Inventory and Stock Control Software, Built to Your Operation
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Every inventory system is accurate on day one. The question is whether it's still accurate six months later, after the transfers that were never recorded, the returns that went back on the shelf without a scan, and the count that nobody reconciled. We've built stock control and inventory platforms, and the useful ones are designed around the assumption that reality and the system will drift — and make that drift visible early.
What's included
What we build
Real-time stock tracking
Authoritative stock levels across locations and channels, with reservation at the point of intent so the same unit isn't promised twice.
Multi-location and transfers
Stock by location, transfers between them with in-transit states, and visibility of what's where without walking to look.
Receiving and putaway
Purchase orders through receiving, discrepancy handling when the delivery doesn't match the order, and putaway to the right location.
Stocktakes and reconciliation
Cycle counts and full counts that record variance rather than silently overwriting, so you can see which products and locations drift.
Reordering
Thresholds and supplier reordering based on actual movement rather than a static minimum that stops matching demand.
Handheld and warehouse-floor use
Interfaces designed for a scanner and one free hand, not a desk — including tolerable behaviour when the warehouse Wi-Fi drops.
How we work
How we build it
- 01Model stock movements as an append-only history, not just a current quantity — you need to answer 'how did it get to this number'
- 02Decide reservation and overselling rules explicitly, because both directions cost something
- 03Design the count and variance flow early; it's what keeps the system honest over time
- 04Build for the warehouse floor, including offline tolerance where connectivity is unreliable
- 05Surface drift as reports, so disagreements are found before a customer finds them
- 06Integrate with sales channels and accounting on a defined cadence, with mismatches made visible
Proof
Related work we've delivered
Client names are withheld by agreement — the case studies describe the problem and how it was solved instead.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Both work until stock moves in more than one place at once. Spreadsheets fail on concurrency — two people editing, one overwrite. Accounting stock modules are built for valuation rather than operations, so they're usually weak on locations, transfers and floor use. If neither of those describes your problem, keep what you have.
Yes. The design question is which system is authoritative for stock, and the answer should be one of them, not both. Channels reconcile against that authority on a defined cadence, and any mismatch is reported rather than silently resolved.
We design for it where it's a real constraint: queue actions locally and sync when the connection returns, with clear conflict handling. Full offline operation is a meaningful cost, so we scope it to the specific tasks that need it rather than the whole system.
By recording the variance rather than quietly overwriting it. The count adjusts the number and logs what the difference was, where and when. The pattern in those variances is usually how you find the actual process problem — a step people skip, or a location that's hard to scan.
Yes, and it's worth deciding up front because it changes the data model. Serial-level tracking costs more at every scan, so it's justified for high-value or traceable goods and overkill for fast-moving low-value stock. Mixed models are common and supported.
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