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Aisle 2 · stock

Stock, by zone. On hand is never typed.

Where it sits in the house — pantry, fridge, freezer, reserve. The walk order is the house’s own.

Four zones · walk order set by the house

Zone is where it sits.

Pantry, fridge, freezer, reserve, in the walk order the house sets.

1Pantry2Fridge3Freezer4Reserve

Walk the house one zone at a time. Each item shows its last count and a keypad.

ParSet the par. The shelf answers.
Rice · 10 lbon hand 1 2 below par
In the queue
  • Rice · 10 lbPar breach · 2 below par

Par is the one number you set. On hand moves through the record.

Par

Par is the one number you set.

A par is a target, not a fact. Everything else about on-hand moves through the record, with an actor and a reason on every row.

Set a par on one, and watch it become a buy request.

Expiry Watch

Dated at entry, most urgent first.

Dated at entry → most urgent first, with the value at risk → use it, replace it, or discard it.

Expiry WatchMost urgent first, or most money first.
  • Applesauce cups · WH-2 2 days $3.29
  • Whole milk · open · WH-1 3 days $4.98
  • Yoghurt · 6 · WH-1 5 days $3.49
  • Sliced turkey · WH-1 9 days $2.44

Value at risk · $14.20 — use it, replace it, or discard it with a reason.

Food safety. Expiry dates and Expiry Watch on every dated item. Stock

ReserveDays × beds × per bed per day.
Target
15 gal
On hand
6 gal
Gap
9 gal Gap · files into the queue

The bed count is typed by a person, never derived. On hand comes from the last count.

Reserves

The rule that says what the house must keep.

The reserve target is arithmetic, not a shrug.

Days × beds × the quantity per bed → the gap files into the queue → bought → the next count reads it back.

Emergency reserves. Days × licensed beds × the quantity per bed per day, then the on-hand reading and the gap. Dashboard and the surveyor PDF

Open Today and see what the house needs.

The rule, and how sure we are
Three sequences, one item

Zone is not aisle is not category.

The same five things, sorted the two ways a person actually walks them.

Zone9 zones

Where it sits in the house, in the walk order the house sets.

  • PantryRice · 10 lb · Oatmeal · 42 oz
  • FridgeWhole milk · gal · Applesauce · cups
  • ReserveBottled water · 24-pk
Aisle19 aisles

The route through one shop, in that shop’s own sequence. Never alphabetical, never by category.

  • Aisle 3 · DairyWhole milk · 2 gal · Oat milk · 1 gal
  • Aisle 7 · GrainsRice · 10 lb · Oatmeal · 42 oz
  • Aisle 12 · WaterBottled water · 24-pk × 3
Category20 categories

The catalogue’s own facet, for meal planning. Not listed here on purpose: nobody walks a category, and the product never derives one axis from another.

The ledger rule

On hand is never typed.

Every change is a recorded movement. A correction is a further movement, never an edit.

  • itemRice · 10 lb
  • houseWH-1
  • delta−2 cups
  • reasoncook · from a fixed set
  • actorK. Silva
  • timeThu 18:42
  • keyrecorded exactly once

Seven fields on every movement. Delete is not one of the reasons.

Out of range is accepted, and marked

A surprising count, a past expiry date or a high price is accepted and marked, never refused. The moment a number moves is the moment something happened.

Two people, one shelf

The later count stands and both movements exist with their times, so a disagreement is visible rather than hidden.

The record

Every change to on-hand is a recorded, immutable movement.

Category is the catalogue. Aisle is the route through a store. Zone is where it sits in the house. The three are never mixed.

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