Inventory

Know what's in stock, and where, in real time.

Real-time across every store and every warehouse.

Most POS systems treat stock as an afterthought. ninoPOS treats it as the heartbeat — every sale, transfer, return, and adjustment is reflected in seconds, with multi-warehouse transfers and a full, immutable audit trail.

Today, without Inventory

  • Stock counts drift over weeks, then a stock-take blows up the books
  • Damaged and expired stock isn't logged — it just disappears
  • Low-stock alerts come too late, after the bestseller has sold out
  • Multi-store transfers are spreadsheets that nobody updates
  • No audit trail when things "just go missing"

With ninoPOS Inventory

  • Live stock per product per store, updated on every sale
  • Stock adjustments with reasons keep counts honest
  • Low-stock SMS / email when re-order point is hit
  • Inter-store transfers with goods-in-transit visibility
  • Every stock change has a reason, a user, and a timestamp
INVENTORY · CAPABILITIES

Everything in Inventory

No add-ons, no upsells — included on every plan.

Real-time stock

Stock numbers update on every sale, return, transfer, or adjustment — across all stores in seconds.

  • Live per-store stock
  • Per-variant tracking
  • Reservation support
  • Stock-on-order visibility

Stock movement history

Every sale, purchase, transfer, and adjustment writes an immutable movement record — what changed, by whom, and when.

  • Movement log per product
  • Reason on every change
  • Per-user audit trail
  • Filter by store + date

Low-stock alerts

Set re-order points. ninoPOS texts or emails when a product crosses the line — and shows you the suggested PO.

  • Per-product re-order point
  • SMS + email + dashboard
  • Suggested PO quantity
  • Per-store alert routing

Barcodes + variants

Each variant (size, colour, flavour) has its own barcode and stock count. Scanning at the till resolves cleanly.

  • Per-variant barcode
  • Bulk barcode print
  • Variant-aware reporting
  • EAN, UPC, Code-128

Adjustments with reasons

Damaged, lost, miscount, donation — every adjustment logs a reason and a user. Audit log is immutable.

  • Reason taxonomy
  • Per-user audit
  • Manager-approved adjustments
  • Adjustment journal in P&L

Stock valuation

See current stock value at cost, retail, and margin — per store, per category, in any currency.

  • At-cost + at-retail value
  • Margin per category
  • Multi-currency valuation
  • Snapshot per period

How Inventory works in practice

Step by step — from the customer touch to the final ledger entry.

1. Receive stock

Goods receipt note logs new stock and updates warehouse quantities. Barcodes generated if needed.

2. Sell at POS

Sale auto-deducts from the selling store's warehouse in real time.

3. Transfer between stores

Mark goods-in-transit at source, mark received at destination. Variances are flagged.

4. Get a low-stock alert

Re-order point hit → SMS / email / dashboard alert with suggested PO quantity.

5. Adjust with reason

Damaged or lost? Log it with reason. Audit log preserves the chain of custody.

6. Stock-take

Periodic count — system flags variances, you approve, books stay clean.

Built for East Africa

Local payments, currencies, and connectivity — sorted out of the box

Inventory ships with M-Pesa, multi-currency, offline-resilient checkout, and WhatsApp customer messaging baked in — no plugin, no add-on.

  • Record M-Pesa & mobile-money payments
  • TZS, KES, UGX, RWF, USD — multi-currency invoicing
  • Offline mode for areas with unstable internet
  • WhatsApp for receipts, reminders, and orders
  • Local tax (VAT) reporting baked in
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Frequently asked questions

Specific to Inventory.

Does it support batch and expiry tracking?

Batch & expiry tracking (lot numbers, expiry dates, FEFO) is on our roadmap — Coming Soon. Today ninoPOS gives you real-time stock, adjustments with reasons, multi-warehouse transfers, and low-stock alerts.

How do transfers between stores work?

Source store dispatches → goods-in-transit → destination store receives. Variances are flagged and need manager approval to clear.

Can I print barcode labels?

Yes. Bulk-generate and print labels in standard label-printer formats.

What if my Wi-Fi drops mid-stock-take?

The stock-take app works offline; counts queue and sync when you're back online.

Can I value stock in USD when my currency is TZS?

Yes. Stock valuation reports support any of your configured reporting currencies.

Ready to put Inventory to work?

Free to start, no credit card required. Live within an hour.