• A receiving area inside an open roller door, a pallet of cartons with the top one opened and a clipboard resting on it, a dented box set beside it, parts shelving and the service bays beyond.

    Shrink Isn’t Only Theft

    When the count comes up short, theft is the first thought. Often the stock was never there, or it left without anyone recording it. Sort the cause before you act.

  • A brightly lit hardware and outdoor power equipment store seen from above, two staff with clipboards counting stock at the far end of an aisle, mowers by the front windows.

    Getting a Physical Inventory You Can Trust

    An annual physical should confirm the inventory is right, not be the day you find out it is wrong. Most of that is decided before and after the count.

Every store has one.

The problem everybody works around, because fixing it looks harder than living with it. Tell us yours and we’ll tell you what we’d look at first.