Two habits quietly distort stock and cost figures: converting units by hand during a count, and a wrong tax rate fixed to a closed delivery. StockTake Online now supports multi-unit recording on iOS and editable delivery tax rates.
Both started as feedback from operators who told us where the daily process slowed down or introduced error. Here is the problem each one solves, and what is now possible in the platform.
When you count physical stock, the unit in front of you often does not match the unit the system expects. A case becomes singles, a keg becomes litres, a sack becomes grams. Every time someone does that conversion in their head or on paper, there is a chance to slip a decimal or pick the wrong factor. Multiply that across hundreds of lines on a busy count and small errors add up into a stock figure you cannot fully trust.
The figure matters because everything downstream depends on it. Your variance, your theoretical versus actual cost, your ordering decisions: all of it inherits whatever error crept in at the count. That is why reducing manual steps during the count is one of the cheapest ways to improve accuracy.
On iOS, StockTake Online now includes a multi-unit dropdown in the stocktake. You can record multiple product units within the same period at the same time, rather than converting everything to a single unit to match the physical stock. Fewer manual conversions means fewer chances to get a line wrong, and a faster count for the person walking the floor.
This is available on iOS at the moment. If your team counts on iPad or iPhone, it is ready to use in the stocktake screen. You can pair it with the stocktake app for iOS and your existing stock control system workflow.
Supplier costs are not static. Industry trackers such as the CGA by NIQ and Prestige Purchasing Foodservice Price Index exist precisely because input prices move, and tax treatment can vary by product and supplier. When a delivery is recorded with the wrong tax percentage and then closed, that error is locked into the cost of those goods. It quietly skews the true cost of every recipe and report that draws on it.
Historically, correcting that meant reopening or redoing work. The new update removes that friction.
Yes. On the web, StockTake Online now lets you modify the tax percentage on supplier products tied to closed or accepted deliveries. Two things to know before you use it:
Once it is enabled, you select the relevant closed delivery, adjust the tax percentage, and save. It keeps your delivery records and supplier cost data accurate without unpicking the whole delivery. It works alongside the way you are already managing supplier records.
Both updates point at the same goal: cost figures you can act on. One reduces error at the point of counting, the other lets you correct a cost input that was previously locked. Neither is dramatic on its own. Together they remove real steps from the day and protect the numbers your decisions rest on.
If you want to see where your own food cost sits right now, work it out with our free food cost calculator before you change anything. When you are ready to see how the wider platform handles counting, deliveries, and cost control in one place, Book a Demo.
Is the multi-unit stocktake option available on Android? Not at the moment. The multi-unit dropdown in the stocktake is currently available on iOS devices.
How do I turn on tax percentage edits for closed deliveries? This feature is enabled by the StockTake Online support team on request. Contact support to switch it on for your account. Once enabled, the period must be open for you to edit and save the change.
Will editing a delivery's tax rate undo the rest of the delivery? No. You can adjust the tax percentage on the relevant closed delivery and save, without redoing the whole delivery. The period needs to be open for the change to be permitted.
Does reducing manual conversions actually improve stocktake accuracy? Each manual conversion during a count is a chance to introduce an error. Recording multiple units directly, without converting by hand, removes those steps and the errors that come with them.
Where can I read the full release notes? The full notes, including step-by-step guidance, are in the StockTake Online release note: Click Here to Read Full guide