A cosmetics shop owner told us something simple: once a month she closes for half a day just to count stock by hand. Meanwhile customers ask for a product that's been out of stock for weeks, while boxes from six months ago sit untouched on the shelf. This isn't the exception — it's the norm for a business without real-time visibility.
For a shop with €8,000 monthly turnover, that's between €400 and €1,200 leaking out every month — just from lack of real-time visibility.
Instead of periodic counting, every sale, delivery, or return automatically adjusts stock levels in the system — instantly, not at the end of the week. This brings three concrete benefits:
A small restaurant implemented a system linking orders directly to kitchen inventory. Result after three months: food waste dropped from 12% to 4% of deliveries, and inventory-counting time fell from 6 hours a week to 30 minutes. With €3,000 in monthly deliveries, that's roughly €240/month saved from reduced waste alone.
If you recognize at least two of these, you're already losing money every month:
Off-the-shelf SaaS solutions start at €30-80/month, but often don't fit your exact process — you pay for features you don't use and bend your business around the software. A custom system built around your actual workflow typically costs a one-time €1,500-4,000 depending on complexity — and pays for itself in 6-12 months from reduced waste and labor alone, with no ongoing monthly rent.
Tell the live AI agent at pentimento.pro how your stock and sales process looks. You'll see it visualized directly in the conversation — before you pay anything, before you hire a developer. Just a conversation that shows what's possible.
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