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Physical Inventory

Know Exactly What's on Your Shelves.

You think you have 2,400 items. Your system says 2,400. But walk the floor and start scanning — and the real number tells a different story. Missing items. Misplaced items. Items that sold but never got removed. Items that were supposed to ship but never did.

Bravo's Physical Inventory app lets you run full or partial audits while your store stays open, with multiple employees scanning simultaneously and real-time reconciliation that accounts for sales happening during the count.

No extra hardware. No store closures. No guessing.

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Real-TimeReconciliation

Multi-UserSimultaneous

Online/OfflineScanning Mode

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Audit Session — General Merchandise ● Live — Store Open

1,728 of 2,412 scanned72%

✓DeWalt 20V Combo KitScanned 2:14 PM

✓Samsung 65" QLED TVScanned 2:13 PM

✗Fender Stratocaster MIMNot found

✓Apple MacBook Pro 14"Sold during audit — auto reconciled

The Problem

If You Don't Count It, You Can't Trust It.

Your POS says you have 2,400 items in inventory. But POS numbers only tell you what should be there — not what actually is. Items get misplaced. Tags fall off. Things walk out the door. Items sell online but don't get pulled from the shelf.

Without regular physical counts, shrinkage compounds silently. A few missing items a month turns into thousands of dollars a year — and you don't notice because the numbers in the system still look right.

And the traditional way to count? Close the store. Lose a day of revenue. Pull every employee off the floor. Hand them clipboards. Hope they don't miscount. Then spend hours reconciling against the system while sales that happened during the count throw everything off.

Bravo's Physical Inventory eliminates all of this. Scan while the store is open. Reconcile in real-time. Know exactly what's on your shelves — without losing a single hour of business.

Silent Shrinkage

Items disappear slowly — theft, mislabeling, processing errors. Without physical counts, you're bleeding inventory and don't know it.

Lost Revenue from Closures

Closing the store for a full-day count means lost sales, lost foot traffic, and a disrupted schedule. Some stores skip audits entirely because they can't afford the downtime.

Manual Reconciliation Errors

An item sells while someone is counting. Now the count is off. Staff spends hours figuring out what happened. The data is never quite right.

Aged Inventory Blind Spots

You don't know which items have been sitting for 90 days vs. 30 unless you physically verify. Slow movers hide in plain sight, tying up capital.

Core Features

Count Smarter. Not Slower.

Every feature is built around one idea: accurate inventory counts without shutting down your business.

Real-Time Reconciliation

An item sells during your count? Bravo automatically adjusts. No manual corrections. No "was that counted before or after it sold?" confusion. Your count is always accurate.

Multi-User Simultaneous Scanning

Put three employees on the floor with scanners. They all scan into the same session at the same time. Audit that used to take a full day gets done in a couple of hours.

Online/Offline Mode

Scanning in a back room or basement with no Wi-Fi? No problem. The app stores data offline and syncs automatically when the connection is restored. No lost scans.

Configurable Audit Sessions

Count everything — or just what you need. Segment by category, location, inventory layer (FIFO/LIFO), high-value items, or items in transit. Copy settings from previous audits to save setup time.

Random Count Mode

Set up random spot checks on a schedule. Reduce the need for full audits while maintaining accuracy between counts. Quick, targeted, and efficient.

No Extra Hardware

Download the audit app on any PC device and pair it with your existing barcode scanner. No proprietary hardware. No extra investment. Use what you already have.

How It Works

Start to Finish in Three Steps

No consultants. No all-nighters. No closed signs on the door.

Configure Your Session

Open Physical Inventory Audit in Bravo. Create a new session or copy from a previous one. Choose what to count — all inventory, specific categories, high-value items, a single section. Set your filters and you're ready.

Scan While the Store Runs

Open the session in the PI App. Multiple employees scan simultaneously with their barcode scanners. Customers keep shopping. Sales keep processing. Bravo reconciles everything in real-time — no conflicts, no double-counts.

Reconcile & Act

When scanning is complete, return to Bravo to reconcile. See exactly what's found, what's missing, and what sold during the audit. Write off shrinkage. Flag misplaced items. Your inventory is now verified and accurate.

Why It Matters

Inventory You Can't Find Is Inventory You Can't Sell.

Every missing item is money lost. Every misplaced item is a sale delayed. Every aged item you didn't notice is capital sitting idle instead of turning into revenue.

Regular physical counts aren't just about catching theft — though they do. They're about maintaining the accuracy that every other part of your operation depends on. Your eCommerce listings. Your pricing reports. Your financial statements. Your insurance claims. All of it is only as good as the inventory number behind it.

Physical Inventory gives you a verified count — without the pain of traditional audits. Your numbers stay clean. Your shrinkage stays visible. Your business stays accurate.

Catch Shrinkage Before It Compounds

Small losses add up fast. Regular counts surface discrepancies early — before a few missing items become a few thousand dollars.

Protect Your Margins

Knowing what's actually on the shelf lets you make better buying, pricing, and discounting decisions. Accurate inventory = accurate profit calculations.

Keep eCommerce Listings Accurate

Nothing kills a customer relationship faster than listing an item online that you can't actually find. Verified inventory means verified listings.

Audit Without Losing Revenue

Your store stays open. Customers keep buying. Your count stays accurate. Zero lost sales days. Zero disruption to operations.

Stop Trusting the Number. Verify It.

Real-time audits. No store closures. No extra hardware. Know exactly what's on your shelves — and what isn't.

Request a Demo → 📞 (888) 407-6287

Know Exactly What's on Your Shelves.