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Do a stocktake with your phone in half the time

The year-end stocktake means clipboards, miscounts and a spreadsheet nobody trusts. Set up a phone form so two people can count at once and the totals add up automatically.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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The problem

Counting is slow, and copying from paper into a spreadsheet adds mistakes. Your accountant needs a stock value at year end and you're guessing.

The outcome

The year-end stocktake means clipboards, miscounts and a spreadsheet nobody trusts. Set up a phone form so two people can count at once and the totals add up automatically.

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me plan a stocktake using a phone form.

My stock: [types and rough number of lines]
Where it's kept: [areas, shelves, storeroom]
Who will count: [number of people]

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The year-end stocktake means clipboards, miscounts and a spreadsheet nobody trusts. Set up a phone form so two people can count at once and the totals add up automatically.

This does not give tax advice. The books stay in the accounting system.

The prompt · Gemini

Help me plan a stocktake using a phone form.

My stock: [types and rough number of lines]
Where it's kept: [areas, shelves, storeroom]
Who will count: [number of people]

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A short example

The year-end stocktake means clipboards, miscounts and a spreadsheet nobody trusts. Set up a phone form so two people can count at once and the totals add up automatically.

1

You describe your stock, where it's kept and who will count.

2

The assistant asks how you value stock and how items are labelled.

3

You get a counting plan by area, the form questions, a totals sheet and a check for big differences.

What happens

Use Gemini to do a stocktake with your phone in half the time

The year-end stocktake means clipboards, miscounts and a spreadsheet nobody trusts. Set up a phone form so two people can count at once and the totals add up automatically.

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