Retail CRM & Inventory · Local Web Application
Forma.
Retail Inventory, SKU Movements & Receiving
The problem & workflow requirements.
Independent retailers and design showrooms struggle with inventory drift when purchase orders, partial receipts, floor sales, and customer returns are tracked across disconnected spreadsheets.
Technical decisions and design.
Forma uses an event-sourced inventory model where available stock is calculated strictly from immutable movements: purchase receipts, allocations, sales, and reasoned returns. Supports partial order receiving, variant attributes, and point-in-time order snapshots.
Deliberate engineering choices.
A shopping basket is modeled as preparation and allocation rather than a permanent stock reservation, preventing phantom inventory lockups. Prioritizes local privacy and zero subscription costs over centralized cloud synchronization.
What is real vs. simulated.
Working browser application with synthetic objects catalog and sample suppliers. Demonstrates full receiving and returns logic; does not connect to live merchant card terminals.