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PROWERB — Elevating Brands

Marketing Operations Backbone since 1979. Promotional products, logistics, kitting and digital commerce. One partner with its own operations in Kleve.

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Services 1.2 · Stocktaking Service & Annual Inventory

Stocktaking Service & Annual Inventory

PROWERB manages inventory across more than 55,000 group-wide pallet spaces in real time — RFID-capable, every movement booked in the proprietary ERP/WMS. Anyone who stores their promotional-products and POS inventory with us hands off the annual inventory at the same time: the target-actual reconciliation confirms, on the reporting date, what the system has known all year.

Stocktaking Service & Annual Inventory

Since 1979 · more than 2M shipments/year · ISO 9001 & 14001 · EcoVadis Silver

Starting point

Inventory discrepancies don't arise on count day. They arise in the twelve months before.

Once a year, the balance sheet demands a verifiable inventory. For many marketing and logistics managers, that means: halt operations, print count lists, assign staff — and end up explaining discrepancies whose cause lies months in the past.

With promotional-products inventory, the problem is bigger than in a retail warehouse: changing assortments, campaign goods, kits and assemblies, bulky goods. Every unbooked movement over the course of the year becomes an open question in December.

PROWERB reverses the logic: because every movement from goods receipt to dispatch is booked in real time, the stocktake isn't a search process — it's a reconciliation.

Process

Agree the cut-off, count and approval.

Before inventory taking, the procedure is agreed with the client: date, stock scope and treatment of ongoing movements. A discrepancy is checked, recounted where necessary and corrected only after approval.

  1. 01

    Set the cut-off

    Agree time, storage areas and treatment of receipts and dispatches.

  2. 02

    Count

    Record quantities and product/location references under the agreed procedure.

  3. 03

    Recount

    Check differences against movements and documents; recount unresolved quantities.

  4. 04

    Approve

    Submit the discrepancy list and explained corrections to the responsible contact.

  5. 05

    Handover

    Deliver results with cut-off, expected/actual quantities, differences and approval state in the agreed file format.

Infrastructure

Results and movements remain traceable.

Inventory records provide the baseline; the count checks the physical stock. The result separates confirmed quantities, open differences and approved corrections.

01Inventory managementRFID-capable, gapless real-time booking in the proprietary ERP/eWMS. Order, article and inventory management in one system.
02Target-actual as a standard processStocktaking, booking reconciliation and inventory correction are documented standard procedures — throughout the year and on the reporting date.
03Storage areasSeparate zones for high-runners, slow-movers, manual and bulky goods, glass, hazardous materials and protective goods — each with its own inventory management.
04Reporting →Operations Cockpit with inventory development, live reports and automated extracts — available around the clock, integrable into your system landscape.
Evidence
Four ranges in ongoing inventory management.

Four ranges in ongoing inventory management.

Four customers, four different assortments, the same booking logic. All in ongoing ongoing operations — the stocktake is part of everyday business, not a year-end project.

Borussia Mönchengladbach
Fan-shop fulfillment since 2022 with an inbound-intensive profile: inventory booking, inventory correction, relocations — and stocktake verification as a documented standard procedure.
Vaillant
Order and warehouse logistics in continuous operation since 2007. Quantity deviations and inventory corrections run as an exception-handling process throughout the year — not as a surprise on the reporting date.
Monster Energy
Campaign logistics with a high promotion frequency since 2021: receive and stock campaign goods, assemble them for each activation and dispatch to schedule.
Oatly
Promotional-products fulfillment in ongoing operations since 2023: goods receipt with inventory booking, order and invoice processing, article master-data maintenance.
Related services

The stocktake is the result. Inventory management is the work.

Inventory management records daily movements; the count reconciles the physical position under the agreed procedure.

01Inbound & inventory management →Receiving, real-time booking-in, put-away by goods type, discrepancy resolution — the start of every reliable stocktake.
02Promotional-products fulfillment →Storage, pick & pack, dispatch for permanently managed promotional items — every withdrawal booked in the system.
03Order-to-cash →From standardized order intake to credit note: order processing that keeps inventory consistent.
04Exception handling & returns managementTransport deviations, non-receipt, returns: resolution in the customer's name, documented in the system — also an inventory movement.
FAQ

The questions asked before awarding the stocktake.

Does PROWERB take over the annual inventory completely?

Yes — for all inventory stored with PROWERB. The target-actual reconciliation runs against the real-time inventory in the proprietary ERP/WMS, discrepancies are resolved and corrected, and the result goes to you documented.

Does PROWERB come to our warehouse as a counting team?

No. The stocktaking service is part of outsourced inventory management: anyone who moves inventory to PROWERB hands off goods receipt, booking, storage and stocktaking together. The stocktake is a consequence of the system, not a separately purchased counting event.

Why are there so few discrepancies?

Because every movement is booked — goods receipt, relocation, picking, kitting & assembly, dispatch, in real time and RFID-capable. Booking reconciliation and inventory correction run as a standard process throughout the year, not bundled at year-end.

What happens if the reconciliation shows a deviation?

It's documented, inventory is corrected, and the cause is clarified. If the discrepancy traces back to a delivery, we handle resolution with the supplier or freight forwarder — in your name, through to completion.

In what form do we receive the stocktake result?

As a report and automated extract from the Operations Cockpit — integrable into your systems. Inventory development is also viewable around the clock beyond that, not just on the reporting date.

Does this also work for kits, bulky goods and hazardous materials?

Yes. Kit and assembly inventory stays booking-consistent through bill-of-materials and value-added processes; for manual and bulky goods, glass, hazardous materials and protective goods, there are separate storage areas with their own inventory management.

Related topics

These pages fit too.

  • 01Inbound & Inventory Management
  • 02Promotional-Products Fulfillment: Pick, Pack & Ship
  • 03Order-to-Cash: Order Processing in Ongoing Operations
  • 04Exception Handling and Returns Management: Exceptions as a Process
Briefing

Make the next annual inventory the last one you handle yourself.

Describe your inventory — assortment, volume, current storage locations. We'll respond with a concept for inventory management and stocktaking: booking logic, storage areas, reporting.

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