POS Inventory Management
Inventory is the reason most businesses buy a POS system and the feature most of them abandon. It gets abandoned for one reason: the opening counts were wrong, the numbers drifted, and the owner stopped believing the screen. Getting the setup right is almost entirely about the first two weeks.
What this includes
- Catalog import from your old system, spreadsheet or supplier
- Variant matrices for size, color and style
- Counted opening balances done with you, not estimated
- Purchase orders, receiving and vendor records
- Reorder points and low-stock alerts
- Sell-through, margin and dead-stock reporting
- Cycle counting workflows that fit a working week
- Multi-location stock visibility and transfers
The honest version
We insist on counted opening balances, with you, even though it's the least fun day of the project. A catalog loaded with guessed quantities produces numbers that are wrong from hour one, and once an owner catches the system being wrong twice, they stop using that feature permanently. Everything downstream — reorder points, dead stock, margin reporting — depends on that first count being real.
Want to talk it through? Call (617) 958-8599 and a local tech will pick up. No sales script — we're trying to work out whether we can help.
Industries we do this for
Inventory Management: common questions
How do we get our products into the system?
Export from your current POS if it has one, or from a spreadsheet or supplier catalog. We clean the file, structure variants properly and load it. We'll tell you up front what will and won't come across.
Will inventory sync with our website?
Depends on both platforms. Several POS options share one inventory count with their own web store; others connect to outside e-commerce platforms. Tell us what your site runs on and we'll confirm what genuinely syncs.
What's a reorder point and do we need one?
The quantity at which the system flags an item for reordering. You need them on the items you can't be out of. Setting them on all 4,000 SKUs on day one produces noise you'll learn to ignore — we usually start with your top sellers and expand.
How often should we count?
Cycle counting — a section at a time on a rotation — beats one annual full count, because it catches drift while it's still small and doesn't require closing. We'll set up a rotation that fits your week.
Can we track cost and margin per item?
Yes, and it's the reporting most owners find most valuable once they have it. It regularly reveals that a top-selling item is barely profitable while something quieter carries the store.
Other things we handle
Credit Card Processing & Rate Review
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We set it up on your counter and train your team on your own floor. Included, not an upsell.
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A local tech answers the phone. Most issues resolved the same day, on-site.
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Call a local rep or send us the details. Free either way, with no obligation.
Areas we serve across Greater Boston
Six counties, same local number. Pick your town to see who we work with there, or call (617) 958-8599 and a local tech will pick up.
Suffolk County
Middlesex County
Norfolk County
Essex County
Plymouth County
Worcester County
Also serving: Winthrop, Belmont, Lexington, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, Reading, Wilmington, Billerica, Bedford, Natick, Weston, Wayland, Sudbury, Concord, Chelmsford, Tewksbury, Milton, Westwood, Canton, Randolph, Holbrook, Walpole, Sharon, Saugus, Swampscott, Marblehead, Nahant, Lynnfield, Danvers, Beverly, Hingham, Hull, Abington, Rockland, Whitman, Hanover, Bridgewater, Kingston, Duxbury, Marshfield, Shrewsbury, Westborough, Northborough, Grafton, Auburn and surrounding communities throughout the six-county Greater Boston area. Don't see your town? Call (617) 958-8599 — if we cover it, we'll tell you; if we don't, we'll say so.