Inventory software for wholesalers and distributors in Bangladesh
Track stock per warehouse, move goods between godowns with a transfer record, adjust for damage or shortage, and value stock by FIFO, LIFO or weighted average with by-warehouse reports.
A distributor's stock is rarely in one place. There is the main godown, a second one nearer the market, sometimes stock sitting with a sub dealer, and goods in transit between them. Each transfer is a chance for the two ends to disagree.
The other thing that separates wholesale from retail is valuation. When the same item arrives at different prices through the year, the method you use to value what remains changes your reported margin, and the choice ought to be a decision rather than whatever the software happened to do.
What goes wrong for wholesalers
Everyday problems in this trade, from the industry guide.
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Party dues in notebooks
Hundreds of retailers buy on credit and the running balance lives in a khata or a spreadsheet kept by one person. Disputes over old balances are settled by argument, not by a ledger both sides can read.
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Stock split across godowns
Goods move between the main godown, a branch and a delivery van without a record. Physical counts never match the file, and staff phone each other to find out where a carton went.
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Different prices for different parties
Dealer, retailer and special party rates are remembered or looked up in an old price list. A wrong rate on a big order wipes out the margin, and price changes take days to reach everyone.
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Collections posted one bill at a time
A collector returns with cash and cheques for twenty bills and the office spends the evening matching them. Partial payments and post-dated cheques leave the balance uncertain for days.
Multi-godown stock with transfers
How Inventory & Warehouses handles it.
Track stock per warehouse, move goods between godowns with a transfer record, adjust for damage or shortage, and value stock by FIFO, LIFO or weighted average with by-warehouse reports.
What you get
The parts of Inventory & Warehouses that matter most here.
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Multi-warehouse stock summary
See quantity on hand and available per item per warehouse, with bins inside a warehouse for larger godowns. Warehouse access controls who can view or move stock at each location.
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Transfers between godowns
Create a transfer, approve it, ship it and receive it at the destination, scanning barcodes at each step. The destination warehouse updates only on receipt, so nothing is counted twice or lost in between.
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Stock valuation methods
Value stock by FIFO, LIFO or weighted average, run a valuation comparison to see how each method changes your closing stock, and report valuation by warehouse for the balance sheet.
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Adjustments and stock control
Post adjustments for damage, shrinkage or count differences with a reason, and set minimum and maximum levels per item. Low stock alerts can go out by SMS through the SMS module.
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Stock aging
See how long each item has sat in each warehouse in aging buckets, so slow movers are discounted, returned or bundled before they tie up more cash than they are worth.
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Auto replenishment rules
Define a reorder point and order quantity per item and warehouse. When stock falls to the reorder point the ERP suggests an order and can create the purchase requisition for the buyer to approve.
A working day for wholesalers
The sequence this trade actually runs, from the industry guide.
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Take orders from parties
Orders come in by phone or from a salesman in the field. Staff create sales orders at the party's price tier and check the credit position before confirming.
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Pick and dispatch from the godown
A delivery note is issued, stock is deducted from the right godown, and the van or courier shipment is recorded against the order with a tracking reference.
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Record collections in batches
Cash, cheques and bKash received from parties are posted as batch payments against open bills, and the party ledger updates immediately for everyone to see.
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Receive imports and supplier bills
Goods are received against the purchase order, the supplier bill is entered, and purchase VAT is recorded for the Mushak 6.1 register.
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Review dues and stock
The owner checks aged receivables, sends due reminder SMS to overdue parties, and reviews stock levels and replenishment suggestions before placing the next order.
Questions
Answered plainly, including where the answer is no.
Which stock valuation methods are supported?
FIFO, LIFO and weighted average, with a comparison view and by warehouse reports, so you can see what the method is doing to stock value and margin rather than assuming.
How are godown transfers recorded?
As transfers with a document at both ends: quantity and valuation move together, the receiving location confirms what arrived, and the activity log records who did it.
See SORS ERP running on your own numbers
A 30-minute demo in Bangla or English, with your products, your VAT setup and your questions.