Outsource your stocktake or keep it in-house?
Two ways to count a store: hand the stocktake to a contractor, or run it with your team and a tool. Each has its strengths. Here is what you need to choose based on your stock, your team and your calendar.
What a stocktaking contractor brings
An outside team arrives on the agreed day with its equipment, counts the store and hands over a report. Your staff stay at their usual work. For a very large stock to count in one night, or when you want a count done by people from outside the store, it is a real solution.
What in-house stocktaking brings
Your team counts with their phones, on the date you choose. They know the shelves and where every item goes. You count as often as you like: once a year, or one zone a week.
The two, side by side
What each approach gives you, and what it asks of you.
| Criterion | Stocktaking contractor | In-house, with Quantinvo |
|---|---|---|
| Who counts | An outside team | Your team |
| The date | Set with the contractor, based on their availability | The one you choose |
| Hardware | Brought by the contractor | The team’s phones, your handheld scanners if you have them |
| The price | On quote, for each job | Shown on the website: per stocktake or by subscription |
| Frequency | Each time you order a job | As often as you like |
| Your team’s time | They stay at their usual work | Plan the counting hours |
| The report | Handed over at the end of the job | Visible live, exported to Excel at closing |
How to choose
Choose a contractor
For a very large stock to count in one go, with no staff available that day.
Choose in-house
To count several times a year, at your own pace, with a team that knows the store.
Try it with no commitment
Rent Quantinvo for a single stocktake and compare it with your last count.
See the price of a stocktakeThe questions we get asked
Will my team count as well as a contractor?
They know the shelves, and Quantinvo guides them: one tag per zone, a second count where checking is needed, a supervisor who keeps the right figure.
How much does an in-house stocktake cost?
The price depends on how many devices count at the same time. It is shown on the pricing page, for one stocktake or for the year.
Can you combine the two?
Yes: the big year-end stocktake with a contractor, and in-house cycle counts the rest of the year.
Stay in control of your stocktake
Your team, your date, and a price shown before you start.