Continuous stock tracking or periodic counts?
Continuous (perpetual) is more accurate and real-time but needs discipline on every receipt and sale. Periodic counts are cheaper but drift. Combination usually works best: continuous in POS, physical count once a quarter.
Try this first
- 1Set POS to continuous, log all incoming stock immediately.
- 2Schedule a quarterly count on the slowest morning.
- 3Book the count delta as a correction, not as a sale.
- 4Analyse the top 10 largest variances for theft or miskeying.
When to bring us in
Drift above roughly 2 to 3 percent yearly needs action. Check back door, returns, and receipt behaviour.
See also
- Lightspeed Retail or K-Series?Retail is for SKU-driven shops with e-commerce, K-Series is for hospitality.
- Is MplusKASSA right for my shop?Dutch vendor, strong for multi-store retail with solid accounting integration.
- Cloud POS or local only?Cloud needs reliable internet plus 4G failover, local-only loses multi-store sync.
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