Krino’s print shop inventory software tracks your materials and stock so you always know what you have, what a job actually uses, and what it truly costs. That last part matters most: when your real material costs feed your quoting, you stop guessing at prices and start protecting your margin on every job. It is one part of Krino’s connected shop system, and it quietly makes everything upstream more accurate.
Boards, vinyls, media rolls, laminates, inks, substrates: your shop runs on materials, and running out of the wrong one at the wrong time stops a job cold. Krino keeps a live picture of what you hold, so you can see stock levels at a glance instead of walking out to the racks, or finding out you are short only when you go to print and it is already too late.
Most shops quote off a material price they set a while ago and have not touched since, even as suppliers keep pushing prices up. That gap quietly eats your margin. Krino keeps your material costs current and feeds them into pricing, so a quote reflects what the stock actually costs today. Pair that with your hourly shop rate and the profit margin calculator, and the numbers you send out in print quoting are built on real costs, not hopeful ones.
Waste and stockouts are two sides of the same problem: not knowing what you have. Too little and a job waits on stock that has not arrived. Too much and cash sits on the racks, ageing and getting knocked about. Better visibility lets you hold the right amount, use it before it spoils, and stop the panic orders that cost you both money and goodwill.
The jobs that eat the most material are the ones where a small pricing error hurts the most. Long runs and large-format signage on premium stock all swing your margin hard. When your inventory data feeds the quote, those are exactly the jobs you can price with confidence, because you are working from the real cost of the boards and media in front of you, not a rounded guess made under pressure at the counter.
Materials do not live in a silo. As jobs run, the stock they consume is tied to the job record in job management, so the material cost on the job is real, not estimated. That connection closes the loop: quote from real costs, produce the work, record what was used, and see the true margin on the finished job. Over time your estimates get more accurate, because they are learning from what actually happened rather than what you hoped would.
Knowing you are low is only useful if you act in time. With clear stock visibility, you can reorder the boards and media you rely on before they hit zero, smoothing out the supplier lead times that otherwise turn into missed deadlines. No more discovering at 4pm that the job due tomorrow needs stock you simply do not have on hand.
| Without stock visibility | With Krino inventory |
|---|---|
| Quote off old, guessed prices | Quote off current material costs |
| Panic orders at rushed supplier rates | Planned reorders before you run out |
| Cash tied up in surplus stock | Hold the right amount on the racks |
| True job margin is a mystery | Real material cost on every job |
Krino is built in Australia for print and sign shops, so tracking fits the way you actually buy: rolls and sheets, part-used stock, offcuts worth keeping and the odd special order for a single job. It is practical rather than warehouse-grade, and that is the point. You get the visibility that protects your margin without the overhead of an enterprise inventory system you would never fully use, and without paying per user to let the whole team see what is in stock.
No. Start with the materials that matter most to your jobs and your margin, the boards, vinyls and media you use every week, and build from there. Even tracking your core stock gives you sharper quotes and fewer surprises, without turning inventory into a second full-time job for someone.
Your quotes are only as good as the costs behind them. When Krino knows the current price and real usage of your materials, those numbers feed straight into pricing, so you quote on today’s costs. Combined with your hourly rate and the margin calculator, that is the difference between a price that looks fine and one that actually makes money.
Yes. Material tracking is built into Krino, not a separate add-on, so stock, costs, jobs and invoicing all share the same data on one flat price with no per-user fees. Book a demo and we will show how tracking materials tightens your quoting and protects your margin.
