Indian MSME owners — how are you actually managing inventory, GST, and vendors? Genuinely curious
Talking to a few small business owners lately — retailers, wholesalers, distributors — and I keep hearing variations of the same headache.
Inventory on a spreadsheet. GST filed manually (or scrambled at the last minute). Vendors sending invoices over WhatsApp. POS at the shop has no idea what's in stock at the warehouse. ITC claims missed because nobody caught the GSTR-2B mismatch in time.
And the worst part — they're juggling 4-5 different tools (Tally for accounts, some random POS, Excel for procurement, WhatsApp for vendors) that don't talk to each other.
So I'm genuinely asking — is this actually a widespread problem or am I just talking to the wrong people?
If you run or manage a small/mid-sized business:
- How do you currently handle inventory across channels?
- How painful is GST reconciliation for you month to month?
- Have you tried any software for this? What worked, what didn't?
Not selling anything. Just trying to understand if this is a real, common problem — or if most businesses have already figured it out and I'm overthinking it.