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Useful reads on warehouses, stock counts and audits.
What a revision is and what it is forWhat a revision is: a check of the actual state of assets and records and whether they match, in which counting the stock is only one part of the process.
Revision vs stock count: what is the differenceRevision vs stock count: a stock count counts the goods, while a revision judges the result of the count and the entire record-keeping system.
Preventing shortages: everyday control habitsShortages build up from small daily lapses, not on the day of the revision. Five simple habits in receiving, issuing and storage stop errors at the start.
Scheduled vs surprise revisions: which helps moreScheduled and surprise revisions: a scheduled one shows how solid the warehouse's order is, a surprise one shows what happens on an ordinary working day.
Who sits on a revision committeeThe revision committee should consist of reliable, experienced staff who do not depend on the unit being checked, so that the result can be trusted.
What to prepare before a revisionPreparing for a revision: a set of documents, the latest balance data and an orderly warehouse are the three key things that keep the count quick and accurate.
All articles (40)
- What a revision is and what it is for
- Revision vs stock count: what is the difference
- Preventing shortages: everyday control habits
- Scheduled vs surprise revisions: which helps more
- Who sits on a revision committee
- What to prepare before a revision
- Revision when the storekeeper changes: the handover
- A revision order: what it should contain
- Cash vs warehouse revision: what differs
- Ways to reconcile inventory with records
- Revising branches and several warehouses: one routine
- First steps when a shortage is found
- What to do when a surplus turns up
- Classifying the causes of shortages
- Expired and spoiled goods: how to write them off
- Natural loss allowances in general terms
- Source documents: what a revision checks against
- Movement without paperwork: where the risk hides
- Why the 1C or Excel balance differs from the physical count
- How a reconciliation statement is prepared
- A revision report: its structure
- The responsible person's explanation: what to include
- Making good a shortage: a documented and fair approach
- A full liability agreement
- Collective liability: advantages and risks
- Disputed situations during a revision
- Revising seasonal goods: before and after the season
- Recounts: when they are needed
- The sampling method in a revision
- A revision on the sales floor
- Revising an online shop: Telegram, Uzum and your own stock
- Revising goods in transit and held by third parties
- Should the warehouse stop during a revision
- After the revision: corrective actions
- Revision by batch and serial number: high-value goods
- A revision log: why keep one
- Talking to staff about revisions
- A revision-ready warehouse: a checklist
- A revision when a business is sold or a partner leaves
- Formalising revision results: a consistent order