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Practical articles for businesses across the CFA franc zone: tax compliance, accounting, stock and till management, trade by trade.

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Management software for a workshop: tailoring, repairs, garage

A tailor, a phone repairer, a garage owner do not only sell items: they sell their work, and they keep their customers' belongings on site. It is a trade most till software ignores: it knows how to sell a product off a shelf, not how to track a wrapper cloth dropped off on Monday, promised for Friday, with fabric to supply and labour to invoice. Here is what software must know how to do for a workshop, and how Kimbea does it.

13 September 2026 · 8 min read
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Business types

Management software for a hardware store or building-materials business

A generic till software hits the same six walls in a hardware store: rebar is not one item but eight diameters and five lengths, cement sells by the bag and cable by the metre, contractors pay at thirty days, and the stock is spread between the shop and the depot. Here is what to check before you sign.

14 August 2026 · 11 min read