Inventory Management for Small Businesses: A Practical Guide
A practical inventory guide for shops and small businesses: stock counts, reorder points with an example, FIFO vs weighted average, barcodes, warehouses.
Retail shops
Accounting software for retail shops
Fast barcode selling at the counter, stock updated with every sale, and your shop's figures on one screen.
In Arabic and English Works on your phone
Suggested apps for your trade
- Point of saleFast barcode selling with cash and card
- InventoryItems, warehouses, transfers, counts and stock valuation
- SalesCustomers, quotations, sales orders, sales invoices and returns
- PurchasingSuppliers, purchase orders, purchase invoices and returns
- AccountingChart of accounts, journals, expenses, receipts and payments, statements and VAT
What gets in the way, every day
Queues at the till
Every minute at the till delays the next customer, and hand-typed prices cost you margin.
Unclear stock per item
You don't know exactly what is left of each item in each branch or store until you count by hand.
Best sellers running out
Best sellers run out at the wrong time while slow items pile up.
Internet outages
A dropped connection should never stop selling at peak time.
From Ehsebly's real apps
How Ehsebly helps
- Point of sale
Fast selling by barcode or tap, paid in cash, by card or split between them.
- Point of sale
The till keeps selling without the internet and sends its sales when back online.
- Point of sale
Shifts with the drawer counted per payment method against what is expected, then the Z report.
- Point of sale
Loyalty points customers earn on every sale and redeem on a later one.
- Inventory
Each item's stock in each warehouse, transfers between them, and counts by camera scanning.
- Inventory
Reorder suggestions with the quantity and supplier, turned into purchase orders in one press.
- Inventory
Price lists and price rules, and printed barcode labels.
- Accounting
Financial statements and the VAT return in your country's boxes, ready from your entries.
Iraq
Invoices as Iraq requires
Clear invoices in your currency, with no VAT for now.
- Currency
- dinar · IQD
- Tax
- No VAT for now
Suggested plan
The Growth plan
It includes every app suggested for your trade.
From the Knowledge center
Frequently asked questions
Does the till work without the internet?
Yes. The till keeps selling offline and sends its sales when back online. The rest of the app needs a connection.
Can I run more than one branch?
Yes, within the same business: each branch till has its own store, price list, payment methods and receipt text, and stock shows per warehouse.
Can I bring my items from Excel?
Yes: products, opening stock, customers and suppliers from an Excel file (up to 300 rows and 2 MB a file).
Which plan suits retail shops?
The Growth plan includes every suggested app. Full prices are on the pricing page.
Ehsebly… and relax.
Every dinar in its place. In the currency of Iraq, from today.
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