{"product_id":"stock-delivery-toolkit","title":"Stock and Delivery Toolkit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"vxp-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA customer just paid for the last one. Except it sold in the shop yesterday. Sound familiar?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you sell in a shop, on a website and in Instagram DMs, stock and delivery get messy fast. The Stock and Delivery Toolkit gives you one simple system to know what you have, reorder on time, and get every order to the customer without losing money on the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep one stock count across your shop, website and Instagram\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet reorder points with a simple formula and clear KES examples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSend proper purchase orders and run stock takes that stop overselling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompare riders, couriers, shuttle parcels and express options with indicative costs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrice delivery right, follow a dispatch routine, and handle returns calmly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes the Stock \u0026amp; Delivery Workbook with inventory, purchase order and delivery cost sheets, formulas built in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it's for:\u003c\/strong\u003e founders of fashion, beauty, home, food and craft brands in Kenya and across Africa who are ready to stop firefighting and run operations with confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"vxp-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e21-page PDF playbook + spreadsheet template\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstant download\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM-Pesa or card\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"vxp-prev\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"vxp-lab\"\u003eFree preview\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChapter 1: One stock count across shop, website and Instagram\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost overselling starts with a simple problem. The shop has its own count. The website has another. Instagram has no count at all, just a memory of what is \"probably still there\". Three numbers for one product means at least two are wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe rule: one source of truth\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoose one place where the real stock number lives. Every sale, from every channel, reduces that number. Every delivery from a supplier increases it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour options, from simplest to strongest:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eOption\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eGood for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWeak point\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA shared spreadsheet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnder 50 products, one or two people selling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepends on people updating it every time\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYour store platform's inventory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrands with a website that handles most sales\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShop and DM sales must still be entered by hand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA point of sale linked to your store platform\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrands with a physical shop and a website\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCosts more and takes setup time\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are starting from nothing, start with the spreadsheet. Move to software when the spreadsheet starts to slow you down, not before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGive every item a SKU\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA SKU (stock keeping unit) is a short code for one exact item. Not \"the linen shirt\", but \"the linen shirt, white, size M\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep the format simple and readable: product short name LSH, color WHT, size M, so the SKU is LSH-WHT-M. Write it on the shelf label and in the spreadsheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRecording sales from every channel\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShop sales.\u003c\/strong\u003e Use your till or a sales book. At closing time, the shop lead updates the stock sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstagram and WhatsApp sales.\u003c\/strong\u003e These are the ones that get missed. Make it a rule: the moment payment lands, the person handling the chat reduces stock. Not at the end of the day. Right away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExample:\u003c\/strong\u003e Halima runs a modest fashion brand in Mombasa with a small shop and a strong Instagram. She kept losing track of abayas sold through DMs. She added a \"Sold via DM\" tab to her stock sheet and pinned it on the team's phones. Overselling dropped from five or six times a month to almost zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a clean count only tells you what you have today. Halima's bigger problem was still ahead: her bestselling black abaya kept running out for two weeks at a time, right when her posts were doing best. The fix was one simple formula, and once she saw her own numbers in it, she realized she had been reordering far too late...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vxp-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"vxp-gate\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"vxp-lock\"\u003eThe rest is unlocked after purchase\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy once, download instantly and keep it. Your download link arrives by email and on your order page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VervePro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67762054627606,"sku":"VP-STOCK-DELIVERY-TOOLK","price":7499.0,"currency_code":"KES","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/5225\/2694\/files\/cover_01fa3a6e-4b27-423d-8a37-f2995c5cba48.jpg?v=1792393257","url":"https:\/\/www.verveproconsulting.com\/products\/stock-delivery-toolkit","provider":"VervePro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}