Time to take stock: 8 stock management tips for better business
Stock Smarter
Imagine never needing to close your doors for stock checks again.
With Merchanter, you can achieve perpetual inventory, the holy grail of stock management. That means always knowing exactly what's on hand, on order, in transit, and reserved, eliminating the need for disruptive and time-consuming closures.
Merchanter, our cloud-based ERP software, empowers you to:
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Gain real-time visibility into your entire inventory, including stock levels, orders, and reservations.
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Increase accuracy and trust in your data, so you can make informed business decisions with confidence.
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Eliminate the need for stock closures and keep your business running smoothly.
Spend less time counting stock and more time focusing on what matters most – growing your business.
Slow moving stock
Identify slow-moving stock quickly and create targeted promotions or deals to get it selling faster.
Perpetual stock checks
Ditch time-consuming full stock takes. Gain confidence in your stock levels by focusing daily checks on a select few items for optimal accuracy.
Handy sub-stocks
Leverage lot tracking to pinpoint stock locations, identify certified items, track shipments and batches, and more.
Buy or make stock?
Use real-time stock levels to determine if buying or making stock aligns better with your sales goals. Consider repurposing existing stock into higher-demand products.
Certified life
Track product movements and stock to maintain clear visibility on all certified products you handle, ensuring regulatory adherence.
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Quick wins for smarter stock
Merchanter is industry-specific software. That means it lets you categorise and stock materials in whatever way you need to. You can hold product by weight, length and type, and conversions between different metrics are really simple.
So however you want to buy, stock, process, range and sell your materials, Merchanter makes it easy and accurate.
Fit For Your Purpose
Stock Smarter with systems
Milling, Processing & Treatments
Add to customer orders or mill for stock orders. Mill and Return lines improve the description of processing required, adding the right information to the cost and selling price of a job to ensure you are making a sensible margin every time.
You can also send material to Outworkers for additional processing – whatever your way of working, Merchanter allows you the ultimate control with the ultimate flexibility.
Length Reporting and Control
Get incredible insight into the movement and performance of stock by length, perfect for timber merchants.
Hold each cross section of timber to a specification of lengths.
See all lengths on one stock display and enter multiple lengths on one order line.
Multi-Branch Trading
Know what is stocked at every branch, in any format, instantly. Place orders for customers to be despatched from straight from your other branches, or restock regionally before you run out.
Volume to 3 Decimal Places
Sounds simple – but most systems can’t do it!
We help increase accuracy in volume, reduce waste, and boost your profits.
Industry-specific benefits that help you work smarter, not harder.
Merchanter is particularly suited to the complexities of construction supplies and allows incredibly easy switching between metrics, packs, lengths, weights and any other required criteria to make merchant trading and stock management simpler and more accurate.