One sale updates the whole business.

The sale is fiscalised as it completes, then writes itself into stock, the books and every branch figure. One record, built in Harare.

The Corelith record for Chiedza Hardware: a trade customer's timeline with the site visit, the fiscal receipts, the payment received and the statement of account, beside their balance, terms and next follow-up.

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You already know where the evening goes. It goes into typing things twice.

01

The second shift starts when the shop closes

The till roll is typed into a spreadsheet, the spreadsheet is typed into the accounts, and the person doing it is the one you can least afford to lose an evening of.

02

Nobody can say what is on the shelf right now

The till says one thing and the storeroom says another, and neither has been true since the last count. So you order what feels low and run out of what was actually selling.

03

Head office finds out tomorrow

Every branch reports in its own format, a day late. The one having a bad month looks exactly like the other eleven until somebody assembles the figures by hand.

04

Month-end is a rebuild, not a check

The first week of every month goes on reconstructing the month before. The figures arrive after the decision they were supposed to inform.

None of that is a failure of effort. It is what happens when the till, the stock sheet and the accounts are three separate systems and a person is the join between them. Corelith makes them one record, so nobody has to be the join.

What changes, from the first sale to month-end.

A sale is rung, and four other things move. Nobody writes anything down for later.

Till 2 · sale #10238Part cash, part EcoCash
Scan or searchPrice checkHold sale
ItemQtyPriceLine
Mealie meal 10kg19.00US$9.00
2L cooking oil26.10US$12.20
Sugar 2kg13.10US$3.10
Washing powder 1kg13.10US$3.10
Bread · white21.35US$2.70
Airtime · US$515.00US$5.00
  • Cash · drawer 2 · USDUS$20.00
  • EcoCash · ZWG at 33.5500US$14.25
  • VAT 15% inclusiveUS$4.47
  • RemainingUS$0.00
6 lines · one receiptUS$34.25
789456123.0
CashCardEcoCashOn accountClose the sale
Posted by this sale4 postings+
  • Stock relievedStock · six lines, at cost
    −6Posted
  • Fiscal receipt signedZIMRA FDMS · accepted in 1.4 s
    Signed
  • Journal writtenBooks · sales, VAT and cost of sales
    US$34.25Posted
  • Drawer 2 updatedSell · cash tender against this till
    US$20.00Posted

The shelf and the system agree. Cover in days, without anyone working it out.

GThe Gate Shops
  • Today
  • Sell
  • Stock6
  • Customers
  • People
  • Pay
  • Books
  • Sites12
  • Compliance
Msasa store · on hand3 below minimum
Find an item or scan a barcodeFast moversRaise an order
ItemOn handSells/dayCoverMinTied up
Mealie meal 10kg4211.43.7 days20US$378.00
2L cooking oil184.14.4 days12US$109.80
Sugar 2kg73.91.8 days20US$21.70
Bread · white6044.01.4 days40US$81.00
Washing powder 1kg312.811.1 days15US$96.10
Cement 50kg962.243.6 days40US$1,152.00
Paint · white 20L80.180.0 days6US$440.00
Where the money is sitting
In lines that turn inside a week590 / 2278 US$
In lines that take over a month1592 / 2278 US$

On hand last moved 14:06:04, on sale #10238.

The account customer is remembered. Balance, terms and the next follow-up, on the sale.

MH
Mutare Hardware
Within limitNet 30Pays in 9 days
Exposure, right now
Credit used against the limit60 / 200 US$
  • This saleRung at till 1 · 3 Sep 09:02
    US$2,050.00Just now
  • Open balanceOne invoice, 4 days old
    US$60.00Current
  • Still availableLimit less exposure
    US$140.00Clear
Already scheduled+
  • Call about the roofing orderRaised from sale #10238 · Friday 6 Sep
    In 3 daysINV-3042
    Booked
  • Quote expiresQUO-0912 · Msasa Contractors
    In 9 daysUS$18,400
    Chase
  • Repeat order dueRoofing nails · every 6 weeks
    A pattern, not a reminder
    Due now
Payment history
InvoiceRaisedTermsPaidDays
INV-304222 Aug30 daysUS$1,990.007
INV-298818 Jul30 daysUS$2,410.0011
INV-290126 Jun30 daysUS$880.009

The shift that sold it gets paid for it, from the hours that were actually worked.

GThe Gate Shops
  • Today
  • Sell
  • Stock6
  • Customers
  • People
  • Pay
  • Books
  • Sites12
  • Compliance
Payout run · August · 14 staffAwaiting a second name
Find someoneAugustSend US$6,224.10
EmployeeRosteredWorkedRateNet payState
Tendai Marumbe184 h179.5 h2.85US$444.63Ready
Rudo Ncube168 h168.0 h2.40US$361.20Ready
Chipo Sibanda160 h152.5 h2.40US$328.60Ready
Farai Dube176 h181.0 h2.65US$414.90Overtime
Nyasha Chirwa120 h116.0 h2.40US$249.80Ready
Blessing Moyo64 h64.0 h2.20US$128.90New
Where the hours came from
  • RosteredPublished shifts, all sites
    872 hAutomatic
  • ClockedWorked hours, per site
    861 hAutomatic
  • OvertimeSupervisor signed
    11 hOne open
  • Manual adjustmentsKeyed against this run
    0None
  • Paid fromTakings · Msasa store
  • Posts to BooksAs one batch, on send
  • Total to sendUS$6,224.10

Head office already knows. Every branch reports into one position as it trades.

Group position · Thursday 3 September, 14:06All twelve reporting
Group takingsUS$18,412.00+6.4% on last Thursday
Sales1,409Basket US$13.07
Rate of the day33.5500ZWG · set centrally at 06:00
TodayThis weekMonth
BranchGrossedSalesBasketDiscountFortnightTrend
Msasa storeUS$4,180.0031213.40US$68.40+9.1%
MachipisaUS$3,905.5028813.56US$51.10−4.2%
Mutare depotUS$2,744.0014119.46US$90.26+14.0%
Gweru counterUS$2,110.2519610.77US$31.84−8.3%
Bulawayo yardUS$1,988.008423.67US$48.86+11.4%
Kwekwe kioskUS$1,102.751736.37US$11.20+1.2%
ChitungwizaUS$982.401198.26US$9.80−12.7%
Group controls+
  • Price list · SeptemberPublished to all twelve at 06:00
    In force
  • Discount ceiling · 5%Manager approval above 5%
    Enforced
  • Mutare depot · 3.3% givenGroup average 1.7%
    US$90.26Above average

The month is mostly closed already. The bank match is a confirmation, not an investigation.

GThe Gate Shops
  • Today
  • Sell
  • Stock6
  • Customers
  • People
  • Pay
  • Books
  • Sites12
  • Compliance
Bank reconciliation · CBZ 0142 · August317 of 318 matched
Search the statementUnmatchedClose August
DateStatement lineMatched toAmountState
29 AugECOCASH SETTLE 88104Pay · payout runUS$6,224.10Matched
29 AugCARD SETTLE 4471Sell · till 1 and 2US$1,391.90Matched
29 AugDEP MUTARE HARDWAREBooks · INV-3042US$1,990.00Matched
28 AugZIMRA VAT7 PAYMENTCompliance · August returnUS$2,904.80Matched
27 AugCASH DEPOSIT MSASASell · cash-up 26 AugUS$2,548.10Matched
26 AugTRF 449021 UNREFERENCEDNothing yetUS$412.00One to look at
25 AugBANK CHARGESBooks · chargesUS$18.40Matched
What is left of the close2 done · 1 open+
  • Takings, stock and payroll journalsPosted daily through August
    Done
  • Fiscal register reconciled9,411 receipts, all accepted by FDMS
    Done
  • One unreferenced transferUS$412.00 in on 26 August · no reference
    Open

The day closes itself. The posting happens while the shop is open.

GThe Gate Shops
  • Today
  • Sell
  • Stock6
  • Customers
  • People
  • Pay
  • Books
  • Sites12
  • Compliance
General ledger · 3 SeptemberPosted live
Search the ledgerTodayClose month
TimeSourceAccountDebitCredit
14:06:04Sell · till 2Sales — retailUS$34.25
14:06:04Sell · till 2VAT outputUS$4.47
14:06:04StockCost of salesUS$23.10
13:58:11Pay · EcoCashBank — CBZ 0142US$1,990.00
12:40:52PeopleWages accrualUS$511.58
11:19:03StockStock on handUS$1,152.00
09:02:44Sell · till 1Sales — tradeUS$2,050.00

312 postings today · 0 entered by hand · last at 14:06:04

Takings, stock movements and the payroll journal go in as they happen. By the time you close the month, the ledger has been current for thirty days.

Close till 2 · Rudo N.US$4.00 short
US$2,548.10
US$2,544.10
US$1,391.90
US$240.00
Float errorShort-changedUnknown
A gap over US$2 needs one
with the drawer's own log attached
RecountClose the till

The supervisor gets the count, the drawer log and your note together.

Every tender sits against the drawer it went into. Closing a till is a check against a number, and a four-dollar gap is a question you ask tonight, while the person who took the money is still on shift.

THE GATE SHOPS · MSASAReceipt #10238 · 3 Sep 2026 14:06
  • Mealie meal 10kg19.00
  • 2L cooking oil212.20
  • Sugar 2kg13.10
  • Bread · white22.70
  • Airtime · US$515.00
  • VAT 15% inclusive4.47
  • TOTALUS$34.25
Posted by this sale5 postings
  • Sales — retailBooks · general ledger
    US$29.78Posted
  • VAT outputBooks · tax control
    US$4.47Posted
  • Stock movementStock · 6 lines relieved
    −6Posted
  • Fiscal receiptZIMRA FDMS · accepted 14:06:05
    Signed
  • Drawer 2Sell · cash tender
    US$20.00Posted

All five written from receipt #10238 at 14:06:05.

Nobody stays behind to type receipts into a spreadsheet.

Close August 20261 open
Postings this month18,204Across 12 sites
Close tasks done5 of 6Automatic
Unposted journals0At 3 September
AugustJulyJune
The close5 done · 1 open+
  • Takings posted to the ledger312 tills · 12 sites · daily, as they closedAutomaticDone 1 Sep
  • Stock movements relievedCost of sales written with each saleAutomaticDone 1 Sep
  • Payroll journal14 staff · posted with the pay runAutomaticDone 25 Aug
  • Fiscal register reconciledZIMRA FDMS · 9,411 receipts, all acceptedAutomaticDone 1 Sep
  • Bank reconciliation · CBZ 0142318 of 318 lines matchedAutomaticDone 2 Sep
  • Stock write-off — Mutare depotUS$412.00 of cement, damaged in transitNeeds approvalOpen

The postings happened as the month happened. What is left is the handful of things that need a person: the odd payment, the accrual, the bank line nobody recognises.

How the platform is built

Strict where the money is.Effortless everywhere else.

The four that need a second name

A discount past the limit, a write-off, a price change, a refund after close. Each one waits for someone with the authority, and their name goes on it.

Everything the counter does

Ringing a sale, taking a payment, printing a receipt, counting a shelf. None of it waits on head office.

A record either way

Approved or not, both paths write the same history. The audit trail doesn't depend on which way the day went.

Never stop taking money. Not in an outage, not off the network.

Till 2 · Msasa storePower out 41 minutes
No mains power. Trading on battery.13:04

Keep selling. Nine sales are held on this terminal and post in order once the line is back.

Retry now
Held on this terminal9 sales · US$214.60
SaleTimeTenderTotalReceipt
#1023813:06CashUS$34.25Printed
#1023913:11EcoCashUS$9.80Printed
#1024013:19CashUS$7.45Printed
#1024113:34CardUS$61.10Printed
#1024213:45CashUS$102.00Printed

9 held · oldest 13:06 · posts in order when the line returns

The power goes and the queue does not. Sales write to the terminal, receipts print with their real numbers, and the record catches up in order the moment the line is back.

Till 1 · sale #10243Part paid
Scan a barcodeHold
ItemQtyLine
Cement 50kg4US$48.00
Roofing nails 5kg1US$7.00
Timber 2×4 · 3m6US$25.80
Wheelbarrow · steel1US$38.00
  • Cash · drawer 1US$60.00
  • EcoCashUS$40.00
  • Rate of the day · ZWG33.5500
  • Left to findUS$18.80
4 lines · VAT inclusiveUS$118.80
789456123.0
CashCardEcoCashSwipeTake US$18.80

Scan, tender, print, next customer. Part cash, part EcoCash, part swipe, in USD or ZWG, and nobody does arithmetic in their head.

MH
Mutare Hardware
Within limitNet 30Since 2022
Credit
Credit used against the limit60 / 200 US$
  • LimitSet by Tendai M. · reviewed March
    US$200.00Fixed
  • Exposure right nowOne open invoice, 4 days old
    US$60.00Current
  • Available to spendLimit less exposure
    US$140.00Clear
  • Above the limitManager approval required
    Rule
Payment history+
InvoiceRaisedTermsPaidDays
INV-304222 Aug30 daysUS$1,990.007
INV-298818 Jul30 daysUS$2,410.0011
INV-290126 Jun30 daysUS$880.009

The balance, the terms and the exposure are on the screen before you agree to the sale.

Scan or searchAdd
  • Chibuku Super4 × 1.30
    US$5.20
  • Bread · white2 × 1.35
    US$2.70
  • Airtime · US$21 × 2.00
    US$2.00
3 linesUS$9.90
789456123.0
CashEcoCashTake US$9.90
Devices trading now4 devices
  • Aisle 3 · Rudo N.Handheld · KOR-0114
    US$214.60Trading
  • Delivery yard · Farai D.Handheld · KOR-0118
    US$1,988.00Trading
  • Mbare market stallHandheld · KOR-0121 · offline
    US$402.10Queued
  • Till 1 · Chipo S.Counter unit · CTR-0002
    US$4,180.00Closed off
  • Msasa store · todayUS$6,784.70

Mbare is offline and posts to this total when it reconnects.

Take the same till into the aisle, the yard, the market or the field. Same receipt, same stock, same fiscal record.

Cover · Msasa store3 lines under a week
Find an itemFast moversRaise an order
ItemOn handSells/dayCoverTied up
Mealie meal 10kg4211.43.7 daysUS$378.00
2L cooking oil184.14.4 daysUS$109.80
Bread · white6044.01.4 daysUS$81.00
Cement 50kg962.243.6 daysUS$1,152.00
Paint · white 20L80.180.0 daysUS$440.00
Where the money is sitting
In lines that turn inside a week569 / 2160 US$
In lines that take over a month1592 / 2160 US$

Cover in days on every line, so the fast movers stay on the shelf and your cash is not sitting in paint nobody has asked for since June.

Made in Harare,for the way you trade.

The people who build Corelith queue in the same shops, bank in the same currencies and lose power on the same evenings you do. That's why the software behaves the way the country does.

The Corelith team at work in Harare

Grow without losing control. Enterprise controls, on the plan you start with.

JNL-88214 · sale #10238
Written by SellBalanced3 Sep 14:06:04
The entryDebits US$57.35 · credits US$57.35
AccountCodeDebitCredit
Cash on hand — drawer 21010US$20.00
Card clearing1020US$14.25
Sales — retail4000US$29.78
VAT output2200US$4.47
Cost of sales5000US$23.10
Stock on hand1300US$23.10
Source+
  • Sell · till 2Sale #10238 · 14:06:04
    Source
  • StockCost of sales, at item cost
    Source
  • Manual entriesNone on this journal
    None

Every module writes its own journal entry as it works, into the same ledger the counter is writing to. There is no export step at month-end.

THE GATE SHOPS · MSASAReceipt #10238 · 3 Sep 2026 14:06
  • Mealie meal 10kg19.00
  • 2L cooking oil212.20
  • Sugar 2kg13.10
  • Bread · white22.70
  • Airtime · US$515.00
  • TOTAL · USDUS$34.25
  • TOTAL · ZWGZWG 1,149.09
  • Rate used33.5500
Rate of the day · 3 SeptemberSet 06:00, group-wide
Set atRateSet byReceipts on it
3 Sep 06:0033.5500Head office1,409
2 Sep 06:0033.4100Head office1,318
1 Sep 06:0033.2800Head office1,204
29 Aug 06:0033.1900Head office1,441
  • On the receiptUSD and ZWG, both printed
    Printed
  • On the journalBooks · stored on the entry
    Stored
  • On a reprint, any timeUses the rate stored on the receipt
    Fixed

Receipt #10238 · rate 33.5500 · fixed to this receipt

Both currencies on every screen, receipt and report at the day's rate. The rate that was used stays on the record it was used on.

Statements and returns · August 2026August · closed
Search statementsAugustFile a return
FiledBuilt from the ledger+
VAT return · VAT7ZIMRA · US$2,904.80Filed 8 Sep
PAYE return · P2ZIMRA · 14 employeesFiled 8 Sep
QPD · Q3 provisionalDue 25 Sep · US$4,110Prepared
NSSA scheduleAugust · US$412.80Filed
Statements+
  • Statement of profit or loss1 – 31 August · all twelve sitesFinal284 KB
  • Statement of financial positionAs at 31 August 2026Final196 KB
  • Trial balance412 accounts · balancedFinal512 KB
  • Cash flow statement1 – 31 August · indirect methodDraft102 KB

All four built from the August trial balance · 412 accounts

VAT, PAYE and QPD come off the entries themselves, so the figures you file are the figures you traded.

Stock take · Msasa store · 3 SeptemberUS$128.00 short
Find an item or scan a barcodeVariances onlyPost the count
ItemCountedExpectedVarianceAt costLast touched
Mealie meal 10kg4242Rudo N. · 11:19
Sugar 2kg711−4US$12.40Farai D. · 09:41
Cement 50kg9694+2US$24.00Farai D. · 08:02
Cooking oil 2L1824−6US$36.60Rudo N. · 12:55
Washing powder 1kg3131Chipo S. · 10:08
Paint · white 20L89−1US$55.00Farai D. · 07:44

6 lines counted · 4 variances · US$128.00 at cost

A stock take counts against what the record expects, so a shortfall names itself line by line — which item, which branch, which week.

Discounts, write-offs and variances · AugustAugust · 5 branches
Discount givenUS$2,904.801.6% of takings
Written offUS$1,188.00Across 5 branches
Stock varianceUS$612.40−0.4% on July
This weekMonthQuarter
BranchDiscountWrite-offVarianceFortnightWho approved
Msasa storeUS$684.20US$102.00US$122.40Tendai M.
MachipisaUS$511.00US$64.00US$88.10Chipo S.
Mutare depotUS$902.60US$412.00US$204.90Unassigned
Gweru counterUS$318.40US$88.00US$61.00Farai D.
Bulawayo yardUS$488.60US$522.00US$136.00Tendai M.

Mutare depot · US$412.00 written off, still unassigned

Discounts, write-offs and variances show per branch and per person. You see them weekly, while there is still somebody to ask.

Takings · Thursday 3 SeptemberAll 12 reporting
LevelTakingsSalesBasketDiscountShare
Group · The Gate ShopsUS$18,412.001,40913.07US$311.46100%
Harare regionUS$9,067.9071912.61US$129.3049.3%
Msasa storeUS$4,180.0031213.40US$68.4022.7%
MachipisaUS$3,905.5028813.56US$51.1021.2%
ChitungwizaUS$982.401198.26US$9.805.3%
Eastern regionUS$2,744.0014119.46US$90.2614.9%
Mutare depotUS$2,744.0014119.46US$90.2614.9%
Midlands regionUS$3,213.003698.71US$43.0417.5%
  • Branches summedUS$18,412.00
  • Group totalUS$18,412.00
  • To reconcileUS$0.00

Updates as each site trades · last posting 14:06:04

Group, region and branch all roll up from the same entries. Nobody reconciles head office against the branches, because they were never separate.

Change history · Msasa store · AugustAugust · 4,118 changes
Search the logAugustExport
WhenWhoWhat changedFromToReason
3 Sep 14:11Tendai M.Discount ceiling5%7.5%Builders' merchant terms
3 Sep 09:41Rudo N.Price · Sugar 2kg3.003.10Supplier increase
2 Sep 17:02Tendai M.Credit limit · ACC-0142150.00200.00Pays in 9 days
2 Sep 11:20Farai D.Stock write-off412.00Damaged in transit
1 Sep 08:14Head officeRate of the day33.410033.5500RBZ midrate
31 Aug 19:44Chipo S.Void · sale #1010234.250.00Customer changed their mind
Export
  • Changes in the period1 – 31 August · name, time, before, after, reason
    4,118Complete
  • Changes with no reason recordedReason is a required field
    0None
  • Export formatCSV, with the source documents attached
    Ready

Who changed it, when, and why, kept on the record itself. The whole history exports as one indexed folder.

What it costs, in full. Every figure published, including the extra sites.

Compare every plan
Invoice · September 2026Paid 1 Sep
  • Corelith Scale6 sites included
    US$199.00Charged
  • Extra sites6 × US$25.00
    US$150.00Charged
  • Point of sale · 24 tillsIncluded
    US$0.00Included
  • Stock, accounting and the ledgerIncluded
    US$0.00Included
  • Payroll · 26 staffIncluded
    US$0.00Included
  • ZIMRA fiscalisationIncluded · no per-receipt charge
    US$0.00Included
  • Total dueUS$349.00
Plan · Scale12 sites
  • Sites12
  • Users26 of 40
  • TillsUnmetered
  • ReceiptsUnmetered
  • Next invoiceUS$349.00

Next charge 1 October.

Till software, a stock sheet, an accounts package, a payroll bureau and the spreadsheet holding them together — replaced by one invoice.

GThe Gate Shops
  • Today
  • Sell
  • Stock6
  • Customers
  • People
  • Pay
  • Books
  • Sites12
  • Compliance
Msasa store · September roster5 scheduled today
Find someoneThis weekAdd a cashier
  • Rudo NcubeCashier · till 2
    06:00 – 14:00US$2.85/h
    Clocked in
  • Tendai MarumbeSupervisor
    06:00 – 16:00Approves overrides
    Clocked in
  • Chipo SibandaCashier · till 1
    14:00 – 20:00
    Starts 14:00
  • Farai DubeStock · receiving
    08:00 – 17:00
    Clocked in
  • Blessing MoyoCashier · evening rush · added today
    16:00 – 20:00New this week
    Added
Plan · Scale
  • Users across the group26 of 40
  • Added this week1
  • Rate past the allowanceUS$5.00
  • Change to the invoiceUS$0.00

A plan arrives with a working team already in it — five people on Start, forty on Scale. Past that a user is a few dollars a month, published, rather than the US$37 a seat the imported suites open at.

Start

Replace the spreadsheets that cost you sales.

US$39/ month
1 site5 users

US$7.80 per user at 5 users.

Scale

Run assets, compliance, and every branch from one place.

US$199/ month
6 sites40 users

US$4.98 per user at 40 users.

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Onboarding at 50% off, your price held for 12months, and our engineers on your floor for the first trading days. In exchange you tell us plainly what's wrong with it, while it is still cheap for us to fix.

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The questions owners ask us first.

Start is US$39 a month for one site, Grow is US$99 across 3 sites and Scale is US$199 across 6 sites, with extra sites at US$25 each. Annual billing saves 15%. Start includes 5 users, Grow 15 and Scale 40, each with their own login, and a user past that is US$8, US$6 or US$5 a month depending on the plan. Every figure is published on the pricing page.

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