Three godowns, every rack and bin addressed, putaway on receipt, pick lists that tell the picker exactly which bin to walk to, packages weighed and dispatched - and the stock on the floor agreeing with the stock in the books.
What you set up
Warehousing & C&F distribution businesses run on the Business plan, which turns on 38 modules:
- Invoices & clients
- Retail till & shops
- Reports & books
- AI assistant
- Investments & 80C
- Income tracking
- GST & returns
- TDS returns
- Bank reconciliation
- Recurring rules
- Projects
- Time tracking
- Loyalty programme
- Inventory & stock
- Online store
- Sales & purchase orders
- Couriers & parcels
- Manufacturing
- Fixed assets & depreciation
- Site visits
- Records
- Items catalog
- Forms & lead capture
- QR & tracking
- CRM & deals
- Email & sequences
- Consent & compliance
- Accounts & unified Inbox
- Cost centres
- Approvals & automation
- Developers & API
- Public API & webhooks
- Campaigns & UTM
- Landing pages
- Website chatbot
- Partner programs
- Commission ledger
- Commission statements
Turn any of these off if you don't need them - see setting Finocket up for your trade for the two decisions worth getting right on day one.
What you'll do day to day
Godowns with their state and GSTIN
Signed in as the owner, open /inventory. Three godowns in Maharashtra, each with its state code; stock by godown after sales.
Every rack and bin addressed
Signed in as a staff member, open /inventory/bins. Khapri warehouse: racks A-F, five levels, staging and returns bays; stock by bin.
Putaway on receipt
Signed in as a staff member, open /warehouse/putaway. An inward truck's lines each get a suggested bin; confirm and the bin quantity moves.
Pick lists that walk the aisle
Signed in as a staff member, open /warehouse/pick-lists. A dealer order's pick list sorted by bin; one short line with a reason code.
Pack, weigh, dispatch
Signed in as a staff member, open /warehouse/packing. Packages with weight and dimensions, dispatched against the pick list.
Stock moves between godowns on paper
Signed in as a staff member, open /inventory/transfers. A posted transfer from Khapri to Butibori; both godowns move; in-transit until received.
The count that posts
Signed in as the owner, open /inventory/count. Count rack C; the finalised count posts the real variance.
Returns into the returns bay
Signed in as a staff member, open /warehouse/returns. The RET-01 returns bay at Khapri, where returned cartons wait for a disposition.
Order, receipt and bill matched
Signed in as the accountant, open /procurement. A depot purchase order, its goods receipt and the supplier's bill side by side.
E-way bill on the inter-state invoice
Signed in as a staff member, open /invoices. A Raipur dealer invoice with the e-way bill, vehicle and transporter in the dispatch block.
Paid net of the storage client's TDS
Signed in as the accountant, open /invoices. A Brightline storage bill and its receipt with the TDS the client withheld recorded: cash in is net, the bill is paid at gross.
Fleet costs tagged by vehicle
Signed in as the accountant, open /expenses. Freight and handling bills booked with the vehicle number, trip reference and fleet expense type.
A Nagpur C&F warehouse where the floor and the books agree
Before: Stock by godown only, pickers walking the aisles looking, and transfers between godowns on paper.
With Finocket: Racks and bins addressed, pick lists sorted by bin, packages weighed and dispatched, and posted transfers between three godowns.
(Vidarbha Warehousing & Logistics, a demo warehousing & c&f distribution workspace in Nagpur, Maharashtra - not a real customer.)
Next
See how Finocket fits your trade for the same use cases with the case study in full, or bring your existing books across if you're switching from another system. Running this on a phone at the counter and a desktop at month-end? See what each device is best for.