Inventory problems cost shops money every day — overstocking ties up capital, understocking loses sales, and unknown shrinkage erodes profits silently. Dhando POS gives you complete, real-time visibility into your stock: what you have, where it is, and what it's worth.
📈 2026 Trend: India's inventory management software market grew to USD 167 million in 2024 and is expanding at 12% CAGR. Kirana stores that adopted real-time stock tracking reported 15% fewer out-of-stock incidents and up to 20% reduction in monthly losses from unrecorded sales. Stock visibility is now the #1 feature Indian shopkeepers look for in billing software.
Looking for the best inventory management app for your kirana store, grocery shop, or retail business? Dhando POS gives you real-time stock visibility — every sale automatically deducts stock, every purchase adds it. Set low-stock alerts so you never run out of fast-moving items. Manage thousands of SKUs with categories, units, and barcodes. Whether you run one counter or a chain of stores, Dhando POS keeps your inventory accurate.
How Stock Tracking Works
Every product in Dhando POS has a stock level. This number automatically changes when:
- A sale is completed — stock decreases
- A purchase or AI purchase import is saved — stock increases
- A return is processed — stock adjusts accordingly
- A manual stock adjustment is recorded
- A stock count reconciles recorded vs. physical quantities
At any point, you can open the product list and see the current stock level for every item — updated to the last transaction.
Product Details
Each product stores everything you need to manage it properly:
Adding Products in Bulk
Setting up a new shop with hundreds of products? The Bulk Add Products screen lets you enter multiple products in a spreadsheet-style view — one product per row. Fill in name, SKU, price, cost, category, and opening stock, then save everything at once.
This is far faster than adding products one by one, especially during initial setup. For very large catalogs, you can also import from a spreadsheet via the web version.
Stock Adjustment
Need to correct stock without a purchase or sale? Stock adjustments let you:
- Add stock for damaged returns from suppliers not on a purchase invoice
- Remove stock for breakage, theft, or spoilage
- Correct opening balances when setting up
- Account for free samples or promotional giveaways
Every adjustment requires a reason, creating an audit trail. Adjustments made offline are queued and synced when internet is available.
Physical Stock Count
Once or twice a year (or monthly for fast-moving categories), you need to physically count your stock and match it against the system. Dhando POS has a dedicated Stock Count screen for this:
Start a New Count
Open Stock Count and start a new session. Choose to count all products or a specific category.
Scan or Enter Counted Quantities
Walk the shop with your phone. Scan each product's barcode and enter the physical count. Or type the product name and count manually.
Review Discrepancies
The app shows you which products match the system (green) and which have discrepancies (orange or red). Items not counted show as unchecked.
Approve Adjustments
Approve the count to automatically create stock adjustments that bring your system quantities in line with physical reality.
📊 Stock Expiry Tracking: For shops with perishable goods — pharmacies, grocery, dairy — set expiry dates on products. Dhando POS can generate a stock expiry report so you know what's about to go off before it does.
Multi-Location Stock
If you run two or more shop branches, each location tracks its own stock independently. Transfer stock between locations, run stock reports per branch, and keep location-specific pricing — all from one account.
Who Benefits Most?
- Grocery & kirana stores: Daily stock movement from dozens of suppliers needs accurate tracking
- Pharmacy shops: Expiry dates and controlled quantities are critical
- Cloth & footwear stores: Variations (size, color) make manual tracking impractical
- Hardware stores: Hundreds of SKUs across multiple categories
- Wholesale dealers: High-volume stock movements that must balance with purchases
Frequently Asked Questions
Dhando POS offers free inventory management for kirana stores and retail shops. Products are managed with categories, units, barcodes, and tax rates. Stock auto-updates on every sale and purchase. Low-stock alerts notify you before items run out.
Dhando POS supports bulk product upload via spreadsheet template — import hundreds of products at once. You can also scan barcodes to add products individually or use the AI purchase import to add stock from a supplier invoice photo.
Yes. Dhando POS supports multi-location inventory. Each branch has its own stock count, and you can transfer stock between locations. View consolidated or branch-specific stock reports from a single dashboard.
Set a minimum stock level (reorder point) for each product. Dhando POS alerts you when any product falls below that threshold — helping you reorder before you run out and lose sales.
Use Stock Adjustment in Dhando POS: go to Products → Stock Adjustment, select products you've physically counted, enter actual quantities, and the app calculates discrepancies and updates stock accordingly. Ideal for monthly stock audits.
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