The queue
is the whole
problem.
A kirana counter lives or dies on how long a basket of twenty items takes. Everything else — the stockroom, the reports, the margins — matters, but not while somebody is standing there holding a basket.
Reordering
from memory.
The lines that move every week are the ones nobody writes down, because everybody knows them. Then the van is late, the shelf is empty on a Saturday, and the thing everybody knew turns out to have been a guess about lead times.
What stops happening
- Reordering the fast lines from memory on a Monday
- Writing the day’s takings into a notebook and typing them in later
- Finding out a supplier takes nine days, not four, on the day it matters
- Two prices for the same tin because the last delivery cost more
- Closing the till without knowing what should have been in the drawer
Keep the
queue moving.
Scanning that keeps up
A USB or Bluetooth scanner puts the line straight on the sale. Twenty items is twenty beeps, not twenty searches.
Cash, properly
Change calculated, cash in and out logged, safe drops recorded against the shift, and a Z report that says what should be in the drawer.
Suppliers with lead times
The lines you reorder every week carry how long that supplier actually takes, so the reorder point stops being folklore.
Weighted-average cost
When the same tin arrives at a new price, the cost moves to the weighted average of what you actually paid rather than to the newest invoice.
Sell through an outage
Prices are cached and receipt numbers are reserved in advance. The line dropping does not stop the queue.
Batches and expiry dates
Tell the setup wizard this is a grocery and the receiving screen grows perishable columns — a batch and an expiry date recorded against the stock as it comes in, rather than written on the box in marker pen.
Stock takes without a shutdown
Count a shelf or an aisle at a time, blind, and commit the variance. Nothing needs closing for a day.
Batch and expiry dates are recorded free. The report that tells you what is about to go out of date sits on the Valuation screen, which is part of the paid add-on.
For this trade.
Does it work if the internet drops mid-queue?
Can I sell loose goods by weight?
How fast is scanning, really?
Do I need a card machine?
Twenty items, twenty beeps,
and the next customer.
The till is free on WordPress.org. Suppliers, purchase orders and shift reports are in the add-on.