Stocktaking Services Provided
General
Stocktakes can reduce your overall running costs by identifying stock losses or inaccurate pricing. Our Stocktakers or Stockvaluers will save you time and money by carrying out the Stocktake quickly, efficiently and with as little disruption to your trading business.
Most people on hearing the words “Stocktaking” or “Stocktake” run and hide because they envisage long hours of counting, reams of stocklists and stockcounts, hours of collating and compiling of figures with possible re-checks of stockcounts with the final result being unsatisfactory, adding to the man hours, overtime and inconvenience caused to the business, it seems only good business sense to use a professional stocktaking company like ourselves, to take this milestone away and reduce the cost as well.
Regular Stock Checks could stop any losses escalating each year which in turn effects cash flow and continued profitability.
Countability UK are experienced in all trades including Newsagents, Forecourts, Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Hardware, Pharmacy, Off Licence, Pubs, Clubs, Garden Centres, Warehouses, Stadiums, Local Authorities and Leisure Centres. In addition, we carry out work for Government Departments, Police, Fire and NHS Services – which requires security clearance checks for our staff.
Annual Stocktaking
Most annual Stocktakes can be completed within one day without causing any upheaval to the business.
Stockcounts are carried out by our fully trained and qualified Stocktakers, they start by counting all the stock (which is owned or invoiced by the client) at the retail price and into the relevant categorises in a monetary form, from this we then take the VAT and trade recognised margins off to arrive at a cost figure.
This type of Stocktake can highlight all manner of issues for example Theft, Loss making areas and out of date items.
Business Transfer
Stock Valuations need a high level of accuracy and trade knowledge which all our Stock Valuers have.
Our Stock Valuers are continually updates their procedures and systems to value stock. The Stock Valuation can be carried out while the business is trading.
Our Stock Valuers will work in conjunction with another stocktaking firm (or fully manage the whole valuation) and negotiate on our clients behalf, which means you will get a highly professional and balanced service from one of the leaders in this field.
Insurance Valuations
The Stock Valuers will carry out this procedure in a similar way to annual Stocktakes except that we are valuing replacement cost to ensure the correct insurance cover is maintained, also in an insurance claim an appraisal of the damaged goods by our fully trained Stock Valuers can prove very useful when negotiating a settlement figure with the insurance company or other party.
We have experience in most types of stock and provide highly accurate information when stock or goods are unrecognisable due to damage caused.
Licensed Stocktaking
Our fully trained and experienced licensed trade stocktakers will carry out a line by line product stockcount which is then entered into our own specialised software system which gives lots of line by line information including the gross profit percentage. This system can give results on a weekly or monthly basis, which will be produced on site on the day.
Our licensed trade department can respond to your requirements at very short notice, this includes business transfers, unannounced stocks, valuations and management stocktakes within any type of organisations for example social clubs, single pubs, leisure centres, stadiums, restaurants, hotels, local authorities, nightclubs and multisite pub chains at competitive prices.
Forecourt Stocktaking
We carry out many forecourt stockcounts on a Monthly, Bi-monthly, Quarterly and Half-yearly basis by either monetary values or by scanners.
Our Stock Counters can produce summaries in several different formats to suit all the major oil companies.
Pharmacy Stocktaking
The Pharmacy Stocktakers within this department are highly qualified and use up to date technology within this very accurate yet timely procedure. Countability UK’s stocktaking team can adjust figures to any date required.
Inventories
An inventory stocktake is not just about listing the clients stock on pages of paper. It can involve location, description, count, size, price or any other information supplied.
We can also scan bar coded stock. This can be downloaded and complied into a final report. We can even input information collected onto any data format required.
Going back to the start of this section where we would list the stock on sheets of paper, we can take that method forward to where we could extend the stock lists to give quantity totals of stock or in monetary totals.
Asset Inventory
Countability UK can provide this service to either businesses, homeowners and letting agents, the asset inventory service will provide a complete record of all assets for example fixtures and fittings, business equipment, financial records and any other goods of value.
The reports we produce are backed up with complete documentation and photographic evidence to support any instances of loss. This can help when making Insurance claims or assisting in probate, divorce settlements and break up of business partnerships.
Test Purchasing
This service helps our client determine whether there customer and point of sale procedures and systems are working and accurate.
Date Checking
(This is a brand new service we are launching!) Where one of Countability UK’s Stock Checkers will come and check all our clients stock to make sure its firstly in date and identify any stock with short dates which could be overlooked by the client or there staff. A report would be produced on site or at a later date, this to be agreed by the client.
Stocktaking Consultancy
(Another brand new service!) We can provide expert advice on all your requirements, which could include advice on the best way to carry out the stocktake, making customised stationery and floorplans, adding Countability UK’s stockcounters to the clients workforce or supervision where necessary.