A successful stocktake
How to prepare your stocktake so it goes well, and how to reduce your unknown shrinkage all year round.
See the 9 guidesWhat makes a successful stocktake?
Accurate stock
After the stocktake, your book stock says what is really in store. Orders and restocking start again from true figures.
Shrinkage explained
Every gap has a cause: a record error you fix, or a real loss you deal with. The figure doesn’t stay a mystery.
A day without surprises
Items scan, zones are ready, everyone knows what to do. You count, you don’t search.
Where to start
Guide 1.1 · Prepare the stocktakeLabellingEvery item must be scannable.Read the guide →
Guide 2.1 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageLogging deliveriesWhat comes into the store must go into the software.Read the guide →
Guide 2.5 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageSalesEvery item sold must leave under its own code.Read the guide →Guide 1.1 · Prepare the stocktakeLabellingEvery item must be scannable.
Guide 1.2 · Prepare the stocktakeThe item listYour item list must know everything in store.
Guide 1.3 · Prepare the stocktakeTidying upA tidy store counts fast and recounts right.
Guide 1.4 · Prepare the stocktakeDisplays and testersDisplay products and testers are counted apart from stock for sale.Guide 2.1 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageLogging deliveriesWhat comes into the store must go into the software.
Guide 2.2 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageSupplier returnsWhat goes back to the supplier must leave the software.
Guide 2.3 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageItems taken out of the storeWhat leaves the store without going through the till must show in the stock.
Guide 2.4 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageStock adjustmentsCorrecting stock, yes. Wrongly, no.Guide 2.5 · Reduce your unknown shrinkageSalesEvery item sold must leave under its own code.