What is on hand, and where.

See exactly what you have, counted by variant, by location, or both. Quotes use the same live count as the warehouse, so nobody promises stock that has already shipped.

QuoteSix sensors, indoorSix on hand, one locationReserve
WarehouseNinety-sixships by default
ShowroomTwenty-fourcounted apart
Low stockFlaggedat your own line
VariantsOne by defaultstock it today
One number, wherever it is read.
On handThe figure on the quote is the figure in the warehouse

Stock lives in the same database as the deal, so what a salesperson promises and what is on the shelf are one number rather than two systems agreeing later.

On hand

Everyone sees the same count.

Stock is counted for every variant in every location. The salesperson quoting, the engineer loading a van and the person doing the stocktake all see the same number.

NearSyncCommerceStockSearch, plan and askKAll hubs
Total units3,412Low stock7Out of stock2
VariantCodeWarehouseShowroomVansState
Wall controller, whiteCTL-WM-200-W96248Fine
Wall controller, graphiteCTL-WM-200-G41124Fine
Sensor, indoorSEN-IN-01620Low
Sensor, outdoorSEN-OUT-01000Out
Mounting plateACC-MP-STD2406030Fine

Every product is given a default variant the moment it is created, so it can be stocked straight away. Set up real variants later, or never.

Stock and deals run in one system, so the numbers always agree.

Ready on day one

Start counting the day you add a product.

Every product is created with a default variant, so counting can start before anybody has thought about sizes or colours.

  • No setup needed before you can enter your first count
  • Add sizes or colours later without losing your counts
  • Simple products stay simple; the default variant stays out of sight
  • Three figures across the top: total units, low stock, out of stock
  • Filter to what has stock, what is running low, or what has run out
On handPer location
RecordThe catalogue row
Second recordNone
CountedPer location
Low stockPer location
Where it is
Main storeIts own count
WorkshopIts own count
One totalAlso shown
Nothing to syncbecause there is nothing to sync with
Adjustments

Changing a count means saying why.

Type the new figure and you see the old one and the difference before you save. A reason is required: found in the back, damaged, corrected after a stocktake. The note is kept along with who made the change.

Adjusting
ReasonRequired
You seeWas, new, difference
Kept withWho changed it
Next month nobody has to reconstruct what happened
Locations

Set up every place that holds stock.

A warehouse, a shop, a third party who ships for you, or an office with a cupboard of samples. Each one gets a short code and an address, and you mark one as your default. A place you stop using is switched off rather than deleted, so older counts still make sense.

A place
KindsWarehouse, shop, third-party shipper, office
DetailsA short code and a full address
Closing oneSwitch it off, keep its history
Add the second shop before the stock arrives in it
Units

Buy by the case and sell by the piece.

How you sell an item and how you buy it are set separately, and you can say how many pieces are in a case and how many cases fit a pallet. Weight and dimensions live on the same item, so the person picking an order and the person quoting the shipping both have the figures they need.

Measures
UnitsThirteen to choose from, pieces through to hours
PackingPieces per case, cases per pallet
ShippingWeight, plus length, width and height
Set on the item, so nobody converts it by hand

Coming to stock

Three features on the way.

Accurate counting came first on purpose: a movement history, purchase orders and shipping are only useful if the number underneath them is right. All three are marked as coming soon in the app today, so you can see exactly what is arriving.

SoonMovement ledger

A history of every sale, return, receipt, transfer and adjustment that nobody can edit later.

SoonProcurement

Purchase orders and receiving, using the supplier already saved on each catalogue item.

SoonFulfilment

Pick, pack and ship, taking each deal through to a shipping provider.

Access

Who can do what.

Checking a count and changing one are separate permissions.

See

Check what is on hand at any location.

Do

Quote against the live count.

Manage

Set low-stock points and adjust counts.

Admin

Add locations and decide what is tracked.

See Commerce on your own data.

Half an hour on your own catalogue, with the stock, the delivery and the schedule behind it.