Queens ships 6 sweatshirts on transfer order TO10412 and Brooklyn receives them; stock moves at both stores. Brooklyn counts backstock, head office reviews the count and accepts a variance of minus 1, and Brooklyn's stock updates to 10.
Queens storeBrooklyn store
Transfer order
TO10412 · To Brooklyn
Packed and shipped by Jordan K.
Ariel Roll Sleeve Sweatshirt
WH09-S-Red
Transfer order
TO10412 · From Queens
Received by Emily R.
Ariel Roll Sleeve Sweatshirt
WH09-S-Red
Cycle count
Weekly count · Backstock
Counted by Emily R.
Scanner readyHead office
Inventory Detail
Ariel Roll Sleeve Sweatshirt · WH09-S-Red
Inventory history
Shipped TO10412 · Queens to Brooklyn
Shipped by Jordan K.
Review count Brooklyn backstock
Counted 10 · System 11 · Variance −1
Received TO10412 at Brooklyn
Received by Emily R.
Cycle count Brooklyn backstock
Counted by Emily R. · accepted by Ryan S.
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Show the right stock online.
Store receiving
Move stock from warehouses to stores, or between stores, with an accurate count at both ends. HotWax Commerce reads the latest fulfilled transfer orders from your ERP or WMS and creates inbound shipments to receive against.
M104112
Transfer Order: TO10412
Store stock balancing
Item count: 4
Unfulfilled items: 0
Receive a transfer order
Receive one real delivery in HotWax Commerce, click by click, on the screens store teams use.
About a minute. Real order, real screens.
Received and ready to sell.
Brooklyn’s stock went up when the order closed, so the hoodies can sell online right away. The short and extra items are on record for Queens to check.
Store receiving
Stores can receive purchase orders directly from vendors, too. Purchase orders from your ERP or WMS sync to HotWax Commerce, so store teams receive against the right PO. As they receive, associates record where each item is put away, so pickers find it fast for online orders.
Store receiving
When stores accept returns, the returned items need to be received and recorded so they can be sold again online. Store associates look up incoming returns in HotWax Commerce and restock returned items in a few steps, adding them back to the store’s inventory.
Store receiving
Store associates scan barcodes to verify each item as it is received. When a barcode is missing, enlarged product images help them identify the item quickly. Store managers can require scanning for every item, so counts are right the first time.
Inventory updates
Once items are received against a transfer, purchase order, or return, HotWax Commerce updates inventory at that store location automatically. The new count syncs to eCommerce in real time, so received stock is available to sell online right away.
Receiving discrepancies
Shipments rarely match the paperwork exactly. Before a store closes a transfer order, HotWax Commerce lists every item that came in short, over, or wasn’t on the order, and the associate confirms each one. Items that weren’t expected are added to the order in a few taps. Every difference is recorded in your ERP, and a discrepancy report shows which stores have the biggest gaps.
Store transfers
Store teams can start a transfer order in HotWax Commerce, choosing the store or warehouse to send it from. Once it’s approved, the stock is held at the source, so it isn’t sold twice while it’s on the way.
Store transfers
When stock needs to move on paper only, a transfer request moves it from one location’s record to another’s. Nothing changes until someone executes it, and both locations update together.
Store transfers
Operations teams see each transfer’s status, its timeline, and what was ordered, shipped, and received, item by item. Short, extra, and wrong items show up in one discrepancies view.
Cycle counts and reconciliation
Head office assigns directed cycle counts to each store, and store associates scan items in guided sessions. Items without a barcode are counted by hand in the same session, and every submitted count goes to head office for review.
Backstock count
9:15 AM 2nd Nov 2026
6:00 PM 3rd Nov 2026
10:30 AM 3rd Nov 2026
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Directed Count
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Run a cycle count
Run one real count through HotWax Commerce, click by click, on the screens store teams use.
About a minute. Real screens.
Counted and sent for review.
Brooklyn counted 27 units across 4 products in minutes. The count now goes to head office, where any difference is reviewed before stock changes.
Cycle counts and reconciliation
Operations teams review submitted counts and approve, reject, or request a recount. A threshold in units, percent, or cost flags the biggest mismatches, so reviewers start where it matters. Once approved, inventory updates in HotWax Commerce and the latest stock levels sync to eCommerce and the ERP. Only reviewed counts change inventory, so store data stays accurate and auditable. Every decision is recorded with who made it and why.
Store replenishment
For any product at any store, buyers see how fast it sells, split into in-store sales, store sales shipped to the customer, and online sales, plus what’s already on the way. They set the reorder point, maximum stock, and reorder quantity in the same place, next to 30 days of available stock history.
Store and head office teams see how much of each delivery has been received, where a transfer came in short or over, which counts are still open, and how every count closed. Each product’s history shows what moved its stock: sales, deliveries, transfers, and counts.
Receiving · Brooklyn
Purchase order PO10433
Transfers
TO10412, Queens to Brooklyn
Completed Oct 29, 2026
Transfers
Inventory transfers
7
Oct 27 to 29, all stores
Cycle Count
Assigned counts
10
Across 10 stores
2 counts due today
Cycle Count · Brooklyn
Closed count
Hoodies count 101032
Inventory · Brooklyn
What moved MH09-XS-Green
Last 30 days, from 90 to 104 available
Retail store inventory management software helps retailers keep inventory accurate at every store location. Store teams use it to receive transfers, purchase orders, and returns, put stock away, and run cycle counts, while head office sees accurate stock levels across the network and plans store replenishment.
A warehouse has trained staff and dedicated systems. A store has associates who also serve walk-in shoppers. Store inventory management needs simple, guided steps, often inside the POS, so counts stay accurate without taking staff away from customers.
Yes, in two ways. Store teams open the HotWax Commerce Cycle Count app inside Shopify POS, where head office assigns counts and associates scan the shelf in guided sessions. Or they count in native Shopify POS screens that HotWax built, with directed, full-store, or dynamic counts. Either way, every count goes to head office for review before stock changes.
Yes, in two ways. With native Shopify transfers, each approved HotWax Commerce transfer order creates a matching Shopify transfer, so store teams ship and receive it in Shopify while HotWax Commerce stays in sync. Or store teams receive in the HotWax Commerce Receiving app inside Shopify POS, using the POS scanner, with a check for short and extra items before they close.
When items are received, the store’s inventory updates automatically and syncs to eCommerce in real time. Approved cycle count adjustments sync to both eCommerce and the ERP, so every system shows the same stock.
Store associates receive what actually arrived. They can add extra units or a mispicked SKU to the shipment, and HotWax Commerce flags the discrepancy and reports it so the back office can reconcile it in the ERP.
Yes. HotWax Commerce reads transfer orders and purchase orders from NetSuite and sends store receipts and approved count adjustments back as receipt and adjustment records, so NetSuite stays the system of record. Short, extra, and wrong items from receiving are reconciled in NetSuite automatically.
Store receipts, transfers, and approved counts update each store’s stock in HotWax Commerce, which publishes available-to-promise inventory to Shopify. The storefront only sells what stores actually hold, so fewer online orders are rejected at the store.
Yes, that is the most common setup. Store teams receive and count in HotWax Commerce or Shopify POS, NetSuite gets the receipts and adjustments as the system of record, and Shopify gets accurate available stock for every store.
Short shipments, mispicks, counts that never match. Show us where store stock goes wrong today, and we’ll show you how HotWax keeps it right.