Make an Inventory

With enforePOS, you can make an inventory, manage your inventory list and reconcile your shortages. In this How-To, we'll show you how to do it. 

Requirements

Export Inventory List

If you have already counted your stock, you can export and print the inventory list. This way you can count your sales items and enter the values later collected in enforePOS.

Exporting an inventory list is only possible with a preview code. If you would like to know this preview code, feel free to contact our enforeCare Team at care@enfore.com.

To export the inventory list, proceed as follows:

  1. Open in the POS menu Inventory > Inventory List.
  2. Tap in the upper right corner on FeatureTypeOther.svg.
  3. Select [Export Stock of Inventory].Bildschirmfoto⮕ The Recipient window opens.
  4. Enter a recipient.

    When you create the recipient for the first time, enter the name and email address of the recipient.

  5. Confirm your entry with NavbarCheckmark-15.svg.Bildschirmfoto⮕ You have successfully exported the inventory list.
  6. Tap on [Confirm]
    Bildschirmfoto ⮕ A ZIP file is sent to the recipient by email. The file name results from the day and time of the export. The ZIP file contains the file stock.csv, which you can open with a spreadsheet program (e.g. Excel) and print out.Bildschirmfoto

Start Inventory

  1. Open Inventory > Stock Taking in the POS menu to start the inventory.
  2. Tap on Add.svg in the upper right corner.
    Bildschirmfoto⮕ The New Inventory window opens.
  3. Enter a name or description for the inventory in the first field.
  4. Choose your storage location.
  5. Select the person responsible for the stock taking.
    This is usually the currently logged-in user.
  6. Confirm your entry with SingleSelectionCheck.svg.Bildschirmfoto⮕ The Inventory window opens.

    The inventories are numbered consecutively.

Counting Sales Items

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  1. Tap on the sales item you want to count.Bildschirmfoto⮕ The Count Inventory window opens. The already counted stock is displayed.

    The stock of a sales item that you have not counted so far, but that you have already sold from the cash register, is displayed as negative stock (e.g. -20). Sales items with negative stock are also displayed as to be counted in the inventory.

  2. Use the number field to enter the new stock.
  3. Confirm your input with Return-15.svg.
    Bildschirmfoto⮕ The new stock is displayed in the Counting column.
  4. Tap on [Save count].Bildschirmfoto

    The Pause button allows you to pause the count. To continue counting afterwards, tap on Pause.svg in the Inventory window.

    ⮕ The NavbarCheckmark-15.svg icon indicates that the sales item has been counted and the counted inventory matches the expected inventory. Bildschirmfoto

Recount Sales Items

When a sales item is recounted, the previous counting result is replaced.

There are two ways to make a new count of the already counted sales item. You can either tap on the sales item or swipe over it.

  1. Enter the new count, or reset the count.
  2. Confirm the input with Return.svg.
  3. Tap on [Update Counting] or on SingleSelectionCheck.svg.Bildschirmfoto

Reconcile Stock Differences

If the actual stock of a sales item differs from the expected stock, you can use the Reconcile function to enter reasons for the stock difference.

In order for stock differences to be marked as Unreconciled during inventory, the settings Do not show current stock level in Stock Taking and Reconcile automatically in Stock Taking must be deactivated under Inventory > Inventory Settings.

  1. Enter the actual stock. In this case, the actual stock is lower than the expected stock.
  2. Confirm your entry with Return-15.svg.Bildschirmfoto⮕ The difference is displayed in the Difference column. The sales item is marked as Unreconciled.
  3. Tap on [Update Counting].Bildschirmfoto⮕ The sales item is marked as Unreconciled.Bildschirmfoto
  4. Tap again on the sales item which is to be reconciled.
    ⮕ The Inventory reconciliation window opens.
  5. Enter the amount by which the actual stock differs from the expected stock.
  6. Confirm with Return.svg.Bildschirmfoto⮕ The Decrease window opens.
  7. Select a reason here. In this case we choose Correction.Bildschirmfoto
  8. Tap on [Reconcile].Bildschirmfoto⮕ The stock difference has been reconciled.

Complete Inventory

When you have counted the stock of all sales items, you can complete the inventory. To do this, proceed as follows:

  1. Tap in the header on NavbarCheckmark-15.svg.Bildschirmfoto⮕ The inventory is marked as Completed.

Export Inventory List

When the inventory is completed, you can export and print the inventory list. To do this, proceed as follows:

  1. Open Inventory > Stock Taking in the POS menu.
  2. Open the inventory you want to export.
  3. Tap on Export.svg in the upper right corner.
    Bildschirmfoto⮕ The Recipient window opens.
  4. Enter a recipient and confirm with NavbarCheckmark-15.svg.Bildschirmfoto⮕ A window appears to notify you of the successful export.
  5. Tap on [Confirm].Bildschirmfoto⮕ A ZIP file is sent to the recipient by email. The file name results from the day and time of the export. The ZIP file contains the file content.csv, which you can open with a spreadsheet program (e.g. Excel) and print.Bildschirmfoto

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