Items that are pulled from inventory into staging getting ready for a job can be subtracted from inventory since they are not technically in the inventory pool any longer getting ready to go to a job, but sometimes they are not allocated for said project it is just extra gear to take on the site in case needed. this way it would be much easier to return to inventory when you come back from a big job and have all sorts of leftover items that were not deployed. also when you go into an item it says available, allocated, on hand.... would be nice if it said how many are in staging area in case you need to borrow items from a job to come, eventhough we hate doing that sometimes it is needed as a priority.