Industries
Any business that takes inventory in and sells it out.
By customer pickup at the counter, or shipped on your truck or a carrier. The pipeline is the same; only the product changes. Here is how it maps to six kinds of business.
Building & lumber supply
Panels, lumber, trusses, tile, roofing, doors.
Inventory in
- Truckloads and flatbeds from mills and manufacturers, often several trucks on one PO
- Bundles and units that have to be counted, checked for damage and put away
- Made-to-order items (trusses, cut lengths) that come in from your own plant
Inventory out
- Contractors picking up at the counter with a job name on the ticket
- Job-site deliveries on your truck with a bill of lading for the driver
- Invoices that need freight and tax on them the day the order is written
Where StockShift helps
- One card per truck, with photos of damage and the carrier’s paperwork on the card
- Pickup and delivery on separate boards; availability that already knows what’s promised
- BOL and invoice generated from the order; the job file keeps it all
Example SKUs
MTL-29-CLS-16TRS-40-412TIL-LFG-1224POST-6x6-16Post-frame and metal building supply? Sold Pole Barn Pro jobs land priced from each contractor’s price list, buy out through supplier orders, and carry their cut lists and per-foot metal onto the bill of lading and the invoice, with the profit on the job at the end.
See a Pole Barn Pro job, start to finish →Wholesale distribution
Plumbing, HVAC, electrical, auto parts, industrial.
Inventory in
- Daily pallets from dozens of manufacturers and master distributors
- Backorders landing on later trucks against the same PO
- Receiving that has to be fast and still verified line by line
Inventory out
- A will-call counter that sells from the same stock the route trucks are loading
- Route deliveries to accounts on terms
- Hundreds of small invoices that need to go out the same day
Where StockShift helps
- Allocation at order time, so the counter and dispatch never promise the same unit twice
- Short-stock warnings on the card before anyone walks to the shelf
- Invoices created with the order and emailed with the tentative date
Example SKUs
PVC-SCH40-2INFLT-OIL-5W30BRK-20A-1PCAP-RUN-45Farm, ranch & garden
Feed, seed, fertilizer, fencing, nursery and landscape stock.
Inventory in
- Seasonal surges: spring seed, fall fencing, weekly feed
- Bulk and pallet loads where the count is the tally sheet
- Live goods and perishables that need a receiving date you can plan around
Inventory out
- Customers loading trailers at the yard
- Bulk deliveries by dump truck or flatbed
- Repeat accounts that expect a clean invoice every time
Where StockShift helps
- Scheduled receiving with the truck date on the card and a late flag when it slips
- A pickup board for the yard, a delivery board for the trucks
- Photos of bulk loads and signed pickups on the job file
Example SKUs
FEED-50-LAYERSEED-BERM-50FNC-TPOST-6MULCH-CY-HWFood & beverage distribution
Cases in from producers, routes out to accounts.
Inventory in
- Cases and pallets from producers with counts that have to match the PO
- Short shipments and damaged product that need to be recorded on arrival
- Several deliveries a week from the same supplier
Inventory out
- Route deliveries to restaurants, stores and venues
- Small accounts that pick up
- Invoices with freight and tax at the moment the order is placed
Where StockShift helps
- Receive, verify and post in minutes with the discrepancy noted on the card
- Short-stock guard stops a route from being loaded with product that isn’t there
- Every delivered order is a closed job with its paperwork
Example SKUs
BEV-CASE-24DRY-FLOUR-50DAIRY-GAL-2PROD-TOM-25Manufacturing & job shops
Cabinets, countertops, doors, fabrication, millwork.
Inventory in
- Raw materials and components by the pallet: sheet goods, slabs, hardware, steel
- Supplier backorders that arrive as separate trucks
- Vendor parts that must be verified against the drawing
Inventory out
- Finished units delivered to installers or job sites
- Customers collecting finished work
- Progress and final invoices tied to a job reference
Where StockShift helps
- Job references on orders and documents; photos of finished goods before they leave
- Delivery and pickup boards; BOLs for installers and carriers
- Job files you can reopen months later when a warranty question comes up
Example SKUs
PLY-3/4-MAPLESLAB-QTZ-3CMHNG-SOFT-110DOOR-SLAB-30Shipping-heavy sellers
E-commerce, parts, equipment, 3PL and fulfillment.
Inventory in
- Supplier PO receipts and returns that need to be counted back in
- Inbound that arrives in waves and has to be logged the same day
- Verification against the PO before anything is sellable
Inventory out
- Carrier shipments with a bill of lading or packing list
- Local pickups for nearby customers
- Invoices emailed with the shipment date
Where StockShift helps
- Receiving board keeps inbound visible as “inbound” units until it’s verified
- Delivery board from scheduled to loaded to delivered, with proof-of-delivery photos
- Printable BOLs and invoices; roles so packers see what they need
Example SKUs
PART-ALT-9013KIT-BRK-FRTSKU-1042RET-RMA-221Not on the list?
If a shipment arrives, gets counted and put away, an order claims it, it leaves by pickup or delivery, and an invoice follows, StockShift fits. It doesn’t care what’s on the pallet.
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