A customer asks for an item, you check the shelf, and it is empty. You lose the sale and sometimes the customer. Most shops know this feeling, and most fix it by memory.

Know what is low before it is zero

Set a minimum quantity for each product. When stock falls to that number, the item should appear on a list you can check each morning, not hide until someone notices.

Turn the list into an order

• Open the low and out-of-stock list.
• Pick the items for each supplier.
• Order, then record the purchase when the goods arrive so stock goes back up.

Watch expiry too

For grocery and packaged goods, a list of items expiring in the next 30 days lets you discount them before they are wasted.

PRO SHOP shows low stock, a reorder list and expiring items on the dashboard of every shop. See PRO SHOP.