Stock Control Software

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I think very much in a similar way Croft. I create systems that allow for growth far before I need them to save having to change the way we operate when we take more staff on. I'm also a bit OTT when it comes to organisation.

Stock control is one thing we haven't figured out yet, nor is it a major problem just yet either.

The idea sounds good although possibly a bit OTT and relying on your staff to complete essential activities to make it work.

You could print a list and tick off what you have used for no cost.

If you were looking to launch something like this to the masses, you'd have to offer it for under £20 a month, more like £5 a month to begin with or a free trial.

If I did launch it in the end it would most likely be a limited thing to you guys on here to start with as a freebie to see what you reckon to it. Use you as guinea pigs to let me know if you feel it's worth anything or not. I wouldn't spend a lot of time promoting it as it would detract from my own business. To my mind if these things are good enough they promote themselves fairly quickly. If they're not they're not.

The issue for us is the amount of lines we have in each van. Over 200 actually, maybe we are a bit unusual because we do 2 main trades. Our vans are like mini plumbing merchants lol. The software we are using currently is very intuitive (even my apprentices can use it) and is incredibly quick to use which is important. The guys really like it to be honest as it's so simple to use and they know if they do it properly they don't need to stock check any more.

The price they want for it is not so good though - around £350 a month. Hence me getting someone in to create our own.