Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0530 https://catchus.in/articles.html Short pieces on running a retail counter in India, from the team behind Stock2Track. en-in https://catchus.in/articles/dhanteras-diwali-stock-planning.html https://catchus.in/articles/dhanteras-diwali-stock-planning.html Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 How much to stock for Dhanteras and Diwali 2026: use last year’s festival sales, revise reorder levels, set festival discounts and add counters for the rush. https://catchus.in/articles/billing-software-cost-over-five-years.html https://catchus.in/articles/billing-software-cost-over-five-years.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The licence is the smallest line. A worked five-year cost for a one-counter kirana, Offline and Cloud, with hardware and the third-party charges. https://catchus.in/articles/catch-deleted-bills-discounts-cash-gaps.html https://catchus.in/articles/catch-deleted-bills-discounts-cash-gaps.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What staff misuse at a retail counter looks like, why owners find out late, and how Stock2Track user roles and the audit log let you see every action. https://catchus.in/articles/footwear-size-wise-stock.html https://catchus.in/articles/footwear-size-wise-stock.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Most shoe shops record a total quantity per article and lose sales in the sizes that ran out. How Stock2Track variants track every size and colour. https://catchus.in/articles/rack-shelf-location-tracking.html https://catchus.in/articles/rack-shelf-location-tracking.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Stock you cannot find is stock you do not have. How areas, racks and shelves in Stock2Track stop lost sales, speed up online and quick-commerce picking, and make monthly stock audits possible. https://catchus.in/articles/robotics-erp-in-retail.html https://catchus.in/articles/robotics-erp-in-retail.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0530 Retail ERP has always recorded what people did. The next generation will watch the physical store through cameras and sensors, understand it, and coordinate people and machines to act. What that means for a shop, and where Stock2Track fits. https://catchus.in/articles/guided-ai-in-retail-erp.html https://catchus.in/articles/guided-ai-in-retail-erp.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Some ERP vendors warn that AI can be wrong, so keep it out. The better answer is guided AI: rules the owner sets, approvals at the right level and an audit log. How Stock2Track does it. https://catchus.in/articles/why-shop-owners-hesitate-to-automate.html https://catchus.in/articles/why-shop-owners-hesitate-to-automate.html Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Shop owners who take UPI all day still will not put their books on a computer. The reason is not fear of technology, and understanding it changes how the switch should be done. https://catchus.in/articles/ai-in-erp-what-it-costs.html https://catchus.in/articles/ai-in-erp-what-it-costs.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 AI in business software is genuinely useful and every request has a processing cost. Where it earns its keep, where it is decoration, and how to tell. https://catchus.in/articles/how-to-monitor-vendor-performance.html https://catchus.in/articles/how-to-monitor-vendor-performance.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0530 The rate is the only thing about a supplier that has a number attached, so it is the only thing anyone argues about. 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