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Branch Stock and Inventory Control Toolkit

Keep stock where it should be, not just what the last count said

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About this toolkit

This toolkit gives you a straightforward way to run stock control as a discipline that holds up between counts, not just on count day.

What this toolkit helps you achieve

  • A four‐part cycle for stock control: Order, Receive, Store, Reconcile
  • The Five Golden Rules of stock control, on one page
  • A plain‐English guide to the four elements of stock control

What’s included

  • A four‐part cycle for stock control: Order, Receive, Store, Reconcile
  • The Five Golden Rules of stock control, on one page
  • A plain‐English guide to the four elements of stock control: Ordering, Storage, Counting, Loss Prevention
  • A twelve‐question coaching bank for ordering, counting and investigating stock on the floor
  • A matrix for deciding which stock lines deserve the closest control

Best for

Any branch, store or site manager responsible for ordering, receiving, storing and counting stock, who has ever done a count and found a number that made no sense to anyone in the room.

Expected practical outcome

Treat every discrepancy as a question, not just a number to correct. An adjustment that fixes the figure without finding the cause fixes nothing, it just resets the clock until the next one.