The best inventory management software is the one you actually count with
Stocktaka is inventory management for a small business that holds stock it uses or sells: a parts room, a lot, a walk-in, a supply cupboard. The count sheet below is free and does the arithmetic on the page, so you can reconcile what you counted against what the system expected before you place the order. Stocktaka Pro keeps every item, location, count and reorder point against the record afterwards.
Counting for a business, not a cupboard
If you count the same locations every month and the answer has to be right, Pro keeps the items, the counts and the variance so you are comparing this month with last month instead of retyping both.
Stocktaka keeps the count so the next one starts from it
- Every count is a record, not a sheet of paper. A count in Stocktaka is kept against the location it was taken in, with who counted, what was expected and what was found, so this month can be compared with last month instead of both being retyped.
- The variance is worked as you type, and it is priced. Counted against expected, line by line, with the unit cost you hold, so the answer is not just how many are missing but what the missing ones are worth and which lines are worth chasing first.
- Reorder points sit on the item, not in your head. Each item carries its own reorder point and the count flags every line under it, so the order you place after the count is the order the count actually asked for rather than a guess.
Stocktaka Pro
You have worked the count. Pro is where it stays: the same lines, the same variance, kept against the location you counted, so next month starts from what you found this month instead of from a blank sheet. Stocktaka Pro is $49 a month for the whole business, billed monthly.
