Inventory

Maven adds this one: nobody oversells on purpose — it happens because two places were each sure they still had one.

One count per thing you sell, and it moves wherever the sale happened.

The count follows the saleSold at the counter, sold on your site, returned at the desk — the number on the shelf changes in the same moment, not at the end of the week.

Reorder points that speak up in timeSet the level you never want to fall below and the shelf tells you while there is still time to order, rather than while a customer is standing there.

One business, every location visibleStock is held per store, so you can see what is on hand where, count a shelf against what was expected, and move stock from the store that has it to the store that needs it.

The Low stock screen in the store back office. A heading reading Low stock sits over a line saying these are the items at or below their reorder threshold, sorted by biggest deficit first — the most urgent to restock. Under it a card headed all low-stock items, a store selector set to all stores, a search box over product, SKU or store, and a reset control. Then the table: the same run of cables, power banks, travel pouch, adapter and chargers, plus a pack of cable ties, each with an amber below-threshold pill beside its name, its SKU in monospace, the store, the on-hand count, the reorder-at level it should not have fallen under, and a deficit column at the right edge printing the shortfall in red. The rows are ordered by that shortfall, deepest first. A footer under the table gives the page size and says the whole list fits on one page, with previous and next controls beside it.

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A count is only true if it moves the moment something leaves the shelf.

Stock lives with the product, not in a second document. Every location holds its own on-hand count, and every sale, return and delivery moves it as it happens. That is the whole trick: the number you look at is the number that is true, so you can order from it.

Reorder points turn the count into a warning. Set the level a line should never drop below and it raises its own hand while there is still a week to do something about it. Suppliers and Purchasing holds the other half — raise a purchase order, receive the goods against it, and see what is owed for what arrived.

Stock takes and transfers keep the count honest across a chain. Count a shelf and record what you actually found; move stock from the store that has it to the store that needs it. The gap between what should be there and what is gets flagged rather than discovered at the end of a quarter.

Because the count sits inside the same business as everything else, a low shelf can start something. A rule can raise a card on a Focus Board, tell you in your bell, or send a note to whoever does the ordering — set once, in plain words, and then left alone.

What it actually does

Stock counts that follow a sale everywhere
Reorder points, stock takes and transfers between locations
Purchase orders, receiving, and what is owed to your suppliers

What that changes for you

You stop finding out you sold what you ran out of
Ordering runs on a count, not on a hunch
The gap between what should be there and what is gets flagged, not discovered

You come away with a shelf that agrees with the till.

Works seamlessly with

Point of Salebecause the count only means something if the register moves it Productsbecause a count belongs to a product, not to a spreadsheet Money Flowbecause unsold stock is money sitting still Automation Centerbecause a low shelf should raise its own hand

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A look inside Inventory

Welcome to FocalShift

Stock that watches itself.

The count moves the moment something leaves the shelf.

Inventory

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