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Small grocery: the whole day

Nimal, who runs Perera Stores, a small grocery, from one counter and one phone (sample business).

  • 06:30 to 21:30
  • 8 tours
  • 30 steps
  • Owner, Owner at the counter

The day, hour by hour

  1. At 06:30

    OwnerStart of the day

    The bread van is outside: open up and start selling, no fuss.

    Open the till at half past six. Signing in opens the till, last night's cash is already filled in, and the day starts in one tap.

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  2. At 07:10

    Owner at the counter

    Bread, eggs and tea for the whole street before the office buses.

    The morning rush: tap, tap, done. Quick keys for what sells most, the basket adds itself up, and cash or credit closes the sale.

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  3. At 08:15

    Owner at the counter

    A new scanner arrived. Will it just work, and what if a code is not in the shop yet?

    Scan to sell at the till. Plug in a USB or Bluetooth scanner and test it, scan to sell, scan a multipack for its pack, and add an unknown code without leaving the sale.

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  4. At 09:40

    Owner at the counter

    Kamala will pay at the end of the month, like always.

    Rice and dhal "on the book". Credit written down the way the paper book was, checked against her limit, with a receipt she can see.

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  5. At 11:00

    Owner

    Cash leaves the drawer for the supplier: tonight the count must still make sense.

    The bread man wants paying. Cash out records money paid from the drawer, so the evening count still adds up.

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  6. At 13:00

    Owner

    Kumari has owed for three weeks, and asking face to face is awkward.

    A polite reminder, and the money comes in. Who owes, longest first, a reminder written for him, and the payment recorded when she comes in.

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  7. At 17:30

    Owner

    The distributor calls at six: what does the shop need this week?

    Before the distributor calls. What is running low sorts to the top, and one purchase order starts from those lines.

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  8. At 21:30

    Owner

    Half past nine: does the drawer add up after a day of credit, collections and cash out?

    Count the drawer, and home. Counted against expected, with the cash out and the credit collected already in the sum, then the day in one message.

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