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Shortage tracking
Every stock, cash and return shortage tracked until it is actually recovered
DFIE names every kind of shortage, has each one approved and acknowledged, and keeps it open until it is recovered. Small differences stop adding up to a lost margin.
Every kind of shortage, kept apart
- Stock issued short at the godown, with a reason and approval before stock leaves
- Cash admitted short at day-end, with a reason
- Cash counted short, accepted by the executive in the app
- Cheque or UPI received short, charged to the executive or moved to customer credit
- Returns short, found when returned goods are checked
- Return value short, when credit notes cover less than what was returned
- Expenses approved for less than claimed
Approved, then acknowledged the same day
Each shortage reaches the person who can judge it, and the executive accepts it in the app the same day. A stock shortage at the godown is never charged to the executive, because returns are checked against what was actually issued.
Carried forward until it is cleared
Whatever is not recovered when an assignment closes carries forward against the executive. It is recovered over time, offset against an allowed cash excess, paid in by cash, UPI or cheque, or written off with a reason, and every movement is in one register.
Limits that stop the next loss
Each executive has a shortage limit. Crossing it pauses new assignments until the shortage is cleared, so a growing problem is caught early, not at month-end.
Used by: Store Keeper, Accounts, Admin, Delivery Executive
Common questions
Is a godown stock shortage charged to the delivery executive?
No. A stock issue shortage is recorded against the godown. Returns are checked against what was actually issued, so an executive is never blamed for stock never received.
What happens to a shortage at the end of the day?
If it is not recovered when the delivery assignment closes, it carries forward against the executive until it is recovered, offset, paid in or written off with a reason.
Can one shortage cancel out another?
Only a cash excess can offset a shortage, and only where it is allowed. An over-credited return never cancels a shortage on another bill.
Related features
- Every type of shortage, named, approved and acknowledged as it happens
- Every rupee collected is accounted for, and every shortage followed up
- Every delivery visible, while it is happening
Solutions
- Distributor management software
- Delivery & cash collection app
- Shortage tracking
- GST & credit note reconciliation
- Delivery route optimisation
- Delivery staff attendance & tracking
- Distributor Management System (DMS)
- Outstanding collection software
- FMCG delivery management software
- Proof of delivery app
- Sales Executive app
- Cash, cheque and UPI reconciliation
- Software for stockists and super stockists
- Delivery executive incentives & earnings
- FMCG distributor app
- FMCG distributor operations