stock control software

[bigj2552]

canny mind if i asked this before....sorry if i did ( i did search )

dont use Excel......
anything else i can use to keep tabs on stock - in/out/running totals ect.

something with some sort of ready made templates i can edit.

or is it just a case of....learn Excel and get on with it :rolleyes:

[Justin]

Would Excel do what you need? Are you just looking for an alternative or something a little different? There are the open source alternatives, OpenOffice etc. Whilst some of these are excellent I always seem to come back to Excel but it depends what you need it to do.

[bigj2552]

something EASY lol........have openoffice just now justin....not used it yet tho.....just downloaded it last wk..does it have ready made templates i can use/edit for stock control ect ?

[mrs maggot]

adminsoft accounts in a free to use accounting package and it does have some stock control with it, i still ufortunaley favour the old fashioned way, and every box of stock has a sheet on it with the total, and i cross off what i take out of the box, so i can (normally i do make errors sometimes) see what i need at a glance around the workshop.

[logobear]

I would like to see my stock, but know i CANNOT BE AR**ED to enter every item i sell, easier to look at the shelf and see if it is full or empty .....
how much detail does it have to provide ? - every sheet of media/mug ? - every meter of vinyl ?
I know stock is tied up working capital, but often the economic order quantity is a function of supplier minumum order and carrage costs plus how often you can be bothered to order. Some things like badge blanks I buy a years worth at a time, others like laser transfere i order at least every month so my stock level is much less.
mugs - I buy a pallet (1000) at a time because price/discount is less than the interest i can earn or pay on the capital involved.
How do you make stock work for you?

[mrs maggot]

never keep details of vinyl - hence some "oh shit" moments, but the bigger items - clothing, i find the old way is the best way - laminated wipe clean sheets to add stock on and take off, and just hang infront of the shelves

[RogerC]

vinyl is easy to keep track of.......Big roll equals lots. Small roll equals not much so maybe time to reorder. Clothing even easier.......no stock and order as required.........Simples.