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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bank reconciliation · CBZ 0142 · August317 of 318 matched
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.
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General ledger · 3 SeptemberPosted live
Search the ledgerTodayClose month
TimeSourceAccountDebitCredit
14:06:04Sell · till 2Sales — retail—US$34.25
14:06:04Sell · till 2VAT output—US$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 — trade—US$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.
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.
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
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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
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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.
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 — retail4000—US$29.78
VAT output2200—US$4.47
Cost of sales5000US$23.10—
Stock on hand1300—US$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.
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.
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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.
One system across the whole organisation. Industry editions configured to your operation, private or dedicated infrastructure, and a migration team — scoped and priced with you.
We are taking on 10 businesses in Harare and Bulawayo.
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.
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.
Yes, and that's why it was built here rather than translated here. The till keeps trading on the device: the sale is written locally, the receipt prints with its real number, and the customer walks. The screen shows how many sales are waiting. When power or the line returns they post in the order they happened, once each, and stock, the books and the fiscal record catch up as the queue clears.
The fiscal receipt is signed as the sale completes — virtually over your connection, or through a fiscal device you already own, which Corelith drives. If you do not have one there is no new box to buy and no per-receipt charge. Said plainly: Corelith is not approved, certified or endorsed by ZIMRA, and running it does not make your business compliant. It produces and keeps the record. What you owe, and how a return is prepared and filed, stays between you and your accountant.
It comes across before you sell on it. Every plan includes import templates for products, prices, customer balances and supplier accounts, and guided onboarding runs a trial import that you check against your own totals until they agree. Nothing goes live on figures you have not signed off yourself.
About six weeks. Week one we walk your counter and your storeroom. Week two we configure it against how you actually trade. Week three your data moves across and we reconcile it against your own totals. Week four we test the difficult days: month-end, an outage, a disputed payment. Week five we train your champions. Week six we are standing on your floor while you trade. We publish the weeks because we would rather be held to them.
You leave, and you take your figures with you. On monthly billing you change plan or cancel whenever you like, a full export is yours on request either way, and export is never charged for. There is no exit fee and no clause that makes leaving expensive — a customer who stays because going would cost too much is worth nothing to us.
It does not replace your bookkeeper's judgement: the chart of accounts, the accruals, how an unusual transaction should be treated and the conversation with your accountant all stay with a person. It does not file anything with any authority. And it is not a compliance product — it records what your operation did and exports the evidence, but knowing which rules apply to your trade remains yours.
See Corelith on your own numbers.
Forty-five minutes with our Harare team, on your own figures rather than a demo file. Bring last week's takings and your stock file, and we run your busiest hour, your month-end and a power cut through it. You leave with a price in writing and the weeks it would take — or with us telling you it is not a fit, which happens.