Guides and ideas for running a shop: point of sale, stock and the numbers that matter.
What centralized inventory management means, how it compares with distributed stock, and a Lusaka example in kwacha that shows which products to hold at the centre and which to leave in the branches.
A serial number follows one unit, a lot number a whole batch. Which goods need which, a recall and a warranty claim worked in Uganda shillings, and how to record both in ArmPOS.
What replaces the stock book, the credit book and the count sheets, what the move costs in hours and labels, and the seven steps, worked for a Mbarara hardware shop of 420 products.
What MRO inventory is, with examples by trade, and how to decide which spares to hold: a Kenyan maize mill's wear parts and insurance spares in shillings.
Distributed inventory defined against centralized, the stock it costs on slow lines and saves on fast ones, a Lusaka example in kwacha, and how to run branches that order their own stock.
Eight steps to a bill of materials you can build, buy and price from, worked on a Kampala school desk, with a costed template to copy into a spreadsheet.
How a buyer turns a bill of materials into orders: 120 school desks worked from BOM to purchase list in Uganda shillings, with lead times through Mombasa.
How consignment stock works from delivery to settlement, the terms to agree, who records what, and a Kampala example that shows when buying outright earns more.
What a bill of materials is, its levels and six types, the fields it needs and how to keep it right, worked on one school desk in Uganda shillings.
A quarter of out-of-stocks happen with the goods in the store. How to keep the shelf full, check the till each shift and size a seasonal buy, worked in EGP.
How to turn demand into a weekly production plan: capacity worked out in units, a level plan against a chase plan, and the materials checked, for a five-machinist workshop in Cairo.
The kinds of manufacturing waste, how to measure yield and scrap rate, and one Lagos bakery week in NGN where four fixes cut scrap from 8.0% to 2.3%.
