Stop Writing Off Stocktake Variances. Find the Root Cause in Minutes.

Stocktake investigation is the process of finding out why a physical stock count doesn’t match system records, and tracing each variance to its root cause, such as shrinkage, miscounts, short deliveries or missed receipts. Mentana automates this work, which is traditionally done by hand across ERP and POS data.

The most common causes are supplier short deliveries, shrinkage or theft, point-of-sale scanning errors, missed or unposted receipts, and miscounts during the stocktake itself. Most inventory tools only flag that a variance exists. Mentana identifies which of these causes is most likely responsible.

Mentana starts an investigation as soon as a stocktake variance appears. It analyzes ERP and POS data to identify the most likely cause, shows the evidence behind it, links related variances across stores, shifts and suppliers, and prepares a corrective action for your team to approve.

Manual investigation means cross-referencing receipts, purchase orders, POS logs and stock movements across separate systems, often over several days. Mentana does that cross-system analysis automatically, reducing a typical investigation from days to minutes, so your team spends its time fixing problems rather than finding them.

Yes. Mentana connects variances across stocktakes, locations, suppliers and shifts to reveal recurring patterns, such as a supplier that consistently short-ships or a shift with repeated shrinkage. Problems that look like isolated incidents in a single count become a pattern your team can act on.

No. Mentana prepares the corrective action, such as a supplier claim, a missed-receipt confirmation or a stock adjustment. Nothing is written to your ERP until your team approves it, and every action is recorded for audit, so your team stays in control.

Mentana works on top of your existing ERP, including SAP S/4HANA, Oracle NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics 365, as well as POS, WMS and data warehouses. Your ERP remains the system of record. Mentana adds the planning and execution layer without replacing it.