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Selling in Two Places, Counting Stock in One

A unified point of sale and inventory system that all but eliminated overselling and replaced monthly stock counts with live numbers.

A regional retail group
  • Retail & E-commerce
  • Custom Solutions
  • Inventory
97%Fewer oversold online orders
Real timeStock accuracy across counter and cart
6 hrsWeekly reconciliation work removed
The Transformation

From Business Problem to Working Solution

A clear view of what changed, why each decision mattered and how the final solution came together.

01 · The Challenge01

What Was Holding Growth Back

The counter and the website kept separate stock counts, and they were reconciled once a month. In between, the online shop cheerfully sold things the stores had already sold, and customers found out when the apology email arrived. Staff had stopped trusting the numbers entirely, which meant buying decisions were being made on instinct.

What this meant

  • Operational friction exposed
  • Business risk made visible
  • Priority bottlenecks isolated
02 · The Approach02

How We Found the Right Path

We started at the counter, because a point of sale that is slower than the old one gets abandoned no matter how good the reporting is. The till flow was built and tested with the staff who use it hundreds of times a day before we connected anything else to it.

What this meant

  • Users and workflows mapped
  • Highest-impact path prioritized
  • Decisions validated in stages
03 · The Solution03

What We Built to Solve It

We built one inventory that both the point of sale and the online shop write to in real time, with transfers between stores handled in the same system. Pricing, promotions and returns run through a single set of rules, and the reporting the owners actually use — what is selling, where, and what needs reordering — comes off the same data.

What this meant

  • Connected experience delivered
  • Maintainable foundation established
  • Measurement built into launch
Inside the Solution

The System Behind the Outcome

The product capabilities and technology foundation that turned the strategy into something teams could use every day.

Developer working on a business system
Solution Blueprint

Designed as one connected, maintainable system.

We built one inventory that both the point of sale and the online shop write to in real time, with transfers between stores handled in the same system. Pricing, promotions and returns run through a single set of rules, and the reporting the owners actually use — what is selling, where, and what needs reordering — comes off the same data.

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Core capability

Single real-time inventory across stores and online

Designed around the highest-impact workflow so users reach value with fewer steps and less friction.

02
Core capability

Fast till flow built with the staff who use it

Connected cleanly with the surrounding system to reduce duplicate work and keep information consistent.

03
Core capability

Inter-store transfers and returns in one system

Built with clear controls, validation and visibility so teams can use it confidently every day.

04
Core capability

Reordering and sell-through reporting

Structured for maintainability, making future improvements easier to ship without disrupting the core experience.

Measured Impact

The Outcome in Numbers

The final result was measured against the business problem—not just whether the product shipped.

97%Fewer oversold online orders
Real timeStock accuracy across counter and cart
6 hrsWeekly reconciliation work removed
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A regional retail group

Client outcome

Apology emails effectively stopped, and the owners started making buying decisions from the reports instead of from memory. The group opened a fourth store on the same system with no additional setup.

Verified project resultBuilt for measurable impact

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