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Zero-tolerance stock accuracy across branches, working capital released.

A multi-branch distributor put procurement and inventory onto one backbone — supplier price control, clean inter-branch transfers, and reconciliation that ends the 'phantom stock' and 'stuck in transit' problems.

Headline outcome
Zero

stuck-in-transit & phantom stock across branches

Company profile
ScaleMulti-branch operation
FootprintSeveral branches + warehouses
Starting stackDisconnected branch sheetsManual transfer challansSpreadsheet stock control
The challenge

Where the business was losing.

Procurement, stock and payables ran across branches on disconnected sheets. The same supplier and SKU carried different rates, stock moving between branches got 'stuck in transit', and book stock drifted from physical — forcing spreadsheet workarounds and blind purchasing.

The audit · 2 weeks

What the audit surfaced.

Before building anything, we mapped the operation. These are the findings that shaped what we built.

F01

Supplier and SKU rates were inconsistent across branches, weakening negotiation and inflating cost.

F02

Inter-branch transfers had no paired in-transit tracking — stock went 'missing' between locations.

F03

Book vs physical stock drifted continuously, discovered only at year-end audit.

What we built

The architecture, and the agents in it.

The data foundation, and the AI agents that turn it into decisions and action.

STEP 01

Supplier & procurement master

A centralised supplier master with rate and tax mapping and supplier-wise purchase orders locks in negotiated pricing — the clean procurement data the agents act on.

STEP 02

Reconciliation agents

Reconciliation agents run continuously over a dual-ledger inventory, detecting and surfacing book-vs-physical drift and 'stuck-in-transit' stock as exception tasks — ending the phantom-stock problem that forces spreadsheet workarounds.

STEP 03

Procurement-intelligence agent

An agent turns procurement data into signals — MSQ violations where dispatched quantities fall below minimums, and supplier price-drift over time — so buyers negotiate on evidence and working capital is released from the right stock.

Implementation
Weeks 1–3Supplier master + supplier-wise rate/tax mapping and PO workflow
Weeks 4–6Paired inter-branch transfers + conflict resolution
Weeks 7–9Dual-ledger inventory, physical-stock reconciliation + procurement analytics
Results

Before → after.

Measured against the baseline the audit established — before and after, on the metrics that move the P&L.

Stock accuracy
Drifts between countsContinuous
Stuck-in-transit stock
FrequentEliminated
Supplier rates
InconsistentControlled + mapped
Working capital
Tied in stuck / phantom stockReleased
The value created
Working capital released, stock accuracy continuous

Impact from working-capital release and stronger procurement, expressed as operating outcomes rather than a rupee figure.

Working capitalMaterially releasedStuck-in-transit and phantom stock cleared once inventory reconciled continuously
ProcurementStronger negotiationConsistent supplier rates and price-drift analytics
Write-offsReducedBook-vs-physical drift caught continuously, not at year-end

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Start here

Could this be your operation?

Start with a Business Transformation Audit — a structured working session where we map where AI changes your P&L, prioritised by impact.

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