Every milliliter of material—from delivery to write-off—tracked in the system: no more mystery disappearances like "where did half the gel polish go?". AI warns you a week ahead what to order and catches over-consumption before it balloons to $1,500 a month.
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Client in the chair, primer applied—and the cabinet's last bottle is empty. Admin runs to the store, client waits 40 minutes, the next appointment is already late. You write "sorry, these things happen" and discount your profit margin without budgeting for it.
Once a month, you recount in the evening: inventory says 80 files (100/180 grit), but the box has 47. Who, when, why—no one knows. The industry calls it "natural loss," your budget calls it minus $30 in uncaught waste, money lost because you didn't notice soon enough.
Manicure pricing hasn't changed since 2023, supplier raised gel polish 40%—you found out by accident. You can't calculate service profitability because inventory doesn't really exist, just a spreadsheet someone updates "when they remember." You pretend you know your margins.
Manage retail products and service consumables in one place. For each item: name, SKU, cost price, sell price, unit of measurement.
Link consumables to services via techchards. When you mark an order complete, the system automatically deducts the exact materials used.
Set a minimum threshold for each item. When it drops below that level, you get notified and know it's time to reorder.
Log incoming stock from suppliers. Run inventory counts—the system compares actual quantities to what's recorded and shows discrepancies.
Add products to orders alongside services. Client buys shampoo, cream, or aftercare product—everything goes on one receipt.
AI tracks the actual consumption rate of each material over the last 4 weeks. A week before it runs out, you get a note: "CND base ends on the 18th—order 6 bottles today for next week's scheduled delivery." No more "ran out mid-day, need an emergency supply run."
AI weekly compares actual usage to your techcard standards. If a stylist uses 30% more 100/180 files or base than the recipe allows, the report shows you exactly where the gap is. Not an accusation—a chance to talk to your team or adjust the recipe before waste hits $1,500 a month.
Input your inventory: names, prices, units, and starting quantities. You can import from a spreadsheet.
For each service, specify how much of each material gets used. Write-offs become automatic: every completed order triggers precise, recipe-based deductions.
When you close an order, materials are deducted automatically. AI tracks consumption pace and alerts you 7 days before you run dry, with exact reorder quantities for your next scheduled delivery. No midnight counts—the system always knows current balances.
For most service businesses, inventory management is either a spreadsheet habit or not tracked at all. Here's why both break down around 200 service slots per month:
Works fine until you hit 200+ items and stylists stop updating because "it's annoying." Errors creep in—20-30 unit gaps accumulate. By inventory day, the data you're comparing against feels unreliable. Spreadsheets don't auto-deduct when orders close; you do that manually, in a spare moment that never comes.
Once a month, admin sits with a calculator until late evening, writes down gaps—and can't explain where 30% of your files went. "Natural loss" sounds better in budget meetings than "we weren't watching." Without linking losses to specific orders, you can't diagnose the problem—just call it magic and move on.
Works while inventory is disconnected from appointment booking. The moment a client books, you're doing double-entry: one system for the appointment, another for material deductions. Or you skip the deduction entirely—then inventory becomes decoration. Starta.one auto-deducts the instant you close an order, using the techcard recipe. Zero double-entry.
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Inventory management is included in Starta.one Pro. There's no limit on the number of items you can track.
Yes, if you've set up techchards for your services. When you mark an order complete, the system automatically deducts the materials according to the recipe.
Yes. Add a product to any order alongside services. It deducts from inventory and adds to the total bill—one transaction, one receipt.
AI handles two things that usually eat your time: 1) Based on real consumption patterns over the last 4 weeks, it alerts you 7 days before an item runs out—with exact reorder amounts for your next scheduled delivery; 2) Every week it compares actual usage to your techcard recipes. If a stylist uses 30% more than allowed, you see it in the report so you can adjust the recipe or talk to the team before small waste becomes big waste. AI turns on automatically with inventory—nothing extra to enable.