Stock counts help you ensure the accuracy of inventory levels. Create new stock counts based on stock location to update the item quantity, making sure that the Inventory module reflects what’s actually in your restaurant. After completing a stock count, stock levels will automatically change based on the figures you’ve submitted. From the main page, you’ll see a history of previous stock counts and their Counted value. Changes in inventory value from any count will be reflected as Total variance.

To access Stock counts:

1. Log in to the Inventory module with your Lightspeed credentials.
2. From the navigation menu, select Stock management > Stock counts.

Creating a new stock count

To track and update inventory quantities, create a new stock count and start counting your items. Once submitted, the stock count appears on the Stock counts page with the assigned name, entry date, employee name, counted value, and total variance.

1. Log in to the Inventory module with your Lightspeed credentials.
2. From the navigation menu, select Stock management > Stock counts.
3. Click New stock count.
4. If you’ve set up Stock locations, select the location to see a list of items stored in that space.
5. Use the search field or scroll through the list to find the item to count and click its name.
6. On the right, enter the exact item quantity in the Units field or use the + / - buttons to adjust the value by one.
7. Click Save, next item to save and advance to the next item on the list, or click the next item you want to count.
8. (Optional) To skip a selected item without counting it, click Don’t count this item or click another item from within the list.
9. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for all items you want to count. Note: Uncounted items will appear with a - - in the Counted Quantity column and are omitted from the count submission. To set an item to 0 quantity, you must count it as 0 before submitting the count.
10. Click Review stock count to see the resulting inventory changes.
11. (Optional) If any items were miscounted, select the item from the list and click Recount to adjust the number. Click Apply changes to finish.
12. Enter a Stock count name and click Submit stock count > Submit to reconcile your inventory and finish.