Simple Inventory & Stock Count Routine for Kirana Shops

Start with a manageable set of items

Record an identifiable name, unit, opening stock and purchase/selling prices for your most frequently sold products first. For loose products, define whether they are tracked by pieces, kilograms or litres.

Inventory movement example

If the shop opens with 20 packets, receives 12 and sells 8, expected closing stock is 24 packets. If physically counted stock is 22, investigate the 2-packet difference; do not silently change a completed sale.

Daily and weekly workflow

1. Receive new stock when deliveries arrive, using the invoice as supporting evidence.
2. Check that completed sales reduce tracked stock, where tracking is enabled.
3. Review low-stock alerts and count the high-turnover items daily.
4. Count slow-moving products on a weekly rotation and record adjustments with reasons.
5. Export stock and movement reports before device migrations.

Learn about inventory management in Bill It Bharat. QR basket workflows and cloud ordering have different requirements from local sale records.