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Year-end stock count for head office: timeline and deliverablesHead office wants year-end stock figures and the books do not match the shelves. Work back from the cut-off date: timeline, roles, data to prepare and files to deliver.
Receiving a container from China against the packing listHow to check a container from China against the packing list: seal and photos at the door, counts by shipping mark, and on-the-spot records that support a later claim.
Managing a construction site warehouse: issue, return and countSteel, cable and pipe leave a site store by the handful. Issue and return slips, weekly spot counts, monthly counts and a close-out count keep stock traceable.
Fixed asset count: from the asset register to the shop floorTidy the register first, count by route and match serial numbers rather than names. Then sort results into four groups: matching, different, missing and unrecorded.
Excel versus 1C: a monthly reconciliation with the local accountantPut the warehouse Excel sheet and the accountant's 1C export side by side: agree the date, match on item code, sort gaps into five groups and make it a monthly routine.
Handing over a warehouse: a count that leaves no loose endsA new warehouse manager should not inherit unexplained gaps. What to prepare, how to count with three parties present, and how to record open items in a signed document.
All articles (40)
- Year-end stock count for head office: timeline and deliverables
- Receiving a container from China against the packing list
- Managing a construction site warehouse: issue, return and count
- Fixed asset count: from the asset register to the shop floor
- Excel versus 1C: a monthly reconciliation with the local accountant
- Handing over a warehouse: a count that leaves no loose ends
- Count paperwork in Uzbekistan: what local accountants usually expect
- Working with local storekeepers: roles, communication and trust
- Reading a difference list: patterns that point to the cause
- The week before a stock count: a preparation checklist
- Full count or cycle count: which suits a Chinese-owned factory
- Chinese, Russian and local item names: one mapping table ends mix-ups
- Spare parts for a factory: critical items and safety stock
- Tagging equipment and office assets: barcodes, locations and photos
- Shortages to write off? Assemble this evidence first
- Scheduling a count around holidays, working hours and delivery peaks
- Counting while operations continue: setting a cut-off time
- Goods in transit: shipped but not arrived, arrived but not booked
- ABC classification: focus counting effort on the items that matter
- Project close-out: counting equipment, reusable materials and tools
- Warehouse access and keys: who can enter and who can move stock
- A new Chinese manager's first month with a local warehouse
- Counting steel, pipe and cable: by weight, length or piece
- Short or damaged deliveries: records you need before claiming
- Reporting slow-moving stock to head office: age bands and proposals
- Idle and unrecorded equipment: what an asset count often turns up
- Warehouse audit self-check: ten points where gaps usually appear
- No common language on site: Chinese, Russian and Uzbek during a count
- How to recount: re-checking locations with large differences
- Mismatched units of measure: pieces, cartons, sets and kilograms
- The monthly stock report: figures head office actually looks at
- Tidying the asset register before you count
- Surprise spot checks: how to design them so they work
- Counting outside Tashkent: travel and planning for regional sites
- Counting batch-tracked and expiry-dated goods
- Customs paperwork versus receipt notes: matching two sets of figures
- Location codes and zoning: faster counts and faster picking
- Tools and low-value items: fixed assets or stock?
- A stock check before a partner leaves or ownership changes
- A trading warehouse: keeping the books in step with fast shipping