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Reorder points: how to set them without getting it wrong

Too low and you run out of stock. Too high and you tie up cash for nothing. Here's how to get it right.

Isolated or shared stock between departments: how to choose

Kitchen, bar, warehouse A, warehouse B: shared stock or separate stock per department? It's not a single company-wide choice.

How to run a cycle count without closing shop

A once-a-year full inventory blocks the business for hours. Counting a portion of stock regularly changes everything.

How we handle timezones for our international customers

Translating an interface into several languages isn't enough to be ready for international use. Timezone matters just as much — here's how we handle it.

Supplier orders: from draft to receipt, what needs to be tracked

"I sent the order" says nothing about what got confirmed, or what actually arrived. What real order tracking needs to cover.

Why a spreadsheet stock always ends up drifting from reality

A spreadsheet never miscalculates on its own — that's exactly the problem. Why the gap grows over time, almost mechanically.

Managing products with an expiry date: best practices across sectors

Food, cosmetics, pharmacy, chemical products: as soon as a product has an expiry date, the same tracking principles apply.

Multi-site businesses: centralizing stock without losing local autonomy

A separate stock per site hides what's happening elsewhere. A single global stock erases each site's own needs. How to reconcile the two.

Multi-team SMEs: when a shared spreadsheet becomes a risk

A shared spreadsheet works fine with two or three people. Past a certain number of teams, the same limitations show up, in the same order.

Nonprofits: tracking stock when volunteers rotate regularly

In a nonprofit, the people managing stock often change. How to stop each departure from taking the stock knowledge with it.