Purpose of Clicking "Complete" for each ingredient addition in a stage

Short answer: you can safely ignore ticking the actual box if you’d like, it has no effect on stock levels in itself, but it does have other benefits, which are mentioned in the article below.

Long answer: Brewsheets/Brewing page in Breww - adding ingredients and ticking ‘complete’ (this question has been asked a few times, so we posted an article answering the question in full)