Inventory across branches, with every movement explained

How stock is kept

• One stock ledger: movements cannot be edited or deleted, the database refuses it. Corrections are new movements.
• Balances are locked while a movement is posted, so two tills cannot both take the last item.
• Weighted average cost, so margins and stock value are calculated from what you actually paid.
• Locations within a branch, opening stock, and reorder levels.
• Only the inventory service changes stock: sales, returns and goods received publish events instead.

Moving and correcting stock

• Transfers between branches go through an in-transit step: sent, then received, so goods cannot vanish between shops.
• Adjustments need a reason and, above the limit you set, an approval.
• Stock counts compare the count with the system and show variances; a variance threshold is a company setting.
• Batches and expiry can be tracked on products that need them.

The web screens for batch lookup are still limited: batch-tracked products cannot yet be adjusted or transferred from the screens.

Costs are protected

Costs are shown only to people who hold the stock-cost permission. A cashier sells a product without seeing what it cost.

Shrinkage you can see

Stock that goes missing without a sale is the commonest leak in retail. Because every movement is linked to its cause, Intelligence can flag stock that disappears without a matching sale, odd-hour adjustments and negative stock. Read how to detect stock shrinkage.