"Today's inventory management software has a fundamental problem. They're downright impossible to use. As much as engineers and accountants might love their end

"Today's inventory management software has a fundamental problem. They're downright impossible to use. As much as engineers and accountants might love their endless menus after endless menus, they only make for a frustrating experience." There's a reason there's 'endless menus after endless menus' - all the points you brought up (and then more). "Inventory management" as an open-ended "solution" is... near impossible. Now... if we saw 'raka for automotive dealers', 'raka for gardeners', etc., it could be comprehensive enough for specific industries, but still able to be focused and simple. And perhaps all the flexibility could be there, but stripped away to leave focused UIs for niche markets. I hit all these issues and more with a project a couple years ago. They really couldn't afford the 'industrial strength' inventory systems - simply too costly for them as a company - but had too many variables like the one you mentioned above. Just one small example - they'd record receiving various chemicals by the gallon or liter, but would record the use by... (IIRC) how many 'uses' (sprays, in this case). Without knowing how service person A had mixed their chemicals, 'one spray' could not tell you how much of the liter was actually being used. But they had to keep track of their chemical usage (I think for local permitting if nothing else) - during a stock take, there was no way to tell if people were using too much, or if some had been stolen, or perhaps was never delivered properly. And that some of that stuff was pretty expensive. There's certainly a need for 'inventory management' for small business, but I think raka and others have to dive further and market focused niche versions to solve the needs of particular industries.