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Useful reads on warehouses, stock counts and audits.
Learning to count stock: a five-minute first lessonOne shelf, a sheet of paper and a pen: that is where most people start, and they get a useful result on day one.
Why counting by eye lets you downThe faster the eye counts, the more it errs: skipping three or four items is easy.
Counting in fives and the grouping methodArrange goods in fives or tens and counting speeds up while errors drop.
Order on the shelf: keep best sellers within reachHeavy goods low, fast sellers at eye level, a label on every shelf: these rules make both selling and counting noticeably easier.
Counting boxes: rows × layersIf identical boxes are stacked, multiplying rows by layers is quick and accurate.
Counting with a scale: weight instead of piecesFor very small identical items the quickest way is to weigh them and divide by the weight of one.