Kazana Retail
Multi-outlet stock control with live database persistence and reorder signals — one screen instead of seven spreadsheets.
Category
Web App
Scope
POS backend & inventory
Role
Backend lead
Timeline
Q1 2024 → ongoing
Overview
The story
Kazana Retail is the SaaS backend behind a multi-outlet POS. It handles structured selling workflows, real-time stock levels, reorder signals and per-outlet inventory movements so owners see one consolidated picture instead of separate shop spreadsheets.
Problem
A 5-outlet retail chain reconciled stock manually each evening. Stockouts on bestsellers were common, and slow-movers piled up at the wrong branch.
Solution
A normalised inventory schema, per-outlet stock movements, reorder thresholds with same-day alerts, and a Flutter POS that writes back in real time.
Business value
Unifies stock and selling data across outlets so owners stop running blind on inventory.
Outcome
Stockouts on top-100 SKUs dropped 64%. Owners get inter-branch transfer suggestions before slow-movers age out.
Highlights
- Multi-outlet stock control
- Live reorder signals
- Inter-branch transfer suggestions
- Structured selling workflows
- Per-outlet inventory movements
- Owner-level consolidated reporting
Tech stack
- Laravel 11 APIInventory & sales engine
- PostgreSQLTransactional store
- Flutter POSCashier terminals
- React dashboardHead-office view
- WebSocketsLive stock updates
Outlets connected
5
live, real-time
SKUs tracked
1.2k
across categories
Stockouts
−64%
top-100 SKUs
Manual reconciliation
0h
fully automated
How it was built
Process
- 1
Map
Audited the existing spreadsheets and paper movement books across all five outlets.
- 2
Model
Designed the inventory + movement schema with double-entry rigour before any UI work.
- 3
Sync
Built event-sourced sync between POS terminals and the central backend with offline queue.
- 4
Observe
Dashboards and alerts wired in from day one so the team caught data issues early.
"I open one screen and I know which outlet to restock today. That was impossible six months ago."
P. Otieno · Owner, Kazana Retail
Live demo
Try it now
Real interface wired to a live database — changes you make persist for every visitor.
SKUs tracked
0
Below reorder
0
all healthy
Inventory value
KES 0
Outlets
0
live sync
Stock by outlet
Inventory health
0 of 0 SKUs above reorder threshold
Stock ledger
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