The Questions at Closing Time
Who owes me, and how much?
Everyone who owes you in one place, with the amount and how long it has been sitting there.
What did I really take home?
Not what passed through the till. What is left once the goods and the running costs are paid for.
Is stock walking off?
Count the shelf against what the app expects. It tells you what is missing and what it was worth.
What do I owe my supplier?
Stock on credit is a debt, not spending. The money only counts on the day you actually pay it.
Three Steps and You Are Running
Put in what you sell
Type a few letters and pick from a list of what shops here already sell, in English or Kiswahili.
Record as you go
Cash, M-Pesa, part now and the rest on credit. Whatever really happened at the counter.
Look at your day
Takings, spending, and what is actually left. Then the week and the month.