Keep each shop’s stock separate, and let every counter see the others.
Multi-outlet stock keeps each shop’s stock separate and visible to the others. The counter can see what the second branch holds before sending a customer there, and material moves between outlets on a transfer that both sides acknowledge. The owner gets one figure for the business and a real one for each shop.
Two shops and a small warehouse each keep their own register. When a shade is missing at the first shop, somebody rings the second, and whoever picks up has to go and look on the shelf. Often nobody picks up, and the customer buys it elsewhere.
Each outlet keeps its own balances, its own counting and its own person responsible. The counter can look across, and can ask for a transfer and not promise something it cannot see. What moves is acknowledged at the other end, so nothing is in two places or in none.
What your team uses today.
The module takes over these, one at a time, so nothing has to stop while it is set up.
- Phone calls between shops about stock
- Transfer slips on carbon paper
- A combined sheet of branch stock
The problems this is meant to ease.
What multi-outlet stock does.
What this looks like in a working week.
Illustrative scenarios, written to show the shape of the work. They are not accounts of client systems.
The people who open this every day.
From first conversation to daily use.
Mapping the outlets
We list your shops, stores and who runs them. You provide current stock and rate lists. A diagram of how stock should move comes back.
Opening stock by shop
Balances are loaded outlet by outlet. A manager signs off on each list.
Transfer routine
Request, dispatch and receipt are tried between a pair of shops. Notes from staff reshape the screens.
Rates and offers
Local rates and offers are entered where they differ. You review them against shelf prices.
All outlets running
Remaining shops join in turn. Owners see combined and separate figures together.
How you would know it is working.
Record where you stand before it goes live, so the change is measured against your own figures.
- Transfers dispatched but not yet confirmed received
- Stock-outs in a shop where another branch held the item
- Count differences by outlet and by category
- Allocation of purchases against sales by outlet
- Margin by outlet on the same items
It is one part of a system, not an island.
A module earns its place by what it passes to the next one. These are the connections we set up most often.
- Stock tracking and alerts
- Point of sale billing
- Warehouse management
- Transport documents
- Multi-branch consolidation
Products that include it.
How we would put it in.
Questions owners ask about multi-outlet stock.
Does every outlet need good internet?
It needs something steady, and a phone hotspot will do at a pinch. If one shop genuinely has no reliable line, say so early, because that changes what we build and what it costs.
Can one outlet see another’s sales figures?
Only when you switch that on. Most owners let managers see stock everywhere and sales only for their own shop. That is set by role and can be changed later.
Are the stock locations in our accounting software enough today?
If billing happens in one accounting package at every shop, yes. This matters when each counter bills in its own system and the owner wants one view before the accountant closes the month.
Do transfers between our shops need documents?
Often yes, and what is required depends on the value, the distance and the local rules, which your accountant will confirm. Our bakery system already keeps billing and stock separate for each outlet fed by one kitchen.
What moves the price of multi-outlet stock?
Outlet count and item volume weigh heavily. Billing and transport connections come after. We price each piece separately once we see how your shops work. Skip any piece you do not need.
Why do timelines differ between retailers?
Because outlet counts and data quality differ. A usable release gives stock by shop, visibility and transfers. The proposal carries the calendar.
Businesses that ask for this.
Modules that work with it.
Tell us how you handle multi-outlet stock today.
A spreadsheet, a register or another system: say which, and we will tell you plainly what is worth changing.
What happens after you share your requirements
- A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
- Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
- If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
- No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.
Start with your requirements
Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.
Share your requirements