Retail & wholesale
Stock and pricing software for retail and wholesale
Stock accuracy is not really a counting problem, it is a process problem: every movement that happens without a corresponding record is a future variance. We build stock and pricing systems that make the correct movement the easy one, and that keep enough traceability to explain a variance rather than just report it.
Where it usually breaks
Stock counts drift from the system, trade and retail pricing are maintained by hand, and margin per line is a guess.
What we build instead
Stock control across warehouses, tiered and bulk price lists, purchase-order-to-bill traceability and margin reporting per item.
- Multi-warehouse stock control
- Trade, wholesale and shelf price lists
- Purchase order to bill traceability
- Per-item margin reporting
Stock that matches the shelf and margin you can prove
Getting there means handling what generic software skips. These are the four that cost the most in this sector.
Counts that drift between stock takes
Transfers, damages, samples and returns are the movements least likely to be recorded and most likely to explain a variance. Cycle counting catches drift while it is still small enough to investigate.
Pricing maintained by hand
Trade, wholesale, contract and promotional pricing kept in parallel spreadsheets guarantees that one of them is wrong. Rules and tiers held as data apply everywhere at once.
Landed cost that ignores the landing
Margin calculated off the supplier invoice alone overstates itself for anything imported. Freight, duties and clearing belong in the item cost or the margin report is fiction.
Reorder decisions made from memory
Without visible lead times and movement history, buying is driven by whoever noticed the shelf was empty, which is how you end up overstocked and out of stock simultaneously.
What you end up with
- Stock on hand per warehouse that matches a physical count
- One set of pricing rules applied across every channel
- Landed cost carried into margin, including freight and duties
- Purchase order to bill traceability for every receipt
- Reorder points based on real movement and lead times
The disciplines this draws on
Retail & wholesale: common questions
Do we have to replace our point of sale system?
Usually not. Point of sale is often the one piece working fine. The common gap is behind it - stock across locations, pricing rules and margin - which we build and integrate to the till rather than replacing it.
Can it handle the same product at different prices per customer?
Yes. Customer-specific, tiered, contract and volume pricing are normal requirements in wholesale, and they belong in a rules engine rather than in a pricing spreadsheet that someone maintains by hand.
Tell us how your operation runs
Including the parts held together by a spreadsheet. You will get a straight answer on what is worth building and what is not.
A reply from a developer. Not a sales pipeline. The person who reads your message is the person who would do the work.
An honest answer on fit. If an off-the-shelf product solves your problem better than a custom build, we will tell you which one.
No obligation. A first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Discovery output is yours either way.