Glossary
What is Multi-branch management?
Multi-branch management means running several shops, outlets or warehouses in one system while keeping each location's sales, stock and balances separate, with the option to view everything consolidated.
Multi-branch management lets each location keep its own stock, staff and sales while the owner still sees and controls the whole business. Opening a second shop is usually the easy part. Most of the work is in the goods and people that move between locations.
How it works in practice
A clothing retailer has one shop in Kathmandu and another in Narayangadh. Each counter should bill only from its own shelves, and each manager should see only their own location. Stock that moves between the two shops should be on record. One shop requests a transfer. The other dispatches it and names the exact items. While the goods are on the bus, they are held as stock in transit. The receiving shop checks the quantity when they arrive. If anything is short, the shortage is settled with a reason. Nobody quietly changes the count to hide it.
Branches and warehouses are not the same
A warehouse is a place stock sits: a shop floor, a godown, a cold room. A branch is an operating location with its own users. Most growing shops need a separate godown, which is a second warehouse, long before they need a second branch. Ask any vendor which of the two they charge for.
What to check before you choose
- Whether stock is held per location as a real figure rather than split by estimate.
- Whether staff can be limited to one location, with role-based access control deciding what they may do there.
- How goods in transit are tracked, and who approves a transfer.
- Whether reports filter per location, and whether a combined view exists or has to be built from exports.
When it is not worth it
A single shop with a back store room does not need branch software. Two warehouses inside one branch do that job. Branch licences usually cost more, so plan how many branches you need before you commit, instead of adding and removing locations later. For the stock side in more depth, read inventory management across branches.
In Kuver Books the rule is: Unlimited warehouses on every plan; single branch on Standard and Premium; Enterprise covers multi-branch, priced with you. The branches and warehouses page explains transfers, per-branch users and what the reports cover.
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