Direct answer
Accurate stock needs every receipt, sale, transfer and adjustment recorded when it happens, counted against the shelf on a regular schedule, and reviewed with credit and supplier data.
Practices that work
- Receive stock against purchase orders
- Record every sale and return immediately
- Use cycle counts on a schedule rather than one yearly count
- Set reorder points for fast movers
- Separate damaged and expired stock
- Review variances and find causes
When software helps
A POS and inventory system helps when several branches, many products or credit sales make notebooks unreliable by linking sales and stock automatically.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the short answer?
Record every movement when it happens, count regularly and review variances and credit together.
What should a business do next?
List your products and branches, set count routines and consider a POS and inventory system if manual records are failing.