What variance reporting reveals
A stock difference is a reason to investigate, not proof of loss or over-pouring. Check missing receipts, count errors, pack conversions, recipe mappings and recorded waste before drawing conclusions about service.
How StockLens calculates variance
Start with comparable opening and closing counts, then account for received stock and relevant movements. Reviewed sales map to products or saved recipes to calculate theoretical ingredient usage. Use recorded waste and transfers to explain differences, and resolve missing records before relying on the report.
Drilling into the numbers
You can filter variance by category, supplier, venue and date range. Investigate recurring differences using the underlying count, sales and purchase records.
- Variance in units, pounds and percent
- Per-product, per-category, per-venue views
- Persistent outlier flagging
- Drill-through to source data