Keystone Infrastructure

One source of truth instead of six spreadsheets

Inventory lived in a shared spreadsheet six people edited at once. We built the founder the system their business had outgrown the spreadsheet for.

How a retailer replaced six spreadsheets with one source of truth
01The situation

Inventory lived in a shared spreadsheet that six people edited at once. Counts drifted, the shop oversold online during a busy month, and the founder could not trust any number on the sheet. The off-the-shelf systems were either too basic or quoted at a price and a contract the business could not stomach.

02What we built

We started from a blank page. We studied how stock actually moved across the two stores and the website, then built a single inventory and order system shaped to that exact flow, with the website wired to the same source of truth so it can no longer sell what is not there. Not a generic app. Their operation, made into software.

03How the engagement worked

A nine-week build with the founder in the room weekly, replacing the spreadsheet one workflow at a time so the team never lost their footing.

04The outcome

Overselling stopped. The founder got numbers they trust and an hour back every morning. The business gained a capability it simply did not have before: room to add a third location without the wheels coming off.

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