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# Product Requirements Document (PRD)
## Multi-Shop Food & Grocery Store Management Software

**Version:** 1.0
**Document Type:** Full Advanced PRD
**Status:** Draft for Review

---

## 1. Executive Summary

This document defines requirements for a **full-featured, multi-shop grocery and food retail management platform**. The system enables a business owner to manage multiple stores (branches) from a single account, with each shop maintaining its own independent inventory, sales, staff, and financial data, while the owner retains a consolidated, cross-shop view for oversight and decision-making.

The platform covers the complete retail lifecycle: procurement, inventory, point-of-sale (POS), employee/staff management, customer relationships, accounting, and analytics — built for grocery, supermarket, and food retail businesses of any size (single shop to large chains).

---

## 2. Goals & Objectives

| Goal | Description |
|---|---|
| Multi-shop operations | Allow one account/owner to run unlimited shops/branches with isolated data per shop |
| Independent inventory | Each shop has its own stock, purchase, and product pricing, while sharing a master product catalog |
| Staff & role management | Owner can add employees per shop with granular permissions (cashier, manager, stock keeper, accountant, etc.) |
| Full retail operations | POS, purchasing, supplier management, returns, expiry tracking, barcode support |
| Centralized reporting | Owner/admin sees consolidated + per-shop reports, profit/loss, and stock valuation |
| Scalability | Architecture supports growth from 1 shop to hundreds of branches |
| Offline resilience | POS continues working during internet outages and syncs later |

---

## 3. Target Users / Personas

1. **Owner / Super Admin** — Owns one or more shops. Full access to all shops, financials, and settings.
2. **Shop/Branch Manager** — Manages a single assigned shop: inventory, staff, sales, day-end reports.
3. **Cashier** — Uses POS to process sales, returns, and payments. Limited access.
4. **Stock/Inventory Keeper** — Manages stock in, stock out, purchase entries, wastage, expiry.
5. **Accountant** — Views/manages financial reports, expenses, supplier payments, dues.
6. **Customer** (optional, for loyalty/online ordering module) — Views purchase history, loyalty points.

---

## 4. Core Architecture Concept

```
                    ┌─────────────────────────┐
                    │   Owner / Super Admin    │
                    │   (Consolidated Access)  │
                    └────────────┬─────────────┘
                                 │
        ┌────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┐
        │                        │                         │
 ┌──────▼──────┐          ┌──────▼──────┐          ┌───────▼──────┐
 │   Shop A     │          │   Shop B     │          │   Shop C      │
 │ - Own Stock  │          │ - Own Stock  │          │ - Own Stock   │
 │ - Own Staff  │          │ - Own Staff  │          │ - Own Staff   │
 │ - Own Sales  │          │ - Own Sales  │          │ - Own Sales   │
 │ - Own Ledger │          │ - Own Ledger │          │ - Own Ledger  │
 └──────────────┘          └──────────────┘          └───────────────┘
        Shared: Master Product Catalog, Supplier List (optional per shop),
                Owner-level Reports, User Roles Framework
```

**Key principle:** Products can be defined once in a **master catalog**, but **stock quantity, cost price, selling price, and reorder level are tracked separately per shop**, since each branch may price and stock differently.

---

## 5. Functional Requirements

### 5.1 Multi-Shop Management
- Create unlimited shops/branches under one owner account
- Each shop has: name, address, contact, logo, tax ID, currency, operating hours
- Switch between shops via a shop-selector dropdown (owner/multi-shop staff only)
- Shop-level settings: tax rates, invoice format, receipt printer settings, currency
- Data isolation: sales, inventory, staff, and reports are scoped to the selected shop by default
- Owner dashboard aggregates data **across all shops** (total sales, total stock value, top-performing shop, etc.)
- Ability to transfer stock between shops (inter-shop stock transfer with approval workflow)

### 5.2 Inventory & Product Management
- Master product catalog: name, SKU, barcode, category, brand, unit (kg/litre/piece/pack), tax class
- Per-shop stock ledger: quantity on hand, cost price, selling price, discount, reorder level
- Barcode generation & scanning support
- Batch/lot tracking with **expiry date management** (critical for food items)
- Low-stock and expiry alerts (push/email/SMS notifications)
- Stock adjustment (damage, wastage, theft, manual correction) with reason codes and audit trail
- Unit conversion (e.g., purchase in cartons, sell in pieces/kg)
- Perishable goods handling: FIFO/FEFO (First-Expiry-First-Out) suggestions
- Multiple pricing tiers (retail, wholesale, member price)
- Product variants (size, weight, packaging type)

### 5.3 Purchase & Supplier Management
- Supplier database (shared or per-shop) with contact, payment terms, ledger
- Purchase Orders (PO) → Goods Received Note (GRN) → auto stock-in
- Purchase returns to supplier
- Supplier due/payment tracking, partial payments
- Purchase price history per product per supplier

### 5.4 Point of Sale (POS)
- Fast, touch-friendly checkout screen with barcode scanning
- Multiple payment methods: cash, card, mobile wallet (bKash/Nagad-style), split payment, credit/due
- Discounts: item-level, bill-level, promotional/coupon codes
- Hold/park sale and resume later
- Sales return & refund processing
- Receipt printing (thermal printer support) and digital receipt (SMS/email)
- Offline mode: POS works without internet, syncs when reconnected
- Cash drawer management, day-open/day-close (Z-report), cash reconciliation

### 5.5 Employee / User Management
- Add unlimited employees, assign to one or multiple shops
- **Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)**: Owner, Manager, Cashier, Stock Keeper, Accountant + custom roles
- Permission matrix per module (view/add/edit/delete) configurable per role
- Attendance tracking (clock-in/clock-out), optionally biometric/QR based
- Shift management and shift-wise sales tracking (accountability per cashier)
- Salary/payroll module (basic salary, advances, deductions, payment history)
- Activity log / audit trail: who did what, when, in which shop

### 5.6 Customer Management (CRM)
- Customer database with purchase history
- Loyalty points / membership tiers
- Customer due/credit management (khata/udhar system)
- SMS/promotional campaign support (optional add-on)

### 5.7 Accounting & Finance
- Automatic ledger from sales, purchases, expenses
- Expense tracking (rent, utilities, salaries, misc.) per shop
- Profit & Loss statement (per shop and consolidated)
- Cash flow report, due/receivables report
- Tax/VAT calculation and tax reports
- Multi-currency support (for cross-border chains, optional)

### 5.8 Reporting & Analytics
- Per-shop reports: daily/weekly/monthly sales, best-selling items, slow-moving stock
- Consolidated multi-shop dashboard for owner: revenue comparison, shop ranking
- Inventory valuation report (per shop and total)
- Employee performance report (sales per cashier)
- Expiry & wastage report
- Exportable reports (PDF, Excel)
- Visual dashboard: charts/graphs for revenue, stock, and category performance

### 5.9 Notifications & Alerts
- Low stock alert
- Expiry alert (e.g., items expiring within 7/15/30 days)
- Daily sales summary to owner (auto email/SMS)
- Supplier payment due reminders
- Customer due payment reminders

### 5.10 Settings & Administration
- Business profile & branding (logo, invoice template)
- Tax configuration per shop
- Printer & hardware configuration (barcode scanner, receipt printer, cash drawer)
- Backup & data export
- Multi-language support (optional)
- Subscription/billing management (if SaaS model)

---

## 6. Non-Functional Requirements

| Category | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Performance | POS checkout response time < 1 second per transaction |
| Scalability | Support 1 to 500+ shops and thousands of SKUs per shop |
| Availability | 99.9% uptime for cloud/server component |
| Offline Support | POS must function offline and auto-sync |
| Security | Role-based access, encrypted passwords, encrypted data at rest/in transit |
| Data Isolation | Strict per-shop data segregation with owner-level override access |
| Backup | Automated daily backups, disaster recovery plan |
| Platform | Web-based admin panel + Android/iOS/desktop POS app |
| Auditability | Full activity logs, immutable transaction history |

---

## 7. Data Model (High-Level)

**Core Entities:**
- `Owner/Account`
- `Shop` (belongs to Account)
- `User/Employee` (belongs to Account, mapped to one or more Shops via `UserShopRole`)
- `Role` & `Permission`
- `Product` (master catalog)
- `ShopInventory` (Product × Shop → stock qty, cost price, sell price, reorder level)
- `Supplier`
- `PurchaseOrder` → `PurchaseOrderItem`
- `Sale/Invoice` → `SaleItem` (scoped to Shop + Cashier)
- `Customer`
- `StockTransfer` (Shop A → Shop B)
- `Expense`
- `AttendanceLog`
- `AuditLog`

---

## 8. User Roles & Permission Matrix (Sample)

| Module | Owner | Manager | Cashier | Stock Keeper | Accountant |
|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| All Shops View | ✅ | ❌ (assigned shop only) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (view) |
| POS / Sales | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Inventory Edit | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Purchase/Supplier | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ (view) |
| Employee Management | ✅ | ✅ (own shop) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Reports (Financial) | ✅ | ✅ (own shop) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Settings | ✅ | ⚠️ Limited | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |

---

## 9. Suggested Technology Stack (Reference)

- **Frontend (Web Admin):** React.js / Next.js
- **POS App:** React Native or Flutter (Android/iOS/Desktop), with offline-first local DB (SQLite)
- **Backend:** Node.js (NestJS/Express) or Laravel
- **Database:** PostgreSQL or MySQL (relational, for multi-shop data integrity) + Redis for caching
- **Sync Layer:** Queue-based sync (e.g., RabbitMQ/Kafka) for offline POS reconciliation
- **Hosting:** Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) with multi-tenant architecture
- **Hardware Integration:** Barcode scanner, thermal receipt printer, cash drawer, weighing scale (for loose grocery items)

---

## 10. Phased Rollout Plan

**Phase 1 — MVP (Core Foundation)**
- Single & multi-shop setup, master product catalog, per-shop inventory
- Basic POS (cash/card), employee login with roles
- Basic sales & stock reports

**Phase 2 — Advanced Inventory & Purchasing**
- Supplier & PO management, batch/expiry tracking, stock transfer between shops
- Barcode scanning, low-stock/expiry alerts

**Phase 3 — Financial & HR**
- Full accounting module, payroll, attendance, expense tracking
- Consolidated multi-shop financial dashboard

**Phase 4 — CRM & Growth Tools**
- Customer loyalty program, SMS marketing, offline-mode POS with auto-sync
- Advanced analytics & forecasting (AI-based reorder suggestions)

**Phase 5 — Enterprise Scale**
- Multi-currency, multi-language, franchise management, API for third-party integration (accounting software, e-commerce)

---

## 11. Success Metrics (KPIs)

- Time to complete a POS transaction (< 1 min average)
- % reduction in stock discrepancies after adoption
- Owner engagement with consolidated dashboard (daily active use)
- Reduction in expired/wasted inventory (%)
- Employee accountability: % of sales traceable to a specific cashier
- Customer retention rate (via loyalty module)

---

## 12. Open Questions / Decisions Needed

1. Will the product catalog be **shared globally** across shops or can each shop create fully independent products?
2. Is this a **single-business tool** or a **multi-tenant SaaS** (sold to many grocery businesses)?
3. Do you need **online ordering / delivery** integration, or is this purely in-store?
4. What payment gateways/mobile wallets are required for your region (e.g., bKash, Nagad, card networks)?
5. Do you need **weighing scale integration** for loose items sold by weight (common in grocery)?
6. Preferred platform priority: Web-first, Mobile-first, or both simultaneously?

---

*End of Document*

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