Capture at the point of purchase.
Photos, quantities and prices recorded on a phone as you buy, with AI suggesting item details for the buyer to confirm.
Retail — Purchasing & Stock Automation
Purchasing software for retail chains.
When buying runs on notes, photos and a spreadsheet rebuilt afterwards, costs and prices slip. We build the software that captures what you buy, reads the supplier invoices, works out cost and price per item, and hands a clean list to your shop system.
Book a 30-minute callWhat we build.
Invoices read for you.
Supplier, date, currency and totals read from a photo or PDF, matched to what was bought, with differences flagged.
Cost and price per item.
Transport and trip costs spread per unit, foreign currency converted, and shop prices suggested. Your team sets the final price.
A clean handoff.
One tap builds the file your pricing team or shop system needs, in your own layout.
From purchasing to stock
Purchasing is where we start. Stock by store, transfers between stores, replenishment and stock counts can follow on the same data, one step at a time.
How we build it
We build it like production software: thousands of automated tests, small releases that can each be rolled back, and every release checked before it goes live. It runs on a phone, and work is queued and kept when the signal drops.
Example: buying-trip software for a clothing retail chain
A clothing retail chain buys mixed lots from dozens of suppliers on buying trips. Its buyers used to rebuild each trip afterwards from notes and photos into a costing spreadsheet, match the invoices by hand, and re-enter everything into the shop system. We built a phone app that makes the trip itself the record.
What we built
- Item capture with photos, where AI suggests type, colour, size and fabric and the buyer confirms.
- Invoice and receipt reading from a photo or PDF, linked to the items bought, with differences flagged.
- Costing that spreads transport and trip costs per unit, converts currency, and suggests shop prices for the team to set.
- One-tap export in the chain's own costing layout, for the team that enters prices into the shop system.
- Shared trips, so the whole buying team works on the same list live.
3 days
from first commit to first working version
64 releases
in five weeks
6,246
automated tests
0.3 s
to open pricing for a 120-item trip
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Questions
Does it replace our shop or POS system?
No. It feeds it. The first step is a file your team imports; a direct connection follows where your system allows one.
What does the first step look like?
A 30-minute call about how you buy today and where it costs you time. If there's a fit, we agree the scope and price before any work starts.
Thirty minutes about how you buy.
Tell us how purchasing and stock work today and where it hurts. No pitch, no obligation.