Stock Taking

Stock taking can be a very manual, time consuming process. Due to it being a paper-based process, there is the danger that the figures recorded are not accurate. With RASCAL, stores can use the PDA to do a stock take. Using the PDA, the store scans scan every issue in stock in the store. Once the barcode has been scanned, it is matched against a list of issues held on the RASCAL database. After a successful match, the user enters the number of copies of that issue currently in stock.

This information is then uploaded immediately to the RASCAL website with a time and date of when the information has been sent to the website. The value of stock is calculated to use the retail selling value of each issue. The valuation of stock by store is displayed, with a grand total for all stores involved in the stock take. This speeds up the stocktaking process. It also makes the process more accurate. The retailer is given full visibility of which stores have undertaken a stock take.

RASCAL Features