Guides
Practical guides for people who run stockrooms.
Plain, step-by-step advice on the everyday problems of holding stock: losing it, counting it, reordering it and proving where it came from. Useful with or without software.
Machine shops and fabricators
Material certs and heat numbers
A practical way for a small machine shop to tie every mill cert and heat number to the parts it went into, so an audit or a customer question takes minutes, not a day.
HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors
Truck stock for trade contractors
A practical system for keeping service trucks stocked without overbuying: standard truck lists, simple restocking, and knowing what each job really used.
Any business that holds stock
Cycle counting without shutting down
Replace the dreaded annual stock-take with short, regular counts: what to count, how often, how to count well, and what to do with the differences.
Anyone buying stock to keep on the shelf
Reorder points and minimums
A simple, practical way to set minimums and reorder points from your own usage and lead times, so you stop running out without overbuying.
Free tool
Lost stock calculator
A two-minute estimate of what lost stock, time spent searching and rush orders cost you each year.