diff --git a/Backend/ERPCore/Dtos/Production/RunDtos.cs b/Backend/ERPCore/Dtos/Production/RunDtos.cs
index 9c45f1a..28743c9 100644
--- a/Backend/ERPCore/Dtos/Production/RunDtos.cs
+++ b/Backend/ERPCore/Dtos/Production/RunDtos.cs
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ public sealed class CreateRunRequest
 }
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Per-run scaling override (FR-MFG-08). Only accepted while the stage has not started
-/// (<c>409 STAGE_NOT_EDITABLE</c>).
+/// Per-run scaling override (FR-MFG-08). Accepted before the stage starts, and — for a Stock
+/// input only — while it is running too: raising <see cref="StageQuantityLine.PlannedQty"/>
+/// draws the extra amount from FIFO, lowering it returns the excess (<c>409
+/// STAGE_NOT_EDITABLE</c> for every other status).
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class UpdateStageQuantitiesRequest
 {
@@ -116,4 +118,11 @@ public sealed class StageQuantityLine
 
     [Range(0.0001, double.MaxValue)]
     public decimal PlannedQty { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Required only when this line lowers a running Stock input below what it has already
+    /// consumed — the excess is returned to stock the same way <c>ReturnLeftoverAsync</c>
+    /// does, and that always needs a reason (FR-MFG-14). Ignored otherwise.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int? ReasonCodeId { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/Backend/ERPCore/Services/Production/ProductionRunService.cs b/Backend/ERPCore/Services/Production/ProductionRunService.cs
index 2a00825..5c25218 100644
--- a/Backend/ERPCore/Services/Production/ProductionRunService.cs
+++ b/Backend/ERPCore/Services/Production/ProductionRunService.cs
@@ -294,17 +294,58 @@ public sealed class ProductionRunService : IProductionRunService
             stage = run.Stages.FirstOrDefault(s => s.RunStageId == runStageId)
                 ?? throw new NotFoundException($"Stage {runStageId} is not part of run {runId}.");
 
-            // FR-MFG-08: editable until the stage starts. Once started, consumption has
-            // already happened against the planned figures.
-            if (stage.Status is not (ProductionStageStatus.Waiting or ProductionStageStatus.Ready))
+            // FR-MFG-08: freely editable before the stage starts. Once it is running, a Stock
+            // input can still move — raising it draws the extra amount via FIFO (mirroring
+            // StartStageAsync's initial draw), lowering it returns the excess to stock
+            // (mirroring ReturnLeftoverAsync) — but every other status stays locked.
+            if (stage.Status is not (ProductionStageStatus.Waiting or ProductionStageStatus.Ready or ProductionStageStatus.InProgress))
                 throw new DomainException(ErrorCodes.StageNotEditable,
-                    $"Stage '{stage.Name}' is {stage.Status}; quantities can only be edited before it starts.", 409);
+                    $"Stage '{stage.Name}' is {stage.Status}; quantities can only be edited before it starts or while it is running.", 409);
+
+            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            var balances = new Dictionary<int, decimal>();
+            var consumed = new List<ConsumedInputDto>();
+            var returned = new List<object>();
 
             foreach (var line in request.Inputs)
             {
                 var input = stage.Inputs.FirstOrDefault(i => i.RunInputId == line.Id)
                     ?? throw new DomainException(ErrorCodes.Validation,
                         $"Input {line.Id} is not on stage '{stage.Name}'.", 422);
+
+                if (stage.Status == ProductionStageStatus.InProgress && input.Source == StageInputSource.Stock)
+                {
+                    var item = await _items.Query().AsNoTracking()
+                        .FirstOrDefaultAsync(i => i.ItemId == input.ItemId, token)
+                        ?? throw new DomainException(ErrorCodes.Validation,
+                            $"Item {input.ItemId} on stage '{stage.Name}' no longer exists.", 422);
+
+                    var plannedBase = _measure.ToPacks(item, line.PlannedQty, input.QtyUnit);
+                    var netConsumed = input.ConsumedQty - input.ReturnedQty;
+                    var delta = plannedBase - netConsumed;
+
+                    if (delta > 0)
+                    {
+                        var (dto, _) = await ConsumeInputAsync(run, input, item, delta, balances, now, token);
+                        consumed.Add(dto);
+                    }
+                    else if (delta < 0)
+                    {
+                        var qty = -delta;
+                        if (line.ReasonCodeId is null)
+                            throw new DomainException(ErrorCodes.ReasonCodeRequired,
+                                $"A reason code is required to lower input '{input.RunInputId}' below what has already been consumed.", 400);
+                        await EnsureProductionReasonAsync(line.ReasonCodeId.Value, token);
+
+                        var (unitCost, returnValue, _, _) = await ReturnInputAsync(run, input, qty, balances, now, token);
+                        returned.Add(new
+                        {
+                            runInputId = input.RunInputId, qty, unitCost, value = returnValue,
+                            reasonCodeId = line.ReasonCodeId
+                        });
+                    }
+                }
+
                 input.PlannedQty = line.PlannedQty;
             }
 
@@ -319,12 +360,15 @@ public sealed class ProductionRunService : IProductionRunService
             // Raising an upstream input's planned quantity means the deliveries that made
             // this stage Ready no longer cover it, so it must fall back to Waiting. docs/30
             // does not state this; it is the only behaviour consistent with FR-MFG-09.
+            // No-ops once the stage is running (RecomputeReadiness only moves Waiting/Ready).
             RecomputeReadiness(stage);
 
             AddEvent(run, stage, RunStageEventType.QuantityEdit, null, new
             {
                 inputs = request.Inputs.Select(i => new { runInputId = i.Id, plannedQty = i.PlannedQty }),
-                outputs = request.Outputs.Select(o => new { runOutputId = o.Id, plannedQty = o.PlannedQty })
+                outputs = request.Outputs.Select(o => new { runOutputId = o.Id, plannedQty = o.PlannedQty }),
+                consumed = consumed.Select(c => new { c.RunInputId, c.ItemId, c.Qty, c.Value }),
+                returned
             });
         }, ct);
 
@@ -333,6 +377,87 @@ public sealed class ProductionRunService : IProductionRunService
         return refreshed.Value.Stages.First(s => s.RunStageId == runStageId);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// FIFO-consumes <paramref name="delta"/> base units of a Stock input, posts the Out
+    /// ledger entry, and updates the input's ConsumedQty/ConsumedValue. Shared by
+    /// <see cref="StartStageAsync"/> (initial draw) and <see cref="UpdateStageQuantitiesAsync"/>
+    /// (raising planned qty on a running stage) so the two never drift apart.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<(ConsumedInputDto Dto, StockLedger Entry)> ConsumeInputAsync(
+        ProductionRun run, RunStageInput input, Item item, decimal delta,
+        Dictionary<int, decimal> balances, DateTime now, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var segments = await _fifo.ConsumeAsync(item.ItemId, run.WarehouseId, null, delta, ct);
+        var value = segments.Sum(s => s.Qty * s.UnitCost);
+        var unitCost = delta == 0 ? 0m : value / delta;
+
+        if (!balances.TryGetValue(item.ItemId, out var balance))
+            balance = await _fifo.GetOnHandAsync(item.ItemId, run.WarehouseId, ct);
+        balance -= delta;
+        balances[item.ItemId] = balance;
+
+        var entry = await _fifo.PostLedgerAsync(
+            item.ItemId, run.WarehouseId, binId: null, batchId: null, serialId: null, _currentUser.AuditUserId,
+            Direction.Out, delta, unitCost, balance,
+            LedgerSourceTypes.ProductionIssue, run.RunId, now, ct);
+
+        input.ConsumedQty += delta;
+        input.ConsumedValue += value;
+
+        var dto = new ConsumedInputDto(
+            input.RunInputId, item.ItemId, delta, value,
+            segments.Select(s => new ConsumedLayerDto(s.LayerId, s.Qty, s.UnitCost)).ToList());
+        return (dto, entry);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns <paramref name="qty"/> base units of a Stock input's consumption back to
+    /// stock: a new inbound FIFO layer at the input's weighted consumed cost, plus the In
+    /// ledger entry. Cost-preserving — a full return zeroes the input's contribution to the
+    /// cost pool exactly, with no rounding crumb left behind (see the full-return branch
+    /// below). Shared by <see cref="ReturnLeftoverAsync"/> and
+    /// <see cref="UpdateStageQuantitiesAsync"/> (lowering planned qty on a running stage).
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<(decimal UnitCost, decimal Value, StockLayer Layer, StockLedger Entry)> ReturnInputAsync(
+        ProductionRun run, RunStageInput input, decimal qty,
+        Dictionary<int, decimal> balances, DateTime now, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // Weighted cost actually consumed for THIS input — cost-preserving by construction,
+        // so what leaves the pool is exactly what entered it.
+        var weighted = input.ConsumedValue / input.ConsumedQty;
+        var unitCost = Math.Round(weighted, 6, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
+
+        // Rounded once, from the UNROUNDED weighted cost. Rounding the rate first and then
+        // multiplying lets successive partial returns accumulate drift until the last one
+        // can exceed ConsumedValue.
+        var returnValue = input.ReturnedQty + qty == input.ConsumedQty
+            // Full return: take the exact residual so the input's contribution to the pool
+            // lands on precisely zero rather than a rounding crumb.
+            ? input.ConsumedValue - input.ReturnedValue
+            : Math.Round(qty * weighted, 4, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
+
+        var layer = await _fifo.CreateInboundLayerAsync(
+            input.ItemId!.Value, run.WarehouseId, batchId: null, serialId: null, grnLineId: null,
+            qty, unitCost, now, ct);
+
+        if (!balances.TryGetValue(input.ItemId.Value, out var balance))
+            balance = await _fifo.GetOnHandAsync(input.ItemId.Value, run.WarehouseId, ct);
+        balance += qty;
+        balances[input.ItemId.Value] = balance;
+
+        // binId stays null: this is raw material going back to general stock, not into the
+        // run's finished-goods output bin.
+        var entry = await _fifo.PostLedgerAsync(
+            input.ItemId.Value, run.WarehouseId, binId: null, batchId: null, serialId: null,
+            _currentUser.AuditUserId, Direction.In, qty, unitCost, balance,
+            LedgerSourceTypes.ProductionReturn, run.RunId, now, ct, valueOverride: returnValue);
+
+        input.ReturnedQty += qty;
+        input.ReturnedValue += returnValue;
+
+        return (unitCost, returnValue, layer, entry);
+    }
+
     // --- stage actions -------------------------------------------------------
 
     public async Task<StartStageResultDto> StartStageAsync(
@@ -350,7 +475,6 @@ public sealed class ProductionRunService : IProductionRunService
                     $"Stage '{stage.Name}' is {stage.Status}; only a Ready stage can be started.", 409);
 
             var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
-            var actor = _currentUser.AuditUserId;
 
             // Running balances accumulated per item across the loop: layers written in this
             // transaction are invisible to GetOnHandAsync until SaveChanges, so two inputs of
@@ -375,27 +499,9 @@ public sealed class ProductionRunService : IProductionRunService
                 var delta = plannedBase - input.ConsumedQty;
                 if (delta <= 0) continue; // rework restart with no increase — nothing to draw
 
-                var segments = await _fifo.ConsumeAsync(item.ItemId, run.WarehouseId, null, delta, token);
-                var value = segments.Sum(s => s.Qty * s.UnitCost);
-                var unitCost = delta == 0 ? 0m : value / delta;
-
-                if (!balances.TryGetValue(item.ItemId, out var balance))
-                    balance = await _fifo.GetOnHandAsync(item.ItemId, run.WarehouseId, token);
-                balance -= delta;
-                balances[item.ItemId] = balance;
-
-                var entry = await _fifo.PostLedgerAsync(
-                    item.ItemId, run.WarehouseId, binId: null, batchId: null, serialId: null, actor,
-                    Direction.Out, delta, unitCost, balance,
-                    LedgerSourceTypes.ProductionIssue, run.RunId, now, token);
+                var (dto, entry) = await ConsumeInputAsync(run, input, item, delta, balances, now, token);
                 ledgerRefs.Add(entry);
-
-                input.ConsumedQty += delta;
-                input.ConsumedValue += value;
-
-                consumed.Add(new ConsumedInputDto(
-                    input.RunInputId, item.ItemId, delta, value,
-                    segments.Select(s => new ConsumedLayerDto(s.LayerId, s.Qty, s.UnitCost)).ToList()));
+                consumed.Add(dto);
             }
 
             stage.Status = ProductionStageStatus.InProgress;
@@ -638,36 +744,9 @@ public sealed class ProductionRunService : IProductionRunService
             var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
             var stage = run.Stages.First(s => s.RunStageId == input.RunStageId);
 
-            // Weighted cost actually consumed for THIS input — cost-preserving by
-            // construction, so what leaves the pool is exactly what entered it.
-            var weighted = input.ConsumedValue / input.ConsumedQty;
-            unitCost = Math.Round(weighted, 6, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
             returnedQty = request.Qty;
-
-            // Rounded once, from the UNROUNDED weighted cost. Rounding the rate first and
-            // then multiplying lets successive partial returns accumulate drift until the
-            // last one can exceed ConsumedValue.
-            returnValue = input.ReturnedQty + request.Qty == input.ConsumedQty
-                // Full return: take the exact residual so the input's contribution to the
-                // pool lands on precisely zero rather than a rounding crumb.
-                ? input.ConsumedValue - input.ReturnedValue
-                : Math.Round(request.Qty * weighted, 4, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
-
-            layer = await _fifo.CreateInboundLayerAsync(
-                input.ItemId.Value, run.WarehouseId, batchId: null, serialId: null, grnLineId: null,
-                request.Qty, unitCost, now, token);
-
-            var balance = await _fifo.GetOnHandAsync(input.ItemId.Value, run.WarehouseId, token) + request.Qty;
-
-            // binId stays null: this is raw material going back to general stock, not into the
-            // run's finished-goods output bin.
-            entry = await _fifo.PostLedgerAsync(
-                input.ItemId.Value, run.WarehouseId, binId: null, batchId: null, serialId: null,
-                _currentUser.AuditUserId, Direction.In, request.Qty, unitCost, balance,
-                LedgerSourceTypes.ProductionReturn, run.RunId, now, token, valueOverride: returnValue);
-
-            input.ReturnedQty += request.Qty;
-            input.ReturnedValue += returnValue;
+            (unitCost, returnValue, layer, entry) =
+                await ReturnInputAsync(run, input, request.Qty, new Dictionary<int, decimal>(), now, token);
 
             var consumedTotal = run.Stages.SelectMany(s => s.Inputs).Sum(i => i.ConsumedValue);
             var returnedTotal = run.Stages.SelectMany(s => s.Inputs).Sum(i => i.ReturnedValue);
diff --git a/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/runs/[id]/StageDrawer.tsx b/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/runs/[id]/StageDrawer.tsx
index c3ce5aa..a66aca3 100644
--- a/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/runs/[id]/StageDrawer.tsx
+++ b/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/runs/[id]/StageDrawer.tsx
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import {
   RunStage,
   RunStageInput,
   RunStageOutput,
+  StageQtyUnit,
   StageQuantityLine,
   TransferLine,
 } from "@/types/production"
 import { ItemListItem, Uom } from "@/types/master-data"
 import { baseUomLabel, contentUnitLabel, uomLabel } from "@/lib/uom-label"
-import { ReasonCode } from "@/types/stock"
+import { OnHand, ReasonCode } from "@/types/stock"
+import { stockApi } from "@/lib/api/stock"
 
 import { AlertDialog, AlertDialogContent } from "@/components/ui/alert-dialog"
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge"
@@ -60,6 +62,22 @@ function minutesSince(iso: string, now: number): number {
   return Math.max(0, Math.floor((now - new Date(iso).getTime()) / 60_000))
 }
 
+/**
+ * Mirrors the server's `IItemMeasure.ToPacks` (Services/Stock/ItemMeasure.cs) closely enough to
+ * tell whether an edited planned qty is a raise or a lower — a UI-only estimate to decide when
+ * to ask for a reason up front. The server always recomputes it authoritatively.
+ */
+function toPacksClient(items: ItemListItem[], itemId: number | null, qty: number, unit: StageQtyUnit): number {
+  if (unit === "Pack" || itemId === null) return qty
+  const contentBaseQty = items.find((i) => i.itemId === itemId)?.contentBaseQty
+  if (!contentBaseQty) return qty
+  // Rounded the same way as the server's `ToPacks` (4dp, half away from zero) — ConsumedQty was
+  // stored at that rounded value, so comparing against the raw division here would flag an
+  // untouched Content-unit input (300 ml / 175 ml = 1.714285714... vs the stored 1.7143) as a
+  // decrease and demand a reason code nothing actually changed.
+  return Math.round((qty / contentBaseQty) * 10000) / 10000
+}
+
 function StatusPill({ status }: { status: StageStatus }) {
   const color = STAGE_STATUS_COLOR[status]
   return (
@@ -102,9 +120,13 @@ export function StageDrawer({
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
 
-  // Editable planned quantities (Ready only) keyed by run input/output id.
+  // Editable planned quantities keyed by run input/output id — Ready only, plus a running
+  // Stock input's planned qty (raises draw more via FIFO, lowers return the excess).
   const [plannedInputs, setPlannedInputs] = useState<Record<number, string>>({})
   const [plannedOutputs, setPlannedOutputs] = useState<Record<number, string>>({})
+  // Reason code for a running Stock input whose planned qty is being lowered below what it
+  // has already consumed — required by the server the same way a leftover return is.
+  const [inputReasonCode, setInputReasonCode] = useState<Record<number, number | null>>({})
 
   // Complete-form state.
   const [produced, setProduced] = useState<Record<number, string>>({})
@@ -135,6 +157,7 @@ export function StageDrawer({
     setScrapReason(Object.fromEntries(stage.outputs.map((o) => [o.runOutputId, o.scrapReasonCodeId])))
     setFieldValues((stage.fieldValues ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>)
     setTransferQty(Object.fromEntries(stage.outputs.map((o) => [o.runOutputId, String(o.availableToTransfer)])))
+    setInputReasonCode({})
     setError(null)
     idempotencyKey.current = crypto.randomUUID()
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
@@ -212,7 +235,11 @@ export function StageDrawer({
 
   function saveQuantities() {
     const inputs: StageQuantityLine[] = stage!.inputs
-      .map((i) => ({ id: i.runInputId, plannedQty: Number(plannedInputs[i.runInputId] ?? i.plannedQty) }))
+      .map((i) => ({
+        id: i.runInputId,
+        plannedQty: Number(plannedInputs[i.runInputId] ?? i.plannedQty),
+        reasonCodeId: inputReasonCode[i.runInputId] ?? null,
+      }))
       .filter((line) => Number.isFinite(line.plannedQty) && line.plannedQty > 0)
     const outputs: StageQuantityLine[] = stage!.outputs
       .map((o) => ({ id: o.runOutputId, plannedQty: Number(plannedOutputs[o.runOutputId] ?? o.plannedQty) }))
@@ -284,6 +311,21 @@ export function StageDrawer({
 
   const scrapReasons = reasonCodes.filter((r) => r.context === "Production")
 
+  // A running Stock input's planned qty can still move: raising it draws more via FIFO,
+  // lowering it returns the excess and — same rule a leftover return already enforces
+  // server-side — needs a reason. Upstream WIP has no stock behind it, so it stays read-only.
+  const runningStockInputs = stage.inputs.filter((i) => i.source === "Stock")
+  const isInputDecrease = (input: RunStageInput) => {
+    const plannedBase = toPacksClient(
+      items, input.itemId, Number(plannedInputs[input.runInputId] ?? input.plannedQty), input.qtyUnit
+    )
+    return Number.isFinite(plannedBase) && plannedBase < input.consumedQty - input.returnedQty
+  }
+  const missingInputReasons =
+    stage.status === "InProgress"
+      ? runningStockInputs.filter((i) => isInputDecrease(i) && !inputReasonCode[i.runInputId]).map((i) => itemName(i.itemId))
+      : []
+
   const missingFields = missingRequiredFields(stage.fieldDefs, fieldValues)
   const missingScrapReasons = stage.outputs
     .filter((o) => Number(scrapped[o.runOutputId] ?? 0) > 0 && !scrapReason[o.runOutputId])
@@ -339,6 +381,7 @@ export function StageDrawer({
                   onValueChange={(v) => setPlannedInputs((prev) => ({ ...prev, [input.runInputId]: v }))}
                   itemName={itemName}
                   unitLabel={inputUnit}
+                  warehouseId={run.warehouseId}
                 />
               ))}
             </section>
@@ -424,6 +467,39 @@ export function StageDrawer({
               </section>
             )}
 
+            {stage.status === "InProgress" && runningStockInputs.length > 0 && (
+              <section className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+                <h3 className="text-sm font-bold text-foreground">Adjust input quantities</h3>
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                  Raising a quantity draws the extra amount from stock; lowering it returns the excess — pick a
+                  reason for any decrease.
+                </p>
+                {runningStockInputs.map((input) => (
+                  <RunningStockInputRow
+                    key={input.runInputId}
+                    input={input}
+                    value={plannedInputs[input.runInputId] ?? String(input.plannedQty)}
+                    onValueChange={(v) => setPlannedInputs((prev) => ({ ...prev, [input.runInputId]: v }))}
+                    itemName={itemName}
+                    unitLabel={inputUnit}
+                    warehouseId={run.warehouseId}
+                    decreasing={isInputDecrease(input)}
+                    reasonCodeId={inputReasonCode[input.runInputId] ?? null}
+                    onReasonChange={(id) => setInputReasonCode((prev) => ({ ...prev, [input.runInputId]: id }))}
+                    scrapReasons={scrapReasons}
+                  />
+                ))}
+                {missingInputReasons.length > 0 && (
+                  <p className="text-sm text-destructive">
+                    Pick a reason for lowering: {missingInputReasons.join(", ")}.
+                  </p>
+                )}
+                <Button variant="outline" onClick={saveQuantities} disabled={busy || missingInputReasons.length > 0}>
+                  Save quantities
+                </Button>
+              </section>
+            )}
+
             {stage.status === "InProgress" && (
               <section className="flex flex-col gap-3">
                 <h3 className="text-sm font-bold text-foreground">Record output</h3>
@@ -662,6 +738,56 @@ export function StageDrawer({
 }
 
 /** Split out only because the input card has three mutually exclusive quantity presentations. */
+/**
+ * Live available-stock lookup for a Stock input — shared by the Ready-state InputCard and the
+ * running-stage "Adjust input quantities" row, so the two never fetch it differently.
+ */
+function useAvailableStock(itemId: number | null, warehouseId: number, enabled: boolean) {
+  const [onHand, setOnHand] = useState<OnHand | null>(null)
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled || itemId === null) {
+      setOnHand(null)
+      setError(null)
+      return
+    }
+    setLoading(true)
+    setError(null)
+    stockApi
+      .onHand(itemId, warehouseId)
+      .then(setOnHand)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        setOnHand(null)
+        setError(errorMessage(err))
+      })
+      .finally(() => setLoading(false))
+  }, [enabled, itemId, warehouseId])
+  return { onHand, loading, error }
+}
+
+/** `null` while loading/unavailable, otherwise the "Available: X" line InputCard and
+ *  RunningStockInputRow both show under an editable Planned qty. */
+function AvailableStockLine({
+  loading, error, onHand,
+}: {
+  loading: boolean
+  error: string | null
+  onHand: OnHand | null
+}) {
+  return (
+    <p className="text-right text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+      {loading
+        ? "Checking available stock…"
+        : error
+          ? "Available stock unknown"
+          : onHand
+            ? `Available: ${fmt(onHand.available)}`
+            : null}
+    </p>
+  )
+}
+
 function InputCard({
   input,
   editable,
@@ -669,6 +795,7 @@ function InputCard({
   onValueChange,
   itemName,
   unitLabel,
+  warehouseId,
 }: {
   input: RunStageInput
   editable: boolean
@@ -676,10 +803,16 @@ function InputCard({
   onValueChange: (value: string) => void
   itemName: (id: number | null) => string
   unitLabel: (input: RunStageInput) => string
+  warehouseId: number
 }) {
   const isUpstream = input.source === "Upstream"
   const short = isUpstream && input.deliveredQty < input.plannedQty
 
+  // Available stock is only meaningful while the planned qty is still editable (Ready) and
+  // for a real stock item — Upstream inputs are WIP handed off from a parent stage, not stock.
+  const { onHand, loading: onHandLoading, error: onHandError } =
+    useAvailableStock(input.itemId, warehouseId, editable && !isUpstream)
+
   return (
     <div className="rounded-lg border border-border p-3">
       <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-2">
@@ -691,17 +824,22 @@ function InputCard({
 
       <div className="mt-2 flex flex-col gap-1">
         {editable ? (
-          <label className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 text-sm">
-            <span className="text-muted-foreground">Planned</span>
-            <Input
-              type="number"
-              min={0}
-              step="any"
-              value={value}
-              onChange={(e) => onValueChange(e.target.value)}
-              className="h-8 w-28 text-sm"
-            />
-          </label>
+          <>
+            <label className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 text-sm">
+              <span className="text-muted-foreground">Planned</span>
+              <Input
+                type="number"
+                min={0}
+                step="any"
+                value={value}
+                onChange={(e) => onValueChange(e.target.value)}
+                className="h-8 w-28 text-sm"
+              />
+            </label>
+            {!isUpstream && input.itemId !== null && (
+              <AvailableStockLine loading={onHandLoading} error={onHandError} onHand={onHand} />
+            )}
+          </>
         ) : (
           <Row label="Planned">{fmt(input.plannedQty)}</Row>
         )}
@@ -735,6 +873,69 @@ function InputCard({
   )
 }
 
+/** A running Stock input's editable Planned qty, with the same live "Available: X" lookup
+ *  InputCard shows before the stage starts, plus the reason picker a lowered qty requires. */
+function RunningStockInputRow({
+  input,
+  value,
+  onValueChange,
+  itemName,
+  unitLabel,
+  warehouseId,
+  decreasing,
+  reasonCodeId,
+  onReasonChange,
+  scrapReasons,
+}: {
+  input: RunStageInput
+  value: string
+  onValueChange: (value: string) => void
+  itemName: (id: number | null) => string
+  unitLabel: (input: RunStageInput) => string
+  warehouseId: number
+  decreasing: boolean
+  reasonCodeId: number | null
+  onReasonChange: (id: number) => void
+  scrapReasons: ReasonCode[]
+}) {
+  const { onHand, loading, error } = useAvailableStock(input.itemId, warehouseId, true)
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border p-3">
+      <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-2">
+        <p className="min-w-0 truncate text-sm font-medium text-foreground">{itemName(input.itemId)}</p>
+        <span className="shrink-0 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{unitLabel(input)}</span>
+      </div>
+      <label className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 text-sm">
+        <span className="text-muted-foreground">Planned</span>
+        <Input
+          type="number"
+          min={0}
+          step="any"
+          value={value}
+          onChange={(e) => onValueChange(e.target.value)}
+          className="h-8 w-28 text-sm"
+        />
+      </label>
+      <AvailableStockLine loading={loading} error={error} onHand={onHand} />
+      {decreasing && (
+        <Select<number> value={reasonCodeId} onValueChange={(v) => v && onReasonChange(v)}>
+          <SelectTrigger className="h-9! w-full text-sm">
+            <SelectValue placeholder="Reason for lowering (required)" />
+          </SelectTrigger>
+          <SelectContent>
+            {scrapReasons.map((r) => (
+              <SelectItem key={r.reasonCodeId} value={r.reasonCodeId} className="text-sm">
+                {r.code} — {r.description}
+              </SelectItem>
+            ))}
+          </SelectContent>
+        </Select>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
 /** Thin wrapper so the drawer body stays readable; the renderer itself lives in its own file. */
 function CustomFields({
   stage,
diff --git a/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/StageEditorPanel.tsx b/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/StageEditorPanel.tsx
index 2f8d589..06947e0 100644
--- a/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/StageEditorPanel.tsx
+++ b/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/StageEditorPanel.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ function slugify(label: string) {
   return label.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "_").replace(/^_+|_+$/g, "")
 }
 
+function fmtStock(available: number | undefined) {
+  return (available ?? 0).toLocaleString(undefined, { maximumFractionDigits: 4 })
+}
+
 const ROLE_SUGGESTIONS = ["Assembly", "QA", "Welding", "Packing", "Inspection", "Cutting", "Soldering"]
 const FIELD_TYPES: CustomFieldType[] = ["Text", "Number", "Checkbox", "Date", "Select"]
 
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ export function StageEditorPanel({
   upstreamOptions,
   items,
   uoms,
+  stockByItem,
   readOnly,
   onChange,
   onDelete,
@@ -138,6 +143,8 @@ export function StageEditorPanel({
   upstreamOptions: UpstreamOutputOption[]
   items: ItemListItem[]
   uoms: Uom[]
+  /** Available stock per item, summed across every warehouse — templates aren't warehouse-scoped. */
+  stockByItem: Map<number, number>
   readOnly: boolean
   onChange: (patch: Partial<StageNodeData>) => void
   onDelete: () => void
@@ -239,18 +246,19 @@ export function StageEditorPanel({
 
           <Field>
             <FieldLabel>Role label</FieldLabel>
-            <Input
+            <Select<string>
               value={data.roleLabel}
-              disabled={readOnly}
-              onChange={(e) => onChange({ roleLabel: e.target.value })}
-              placeholder="e.g. QA"
-              list="role-suggestions"
-            />
-            <datalist id="role-suggestions">
-              {ROLE_SUGGESTIONS.map((r) => (
-                <option key={r} value={r} />
-              ))}
-            </datalist>
+              onValueChange={(v) => v && onChange({ roleLabel: v })}
+            >
+              <SelectTrigger className="h-8! w-full text-sm" disabled={readOnly}>
+                <SelectValue placeholder="Pick a role" />
+              </SelectTrigger>
+              <SelectContent>
+                {ROLE_SUGGESTIONS.map((r) => (
+                  <SelectItem key={r} value={r} className="text-sm">{r}</SelectItem>
+                ))}
+              </SelectContent>
+            </Select>
           </Field>
 
           <Field>
@@ -312,6 +320,9 @@ export function StageEditorPanel({
                           {items.map((i) => (
                             <SelectItem key={i.itemId} value={i.itemId} className="text-sm">
                               {i.name} · {i.sku}
+                              <span className="text-muted-foreground">
+                                · Stock: {fmtStock(stockByItem.get(i.itemId))}
+                              </span>
                             </SelectItem>
                           ))}
                         </SelectContent>
diff --git a/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/page.tsx b/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/page.tsx
index 0b4c68c..f7c27c3 100644
--- a/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/Frontend/erp-system/app/dashboard/production/templates/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 import { productionTemplatesApi } from "@/lib/api/production-templates"
 import { itemsApi } from "@/lib/api/items"
 import { uomsApi } from "@/lib/api/uoms"
+import { stockApi } from "@/lib/api/stock"
 import { errorMessage } from "@/lib/error-map"
 import { CanvasAnnotation, ProductionTemplateGraph, SaveTemplateRequest, TemplateStatus } from "@/types/production"
 import { ItemListItem, Uom } from "@/types/master-data"
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ function TemplateBuilderContent() {
 
   const [items, setItems] = useState<ItemListItem[]>([])
   const [uoms, setUoms] = useState<Uom[]>([])
+  const [stockByItem, setStockByItem] = useState<Map<number, number>>(new Map())
 
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false)
   const [saveError, setSaveError] = useState<string | null>(null)
@@ -229,10 +231,21 @@ function TemplateBuilderContent() {
   }, [isNew, templateId, load])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    Promise.all([itemsApi.list({ pageSize: 200, status: "Active" }), uomsApi.list({ pageSize: 200 })])
-      .then(([itemRes, uomRes]) => {
+    Promise.all([
+      itemsApi.list({ pageSize: 200, status: "Active" }),
+      uomsApi.list({ pageSize: 200 }),
+      stockApi.onHandList({ pageSize: 200 }),
+    ])
+      .then(([itemRes, uomRes, onHandRes]) => {
         setItems(itemRes.items)
         setUoms(uomRes.items)
+        // Templates aren't tied to a warehouse, so the picker shows availability summed across
+        // every warehouse the item holds stock in.
+        const byItem = new Map<number, number>()
+        for (const row of onHandRes.items) {
+          byItem.set(row.itemId, (byItem.get(row.itemId) ?? 0) + row.available)
+        }
+        setStockByItem(byItem)
       })
       .catch((err) => toast.error("Could not load items and UOMs", errorMessage(err)))
   }, [])
@@ -804,6 +817,7 @@ function TemplateBuilderContent() {
           isTerminal={analysis.terminalIds.has(selectedNode.id)}
           upstreamOptions={upstreamOptions}
           items={items}
+          stockByItem={stockByItem}
           uoms={uoms}
           readOnly={locked}
           onChange={(patch) => updateNodeData(selectedNode.id, patch)}
diff --git a/Frontend/erp-system/types/production.ts b/Frontend/erp-system/types/production.ts
index cdb7a33..4ccf732 100644
--- a/Frontend/erp-system/types/production.ts
+++ b/Frontend/erp-system/types/production.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ export interface CreateRunRequest {
 export interface StageQuantityLine {
   id: number
   plannedQty: number
+  /** Required only when this lowers a running Stock input below what it has already consumed. */
+  reasonCodeId?: number | null
 }
 
 export interface UpdateStageQuantitiesRequest {