Challenges
The manual work this trade still runs on, what it costs, and what changes.
Billing a queue by hand
- How it is done today
- Prices are remembered or read off packets and added on a calculator or in a notebook.
- Cost or risk
- Slow counter at rush hour, totting errors, and no record of what was sold.
- With Finocket
- Scan the barcode and the item, price and GST land on the bill; cash, card and UPI are recorded.
Udhaar lives in a diary
- How it is done today
- A khata notebook with names and amounts, chased by phone calls or when the customer walks in.
- Cost or risk
- Amounts are forgotten or disputed, and money stays outside the shop for weeks.
- With Finocket
- Raise the bill on credit, see every pending amount on Outstanding, and send a WhatsApp reminder with a UPI pay link.
Running out of fast movers
- How it is done today
- The owner looks at the shelf and calls the distributor when something looks low.
- Cost or risk
- Lost sales on staples like sugar, oil and dal, and rushed purchases at a worse rate.
- With Finocket
- Reorder levels on items, a low-stock list, and a draft purchase order from it.
Expired packets on the shelf
- How it is done today
- Dates are checked by eye, if at all, when someone has time.
- Cost or risk
- Write-offs, unhappy customers, and goods past expiry left on sale.
- With Finocket
- Batch and expiry recorded at goods-in, with a near-expiry list to act on each week.
Cash does not match at closing
- How it is done today
- Count the drawer and compare it with a rough total in the notebook.
- Cost or risk
- Differences nobody can explain, and no split between cash and UPI.
- With Finocket
- A day close (Z report) that totals each tender from the bills of the day.
Mixed-up pack sizes
- How it is done today
- 500 g and 1 kg of the same atta share one name in the notebook.
- Cost or risk
- Wrong price charged and stock counts that drift.
- With Finocket
- Net quantity, packing and brand recorded on every item, with MRP beside them.
GST and books at the end of the month
- How it is done today
- A bag of bills goes to the CA, who types them in again.
- Cost or risk
- Late returns, CA fees for data entry, and errors in input credit.
- With Finocket
- Bills post to double-entry books; from Starter, GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B are prepared and your CA can log in.
Helpers at the counter see everything
- How it is done today
- The one phone or PC with the books is shared with whoever is billing.
- Cost or risk
- Margins and purchase prices visible to staff, and no record of who billed what.
- With Finocket
- A cashier role that can bill without seeing the books.