Hi, @nazly79  You can achieve this by having a small piece of code/customization. Please find the code below and also I have attached the customization package, you can directly deploy it in your instance and verify.

 public class InventoryItemMaint_Extension : PXGraphExtension<InventoryItemMaint>
  {
    #region Event Handlers  

         PXMergeAttributes(Method = MergeMethod.Append)]
         PXRemoveBaseAttribute(typeof(PXDefaultAttribute))]
         PXDefault(typeof(InventoryItemStatus.inactive))]
        protected virtual void InventoryItem_ItemStatus_CacheAttached(PXCache cache)
        {
        }
     #endregion
  }

Hello, There is no system checkbox that will cause new stock items to default to Inactive status. I checked - there is no approval map available for Stock Items.

You can consider a Business Event to notify [Parts Managers] when a new stock item has been added to the system.

You can consider working with your partner to customize the system behavior and change the default status.

Thanks a lot Laura and Naveen for the suggestions. I will look into these.