A counter that sells nine paise and nine thousand
An electrical and hardware shop sells a screw and a switchgear panel off the same counter, to a walk-in and to a contractor who will pay after the site bills. The catalogue is deep, the brands overlap, and the receivable is where the money actually is.
- Bill-by-bill outstanding
- Credit limit & days
- Fast catalogue search
- Multi-warehouse
- E-way bill
- FIFO + weighted-average
What makes this trade different
The same thing from four brands
A 16A socket exists five times over with different makes and rates. Picking the wrong line is a margin error nobody catches until stock is counted.
Contractors pay when the site pays
Credit runs long and is drawn down across many small purchases. A party-level balance tells you nothing about which month’s supply is still unrecovered.
Rates hang off MRP and discount
Selling is often a discount off a printed price rather than a rate you set, and the discount depends on who is standing there.
Stock across shop and store
Wire, conduit and heavy items are not kept at the counter. What you can hand over now and what you can hand over tomorrow are different questions.
Features that exist, doing the actual work
Everything below is in the build you can download today.
Bill-by-bill contractor outstanding
Every supply becomes a bill; every part-recovery allocates against specific bills. Ageing shows what is ninety days out per invoice — which is the conversation you need to have, backed by a list.
Credit limit enforced where it is recorded
Credit limit and credit days live on the ledger master, so the terms are a property of the party rather than a judgement call made at the counter by whoever is free.
Catalogue that stays fast
SKU, barcode and alias fields per item over indexed local queries — brand-level depth does not turn item lookup into a wait.
HSN and rate on the item, not the invoice
Mixed-rate invoices are routine here. Tax category and HSN sit on the item master so each line is taxed correctly and the HSN summary comes out clean.
Multi-warehouse and e-way bill
Shop and store tracked separately with real movements, and e-way bill payloads generated from the voucher that created the dispatch.
FIFO where cost actually moves
Wire and metal costs move with the market. Set FIFO on those items and weighted-average elsewhere — the choice is per item, not a global switch you inherit.
Moving from older accounting software?
Where Acronix is genuinely different — and where the tool you have already does the job. No invented weaknesses.
- Data at restAES-256 encrypted file — unreadable if the disk is copiedUsually a plain local data folder
- Switching machinesSign in on the new device and your books sync downSurrender the licence, copy a backup, restore by hand
- Working offlineFully offline-first — no internet needed to runOffline too, but cloud backup is bolt-on
- Keyboard-first entryEvery action has a shortcut; hands never leave the keysKeyboard-driven — the one thing they got right
- The interfaceA modern, high-density UI built this decadeFunctional, but a 1990s screen
- GST suiteGSTR-1, 3B, e-invoice, e-way bill from the same vouchersPresent, often as paid add-ons
Questions
Electricals & Hardware — questions, answered
A contractor pays after the site bills — can I see which month's supply is still unrecovered?
Yes. Every supply becomes a bill and every part-recovery allocates against specific bills, so ageing shows what is ninety days out per invoice — the conversation you actually need to have, backed by a printed list rather than a party-level lump sum.
The same 16A socket exists from four brands — can I pick the right line fast?
Yes. SKU, barcode and alias fields on each item, queried against indexed local SQLite, keep lookup fast even at brand-level depth, so the wrong-line margin error is easier to avoid at the counter.
A bill can carry a screw and a switchgear panel at different rates — is that a problem?
No. Tax category and HSN sit on the item master, so a mixed-rate invoice taxes each line correctly and the HSN-wise summary comes out clean, without deciding tax per invoice.
Can I track wire and heavy items in a separate store from the counter?
Yes. Shop and store are tracked as separate warehouses with real movements, so "we have it, but not here" is something the software can tell you, and e-way bill payloads are generated from the dispatch voucher.
Is GST — GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, e-invoice — included?
Yes, in the single plan. All of it reads the vouchers you already raised at the counter, so there is no re-entry into a separate return tool.
Can items whose cost moves with the market use FIFO?
Yes. Set FIFO on wire and metal where cost genuinely moves and keep weighted-average elsewhere — the choice is per item, not a global switch you inherit for the whole catalogue.
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