🧠 Smart Inventory Manager (C++)

A console-based Inventory Management System built using C++, designed to help users efficiently manage stock, track product categories, monitor low-stock alerts, and calculate inventory value in ₹ (Indian Rupees).

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🚀 Features

✅ Add new products with unique IDs
✅ View all products in a formatted tabular view
✅ Search for products by ID
✅ Update stock (add or remove quantity)
✅ Display low-stock alerts automatically
✅ Categorize products (Electronics, Food, Books, etc.)
✅ Calculate total inventory value in ₹
✅ Delete existing products
✅ Interactive and user-friendly CLI interface

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⚙️ Key Concepts Used

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • Classes & Objects (Product, InventoryManager)
  • Data encapsulation and abstraction
• Standard Template Library (STL)
  • map<int, Product> for fast product lookup
  • vector<string> for category management
• Formatting and Alignment using <iomanip>
• Practical Business Logic:
  • Lead Time: Number of days required to restock an item
  • Reorder Level: Minimum stock before a reorder is required

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💻 How to Run

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/Smart-Inventory-Manager.git

cd InventoryManager/backend
npm install express cors body-parser
npm start