

#Setup

  1. Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/ekramasif/Inventory_Management_System.git
cd Inventory_Management_System

  2. Install PHP dependencies

    composer update

  3. Install frontend dependencies

    npm install

  4. Configure environment

    cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

  5. Create a MySQL database named IMS, then run migrations

    php artisan migrate

  6. Start the development server

    php artisan serve

  7. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000

#Usage

Route Description
/register Create a new account
/login Sign in to the dashboard
/ Dashboard with summary and charts
/products View all products (stock report)
/products/available View in-stock products
/products/add Add a new product
/orders View all orders
/orders/pending View pending orders
/orders/delivered View delivered orders
/invoices View all invoices
/customers View all customers

#Project Structure

app/
├── Http/Controllers/    # Business logic (Product, Order, Invoice, Customer)
├── Models/              # Eloquent models (Product, Order, Invoice, Customer, User)
resources/
├── views/Admin/         # Blade views for all admin features
├── views/auth/          # Authentication views (login, register, reset)
routes/
├── web.php              # Web routes (30+ routes)
├── api.php              # REST API (customer lookup)
database/
├── migrations/          # Database schema (users, products, customers, orders, invoices)

#Contributors

New version available.