Stock control for a fabric shop or haberdashery
By Loomton · Updated
Fabric is sold in lengths cut from a roll, and haberdashery in hundreds of small items. Both slip away quietly if sales are not recorded as they happen. A simple routine keeps the stock on paper and on the shelf the same.
A record for every roll
- A short code on a label at the end of the roll
- Fabric, colour and width
- Metres received, and the cost per metre
- The supplier, for the next order
Every cut comes off the roll
Record the length cut at the cutting table, to the centimetre if you sell that way: 0.5 m, 1.25 m. Scanning the roll's label saves typing and avoids charging for the wrong fabric.
Haberdashery by the piece
Zips, buttons, thread and trims are counted as pieces or packs. Group them by type so a reorder covers the whole shelf at once, and set a level at which you reorder the items you sell every day.
Check a section each month
Measure the rolls in one section each month and correct the records. Differences point to cuts that were not recorded or to remnants sold off.
