# Batching and traceability ## Assemblies ### Exceeding available parts inventory You are allowed to exceed available inventory counts at a given when building an assembly. This is **not** recommended. However, it is enabled to ensure that separate duties can be carried out effectively. Team members assembling units (operations workers) are usually not the same team members (operations supervisors or finance team) responsible for inventory reconciliation. So assembly creation is the one place where the Hardfin platform allows inventory counts to go "negative" in order to ensure that assembly workflows are not blocked by a delayed inventory reconciliation. If the team members on the ground have the parts to do their job, delayed inventory counts should not slow them down. In the event that negative counts are created, Hardfin automatically tracks them for future reconciliation as soon as new units are transferred to the assembly location. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://guide.hardfin.com/source-and-build/batching-and-traceability.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.