Practical compliance guides

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Fixed Asset Verification Errors: 8 Common Findings and What They Cost

Untagged assets, ghost entries, missed transfers and stale useful lives recur in almost every verification. These are the eight findings and their cost.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Fixed Asset Verification Checklist: What an Auditor Physically Inspects

An auditor sights the asset, reads the tag, tests condition and traces it to the register. This is the item-by-item list, not the wider project method.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Fabric Stock Verification: Counting Greige, Finished Goods and Trims by Weight

Fabric moves through greige, processed and finished stages, each measured differently. This explains how every stage is verified and then reconciled.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Distributor Stock Verification: Auditing Secondary Stock You Do Not Hold

Stock sitting with distributors is yours to account for and theirs to hold. This explains how secondary stock is verified when you do not control the site.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Depot Stock Reconciliation: Matching Depot Records to Head Office Books

Depot records and head office books drift apart through transfers, returns and timing. This explains how the reconciliation is built and where it breaks.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Cycle Counting in a Dark Store: Counting Without Stopping Fulfilment

A dark store cannot close for a count. Cycle counting works around live picking, and this explains how to sequence it without corrupting the result.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Consumables Stock Verification: Controlling Low-Value, High-Leakage Items

Consumables are individually cheap, collectively expensive and almost never counted properly. This explains how the leakage is measured and controlled.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

FMCG Damage and Expiry Claims: What Evidence an Auditor Accepts

Damage and expiry claims are the recurring dispute in FMCG distribution. This sets out what evidence an auditor will accept and what usually gets rejected.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Bill of Materials vs Actual Issue: Reconciling BOM to Shop-Floor Consumption

The bill of materials says what should have been consumed; stores issues say what left. This explains how the two reconcile and what the gap reveals.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Asset Tagging Process: From Numbering Convention to Register Reconciliation

Asset tagging starts with a numbering convention and ends with a register that reconciles. This walks the process from first decision to final match.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Asset Tagging Format in Excel: Columns Your Fixed Asset Register Needs

A tagging sheet needs identity, location, custodian, cost and life columns at minimum. This sets out the full column list a register has to carry.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19

Stock Audit · 6 min read

Asset Tag Types Compared: Barcode, QR and RFID for Indian Plants and Offices

Barcode is cheapest, QR holds more data and RFID scans without line of sight. This compares the three against Indian plant and office conditions.

CACA Sundram Gupta · Aug 19