You've seen this story
Stock report says 47 units. Shelf has 39. Or 53. Or, on a really bad day, both — depending on which staff member you ask.
After working with 120+ Bangladeshi businesses, we've seen the same five root causes again and again.
1. Receipt-without-PO
A delivery arrives. Staff stacks it. Nobody updates the system. Three days later, stock is "missing" — except it's been there all along.
Fix: Make GRN (goods receipt note) a phone-tap workflow at the dock door.
2. Sales bypass
A regular customer walks in, the owner sells from the floor, "I'll log it later." Later never comes.
Fix: Mandatory POS for every sale. No exceptions, even for the owner.
3. Unrecorded transfers
Branch A sends 12 units to Branch B. Both branches forget to log the transfer.
Fix: Two-step transfer with mobile confirmation at both ends.
4. Damaged-stock denial
Damaged goods sit in a corner. They're not in the sellable count, but they're still on the books.
Fix: Weekly damage-out cycle, with photo evidence.
5. Returns without paperwork
Customer returns goods. Staff puts them back on the shelf. The return is never logged.
Fix: Return slip is mandatory and must reference the original invoice.
The workflow change that solves all five
Run a 15-minute daily cycle count of your top-100 SKUs by value. That's it. Five minutes per workflow gap × 30 days = a system that self-heals.
