AI Scanner (Beta)

AI Scanner is an optional Beta feature that assists with recognising visible stock. Results vary by lighting, shelf layout and product-library quality. Every suggestion must be reviewed and approved. A complete stocktake can be performed using CountFlow or Smart Sheet Capture without AI Scanner.

What AI Scanner does today

Point your camera at a shelf you can see clearly and AI Scanner proposes products it believes it can recognise, together with a suggested quantity. Those suggestions appear in a review list. Nothing is written into your stocktake until you accept it.

  • Suggestions only — never an automatic write into a stocktake
  • Every line is editable before it is accepted
  • Rejected suggestions are discarded and can be counted in CountFlow

What affects results

AI Scanner is in Beta and its usefulness varies. Clear, well-lit, single-deep shelves with products already in your library give the best results. Dim lighting, stacked or overlapping stock, unfamiliar labels and partially hidden products reduce what can be recognised.

  • Lighting in the area you are counting
  • How the shelf is laid out and how much stock is hidden
  • How complete your product library is

What AI Scanner is not for

It does not measure liquid levels for you, it does not count kegs, cellar bulk or anything it cannot see, and it is not a replacement for a counting method. Use CountFlow for those lines, or Smart Sheet Capture if you prefer to count on paper first.

You can complete a stocktake without it

AI Scanner is optional. CountFlow and Smart Sheet Capture are the two supported ways to complete a full stocktake, and both feed the same evidence, approval and variance workflow.

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Frequently asked questions

  • It is available as an optional Beta feature. It assists with recognising visible stock, but results vary and every suggestion must be reviewed and approved before it becomes part of a stocktake.

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