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Inventory management app development London retailers, cafe groups and multi-branch operators can rely on: Codeeo builds apps that show what is on every shelf and in every stockroom across your sites, sync with your till system, raise supplier orders and move stock between branches before a shop runs out. In a city where stockrooms are tiny and rents are high, knowing exactly what you hold in each location is the difference between a sale and an empty peg.
Our team works remotely with London clients, with discovery, design reviews and demos held over video call. You see working screens early and agree each stage in writing, so nobody is guessing what the app will do on launch day. As an inventory management app development company London operators can brief from anywhere, we keep the process simple to follow.
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What the app can include
London shops rarely have room to hold much spare stock. A boutique in Marylebone might keep a handful of units per size in a cupboard behind the till, while a sister branch in Islington sits on the exact item a customer has just asked for. Coffee groups across Shoreditch, Soho and Canary Wharf order milk, beans and pastries daily because there is nowhere to keep a week's supply.
The app we build for you is designed around that reality. It treats each branch, concession and pop up as its own location with its own counts, gives staff a fast way to check and move stock, and keeps your point of sale system, online shop and supplier orders reading from the same numbers. The list below is a starting set; discovery decides which features go into the first release and which follow later. Staff turnover in London retail and hospitality can be high, so every screen is written to be learned in a single shift.
One screen shows units on hand at every London site, including stockroom and shop floor as separate places if you want them split. Staff in Covent Garden can see in seconds whether Clapham has the size a customer needs, then reserve it for collection or ask for a transfer.
Customers are sent to the right branch instead of leaving empty handed.
Request, approve, pick and receive transfers between sites, with each step recorded. If a courier or staff member carries the goods across town, the receiving shop scans them in and any shortfall is flagged on the spot rather than discovered at the next count.
Stock moves between shops with a clear trail of who sent and received it.
We connect the app to point of sale platforms such as Square, Lightspeed, Shopify POS or Epos Now through their APIs, so every sale reduces the right location's count. Online orders reserve stock at the branch that will fulfil or hand them over.
The number on the till matches the number in the app.
Reorder points per branch generate suggested purchase orders, grouped by supplier and timed to the delivery slots your shops can actually accept. Many London high streets restrict loading hours, so the app records each site's permitted window alongside the order.
Orders arrive when someone is there to receive them.
Rolling cycle counts let staff check one bay or category at a time on a phone with a barcode scanner, without closing the shop. Variances go to a manager for approval, with a reason such as damage, theft or a supplier short delivery.
Accurate counts without shutting the doors for a full stocktake.
For food and drink operators, the app tracks batches and use by dates per site, prompts staff to use the oldest stock first and logs waste with a reason. Kitchen managers see what must be used today before placing tomorrow's order.
Less food thrown away and fewer emergency top up orders.
Jewellers around Hatton Garden, watch retailers and electronics shops can track individual pieces by serial number, with status for display, safe, repair or sold. Restricted roles mean only named staff can adjust high value records.
Every valuable piece has a known location and a history.
Brands trading as concessions in department stores or at markets such as Spitalfields and Camden can set up temporary locations, send stock in, record sales and bring leftovers back, with a separate report for each event.
You can judge whether each concession or market stall actually earns its place.
A web dashboard shows stock value, sell through, slow lines and shrinkage by branch, with exports for your accountant. Area managers covering several boroughs see their own shops first and can compare them side by side.
Decisions on ranging and buying are made from figures, not hunches.
When a delivery arrives at a London branch, staff scan the cartons against the purchase order, record shortages, damage or substitutions, and photograph anything disputed. Credit requests for the supplier are drafted from those records, and the receiving shop's count updates the moment the goods are accepted.
Short deliveries are claimed back instead of quietly written off.
Who this is for
Every inventory project begins with how stock actually moves in your business today: who orders it, where it lands, how it travels between sites and how sales are recorded. In London that picture usually includes small stockrooms, frequent deliveries and staff who cover more than one branch. Many operators also trade across postcodes with very different customers, so a line that sells out in the City by Thursday may sit untouched in a neighbourhood shop in Walthamstow. These are the situations we hear most often.
You have outgrown spreadsheets and the stock module in your till system cannot show size availability across branches quickly enough for staff on the shop floor. We build a mobile app for staff and a dashboard for head office, connected to your existing POS, so a sales assistant in one borough can locate and reserve an item held in another.
Your current till system usually stays; the app adds what it lacks.
Your kitchens and counters order daily, and waste is where margin disappears. We focus the first release on par levels per site, batch and use by tracking, waste logging and supplier orders built from what each location sold yesterday. Transfers between sites cover the morning when one shop runs short of oat milk.
Waste reasons are kept simple so busy staff actually record them.
Jewellers, watch dealers, camera shops and similar businesses need item level tracking rather than simple quantities. We design serial and certificate records, controlled access, and a clear status for every piece whether it is on display, in the safe, out for repair or reserved for a client. Insurers often ask how stock is recorded and who can change it, so the app keeps a full log of every adjustment with the staff member and time attached.
Stock is split between a central store, department store concessions, weekend markets and your own website. We give each channel its own location, keep online availability honest, and show which locations sell and which simply tie up stock that could be earning elsewhere. Custom inventory management app development London brands choose for this setup usually starts with clean location records, because every later report depends on them.
How we work together
Most clients begin with a fixed scope first release covering their core stock flows, then keep a monthly retainer for improvements, new integrations and support. Larger retail or hospitality groups sometimes prefer a dedicated team that works through a longer backlog. In each case you speak to the inventory management app developers London clients actually work with day to day, not a sales layer, and the work is reviewed with you over video call at agreed points. Codeeo has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US and holds a 4.7 rating from 23 Google reviews.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We usually build the staff app in React Native or Flutter for iOS and Android devices, with a web dashboard and a cloud backend. Choices depend on your scanners, your POS platform and who will maintain the product after launch.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
Live counts per branch, transfers, reordering and a sync with your tills.
For most London clients the first release covers stock on hand by location, a fast search staff can use on the shop floor, transfers between branches, supplier orders built from reorder points and a connection to the point of sale system. Batch tracking, serial numbers, concessions and reporting are added where the business needs them. Discovery decides the order, based on where stock errors currently cost you most.
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