Stock on the books and stock on the shelf
In almost every warehouse there is a gap between what the software says and what is actually on the shelf. The gap does not come from one dramatic event but from dozens of small unrecorded operations: goods grabbed quickly for an emergency, a return put back without paperwork, a miscount at goods-in.
The cost is paid twice: once when you sell something you do not have, and again when you buy something you already had.
What the application changes
- Barcode scanning straight from a phone, without expensive readers
- Goods-in, transfers between locations, consumption and returns, each with its own document
- Stocktaking by zone, done in parallel by several people, without stopping work
- Traceability by batch, serial number or expiry date
- Minimum stock levels and automatic purchase suggestions
- A discrepancy report after stocktaking, with explanations and an owner
Stocktaking without shutting the company down
A classic stocktake means stopping work, sometimes for a whole weekend, and it stays accurate exactly until Monday morning.
Counting by zone, done periodically and in rotation, keeps accuracy up all year for far less effort. The application knows which zone was counted when and proposes what comes next.