Inventory

See what you lost without selling it

Parts leave your shelf in two ways: sold, or not sold. The second kind is the one nobody measures — a screen cracked on the bench, a count that came up short, a battery that went somewhere. Here it is, priced at what it cost you.

1. What counts as shrinkage

   Every stock movement that went down without a sale behind it: manual adjustments and audit corrections. A sale is not shrinkage — you got paid for that one.

2. Pick your period and store

   A month at a time is usually the right window. If you run more than one store, look at them separately before you compare — a number only means something next to the shop it came from.

3. Read it at cost, not at price

   Each line is valued at what the part cost you, because that is what you actually lost. Valuing it at the sale price would inflate the damage with profit you were never going to make on a broken screen.

4. The reason and the name are the point

   Every line carries who made the adjustment and the reason they typed. That is what turns a number into something you can act on — the same reason repeating every month is a process problem, not bad luck.

5. Make the reasons honest

   This report is only as good as what people type when they adjust. Ask your team for the real reason instead of a dash. A blank reason column tells you nothing and costs you the same money.