Counted, and waiting for somebody else
A count that differs from the book by more than the tolerance does not move the book on its own — db/231. Somebody who did NOT take the count has to accept it. That is not a formality: a count and its approval by one person is the same as no approval at all.
| When | Where | Product | Book said | Counted | Gap | Counted by | Waiting |
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What to count next
Locations classed by how much they move, because movement is what creates error: a shelf touched forty times a week drifts and one touched twice a year does not. Never counted comes first — a shelf holding stock that nobody has ever verified outranks anything an interval can say about a shelf somebody has.
| Where | Class | Units | Products | Moves | Last counted | Overdue |
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What has been counted
The last thirty days, including the counts that found nothing wrong — which is the whole point of db/108 and did not exist before it. A count marked agreed moved no goods and is still evidence: it is the only thing that can say a shelf is right. A count that disagreed by more than the tolerance says so under the name — it has not moved the book and is waiting for somebody else. db/231.
| When | Where | Product | Book | Counted | Difference | Who |
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Which shelves the book keeps getting wrong
Occasions, of how many, and the swing rather than the net: a shelf that went +30 then −30 nets to nothing and has been wrong twice. The residue is what makes a badly-labelled aisle look fine.
| Where | Counts | Disagreed | Swing | Last counted |
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