Sub-vertical · Home improvement and hardware stores
Neighbourhood ferretería
owner at the counter, fiadoSelling on credit to a known customer, tracked in a notebook or, in Simca’s plan, in a ledger. A common small-shop practice in Peru and elsewhere. Glossary customers, many tiny items.
Close fit Planned
What is distinctive
owner at the counter, fiado customers, many tiny items.
The edge case to test
fractional and loose sales. A system that cannot handle this will frustrate this kind of business.
Shared with the wider industry
Typical flows
- sell by unit, length or weight
- run trade accounts with statements
- mix or cut goods
- deliver bulky orders
Tenders
- cash
- cards
- account credit (fiado or invoice)
- cheques
Roles
- counter salesperson
- yard hand
- contractor desk
- delivery driver
Known gaps for home improvement and hardware stores
- no cut-optimisation or mixing-formula tool (paint tint) in the catalog
- no hazardous-goods data sheets workflow
Catalog pointers
- Rental contract SVC-0007
- Rental availability calendar SVC-0008
- Fractional quantities SALE-0012
- Pay on account (fiado) tender SALE-0061
- Item accounting group MENU-0014
- Gift card ledger GIFT-0008
- Customer credit limit CRM-0010
- Customer account statement CRM-0011
Back to Home improvement and hardware stores. Planned catalog only; nothing is built.