1 Product Overview
Positioning
LynxStock is an intranet material and inventory management system for enterprises. It brings warehouses, materials, inbound/outbound, stock adjustments, stock alerts, operation records, user permissions and data backups into a single browser page, fitting factories, warehouses, laboratories, R&D and ops teams managing raw materials, consumables, spare parts, samples and tools.
Compared with scattered spreadsheet ledgers, the point of LynxStock is not "getting data in", but making every stock change carry an operator, a time, quantities before and after, and a remark — a traceable material journal.
Core Concepts
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Warehouse | The organizational unit for materials, with a name, icon and description, plus material count and total stock statistics |
| Custom attribute | User-defined attribute names and values, such as spec, model, batch, supplier, storage location |
| Listed attributes | Which custom attributes are shown directly in the material list |
| Inbound | Increases stock; a remark is required |
| Outbound | Decreases stock, validated against available quantity; a remark is required |
| Adjustment | Sets stock directly to the counted quantity; a remark is required |
| Operation record | The audit journal formed by inbound, outbound, adjustment and material creation |
| Default alert | Threshold and reminder time configured per warehouse, covering materials without a special alert |
| Special alert | Threshold and reminder time configured per material, taking precedence over the default alert |
| Notification user | Name and email receiving stock alert messages; can be enabled or disabled individually |
With these concepts in mind, the usage path is clear: create warehouses, then materials, then process inbound and outbound; alerts run on the two-level rule of "warehouse default + material special"; every change settles into a traceable operation record.
Runtime Form
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Product name | LynxStock Warehouse Management |
| Product type | Self-hosted enterprise material and inventory management system |
| Delivery | Pre-installed at the factory; ready once the device joins the network |
| Access | Browser, no client |
| Default address | http://device-IP:6555 |
| Default port | 6555; auto-selects within 3000–9000 when occupied |
| Account roles | Administrator, regular user |
| Data location | On the device |
| Backups | Automatic and manual, with download, restore and delete |
| Alerts | Email notifications, warehouse defaults and per-material specials |
| UI language | Simplified Chinese |
Prerequisites
- The device is pre-installed at production and connected to the enterprise network.
- Access with a modern browser such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari; no extra client is needed.
- First-time use requires an administrator account; if the system is not yet initialized, create the administrator first.
- Email alerts depend on a working SMTP mailbox configuration and network egress; with no mailbox configured or no enabled notification users, no alert emails are sent.
- System time follows the device's local clock — alert times, operation times and backup times are recorded in the device timezone, so verify the timezone before use.
- Daily access is best kept inside the enterprise LAN; for external access, converge the entry through a VPN or reverse proxy.
Roles and Permissions
The system has exactly two roles with a clear boundary, fitting small teams that need fast division of labor.
| Capability | Administrator | Regular user |
|---|---|---|
| View warehouses and materials | Yes | Yes |
| Create warehouses and materials | Yes | Yes |
| Edit materials and custom attributes | Yes | Yes |
| Inbound, outbound, stock adjustment | Yes | Yes |
| View operation records | All records | Own records only |
| Change own password, switch theme | Yes | Yes |
| Edit, delete warehouses | Yes | Not exposed in the UI |
| Enable, disable, delete materials | Yes | Not exposed in the UI |
| Bulk import, export, bulk delete materials | Yes | Not exposed in the UI |
| User management | Yes | No |
| Notification and alert configuration | Yes | No |
| Network settings, backup and restore | Yes | Not exposed in the UI |
The overall principle: daily business operations are open to everyone; system-level and irreversible operations (deleting warehouses and materials, bulk import/export, user management, notification configuration, network and backup) are administrator-only and never appear in the regular user's interface.