How Kasarani Retail Businesses Can Automate Stock Using POS Systems
A practical guide for shops, wholesalers and minimarts around Kasarani, Mwiki and Roysambu on replacing manual stock counts with a POS system.
By Wycliffe Bundi, Business Development Executive
This article is part of our Ultimate Guide to Digital Transformation for Kenyan SMEs.
From minimarts along Kasarani–Mwiki Road to hardware stores and wholesalers around Roysambu, retail businesses in our neighbourhood face the same problem: stock that doesn't add up. Our office is at Lonak Business Centre on Kasarani–Mwiki Road, and many of the questions we hear from nearby shop owners are about stock control.
Why manual stock tracking fails
- Sales written in a book are missed during busy hours
- Nobody knows which items are running low until a customer asks
- Shrinkage and theft are hard to detect
- Month-end counts take a whole day and still don't match
What a POS system automates
- Every sale reduces stock automatically
- Low-stock alerts before you run out
- Supplier deliveries recorded against purchase orders
- Cash, M-Pesa and credit sales tracked separately
- Daily sales and profit reports on your phone
Getting started in a week
- List your products with buying and selling prices
- Do one full stock count as your starting point
- Train cashiers on the sales screen — it takes an afternoon
- Review the daily report each evening for the first month
Dukafy is our POS and business management system built for Kenyan retailers. If you are in Kasarani or nearby, you are welcome to visit us at Lonak Business Centre for a demo, or book one online.
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