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The stock counting and inventory accuracy blog

Method guides, country-specific advice and the operational detail behind counts that survive audit review.

Method

How to run a physical stock count that your accountant will trust

A step-by-step guide to planning cut-off, zoning a warehouse, running blind recounts and documenting variances so the count survives review.

2026-02-04 · 8 min read

Ghana

Stock taking services in Ghana: what a proper count should cost you

How Ghanaian pharmacies, distributors and supermarkets should scope a stock count, what drives the price, and the mistakes that make counts worthless.

2026-02-11 · 7 min read

Nigeria

Inventory management for Nigerian distributors: fixing multi-warehouse drift

Why Lagos and Abuja distributors lose control across depots, consignment stock and route vans, and how a synchronised count restores a single truth.

2026-02-18 · 7 min read

South Africa

Audit-ready stocktaking in South Africa: what your auditors expect to see

The count evidence, methodology notes and variance documentation South African auditors look for during year-end inventory attendance.

2026-02-25 · 6 min read

Kenya

Retail shrinkage in Kenya: what a proper stock count reveals

Nairobi and Mombasa retailers lose margin to unrecorded damages, receiving errors and expiry. Here is how a supervised count quantifies each cause.

2026-03-04 · 6 min read

Ivory Coast

Physical inventory in Côte d'Ivoire: counting an import and re-export hub

Abidjan warehouses hold stock for several markets at once. Here is how ownership, destination and bilingual reporting shape a reliable count.

2026-03-11 · 6 min read

Method

Duplicate SKUs are quietly destroying your inventory reports

How duplicate and inconsistent item records create phantom shortages and overages, and the cleanup process that removes them for good.

2026-03-18 · 5 min read

Method

Near-expiry stock control for pharmacies and pharmaceutical distributors

Expiry losses are predictable months in advance. A batch-level count plus a rolling expiry schedule turns write-offs into recoverable value.

2026-03-25 · 6 min read