The Cost of Chaos
In the razor-thin margin world of retail minimarkets, guessing your prices is a death sentence. If you bought a crate of mineral water at a certain price (HBELI) last week, but the market price shifted today, are you still making a profit? Small retailers who manage their price lists on cardboard signs or in messy notebooks are always one step behind the competition. They don't know their SALDO (balance) until the shelf is empty, and by then, the loss is already locked in.
This template is a digital technical ledger for the independent store owner. It treats every item not just as a product, but as a financial unit with multiple pricing layers.
The Anatomy of a Perfect Record
The strength of this system is its tiered pricing structure. It doesn't just track one "Price"; it allows for HARGA1, HARGA3, and HARGA6. This allows a savvy owner to manage wholesale discounts or multi-buy promotions directly from the database. You know your baseline profit margin at every tier because you are looking at it right next to your HBELI (Purchase Price) in IDR.
The PLU and BARCODE fields are the operational anchors. By scanning items into the system, you eliminate the "what was this called?" confusion at the register. You stop being a "shopkeeper" and start being a manager. The inclusion of Category (Food vs. Non Food) allows for instant inventory analysis—you can see if your capital is tied up in slow-moving non-food items while your high-velocity food stock is running low.
Field Deployment: The Daily Audit
Imagine you are doing your morning restock. You see a damaged box of snacks. Instead of just tossing it aside, you pull up the record, tag the Condition as "Damage," and update the SALDO. You aren't just "cleaning up"; you are maintaining a clean, accurate inventory that reflects the actual state of your shop. When a vendor walks in to take a new order, you don't guess. You look at your Purchase Date history and your current stock levels and order exactly what you need. It turns the chaotic daily grind of a minimarket into a streamlined, data-driven business.