Cash Control & Discrepancies
How stock loss can be connected to money discrepancies
Understand how missing stock and missing money can sometimes be related.
Stock differences and cash differences can sometimes point to the same problem.
Examples
- Stock is lower than expected but no sale was recorded.
- Cash is short and stock is also short.
- A sale was made but not entered.
- Items were damaged or expired but not adjusted.
- Stock was taken for personal use and not recorded.
What to check
- Inventory stock movement history.
- Sales linked to inventory.
- Manual stock adjustments.
- Cash and M-PESA differences on the same day.
- Staff notes or shift activity.
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