POS & Retail: Poor Inventory Control and Management Issues
The shared underlying problem is the poor performance and functionality of inventory management systems in retail, leading to significant inefficiencies and frustrations for users. Issues include slow loading times, inadequate support for decimal quantities, and a lack of proper organization and updates, which hinder effective stock control and sales support.
9 people in 9 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 9 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 9 people using KiotViet, Sapo, KiotViet Quản lý Nhà hàng and POS365
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 78% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 10 Oct 2019 → 28 Mar 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- KiotViet, Sapo, KiotViet Quản lý Nhà hàng and POS365
- Looking for something else
- 11% want an alternative · 11% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint778%
- Looking for an alternative111%
- Request111%
Sources
9 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…n mới quá chán Đề nghị chuyển về phiên bản cũ. Phiên bản mới quá dở. Phân hệ kiểm kho như cũ đang ok đổi qua mới như thời tiền sử luôn. Cộng thêm, ghi đè, tìm kiếm đều biến mất. Lệch âm hay dương cũng k còn vậy kiểm kho có ý nghĩa gì. Mún phát hoả với pb mới này. Đổi ngay và luôn giúp ng dùng với
Switching awayPOS365 — Lỗi, lag App build cho có thôi, mục đích chắc để dễ bán phần mềm, trải nghiệm vô cùng tệ hại, đồng bộ lệch tè le, lag liên tục, trong khi t inventory load chưa tới 500 món. Tìm món thì phải đánh đúng cả dấu, thiếu dấu hoặc dấu đánh trên khác chữ cái cũng không tìm được. Còn quá nhiều vấn đề nữa chán ko muốn…
Strong complaintSapo — Quá tệ ĐỪNG AI DẠI DỘT MÀ ĐĂNG KÝ NHÉ MUA VỀ SETUP TỒN KHO HỖ TRỢ BÁN HÀNG MÀ CÓ CỦNG NHƯ KHÔNG RẤT CHÁN
Strong complaint…ó dùng bản cập nhật hay lỗi k cập nhật được hàng hoá khi đã nhập kho Quá tệ, không cập nhật được công nợ và hàng tồn kho mặc dù đã nhập kho
Strong complaintKiotViet — Phần tồn kho có vấn đề Nên thêm phần thập phân ở tồn kho, các bạn nên biết có rất nhiều mặt hàng mà số lượng tồn kho ko thể nào là một số nguyên tròn chĩnh đc, ví dụ như 5,6lít 10,5m 7,45ct
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Why did it move?
Score 28.0 → 28.4 · 24 Sept 2026, 10:00 → 11:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is POS & Retail: Poor Inventory Control and Management Issues a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 9 different people described it independently, in 9 mentions, the earliest from 10 Oct 2019 and the most recent from 28 Mar 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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