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Inventory software is the program that keeps your stock instead of a notebook: it records every receipt and every issue, keeps the balance current and preserves the history of what happened. Kardex Tauro does exactly that, and you can start today without paying: the free edition downloads from the Microsoft Store and runs on Windows with no licence for non-commercial use.
If your operation is already commercial —several warehouses, several users, invoicing— there is the professional version, which works over the network and exports to Excel. Either way it is the same engine: what changes is the scope, not the logic of the inventory.
| Module | What it does | When you use it |
|---|---|---|
| Receipts | Records purchases, customer returns and inbound transfers with their cost | Every time goods arrive |
| Issues | Records sales, internal consumption, shrinkage and outbound transfers | Every time goods leave or are lost |
| Multiple warehouses and cost centres | Splits inventory by location or business line | When there is more than one site or owner |
| Serials and batches | Tracks the individual unit and the batch with expiry | Warranties, quality control and expiry dates |
| Kits and production orders | Deducts components when a composite product is sold | Combos, assembly and production recipes |
| Point of sale | Charges and deducts stock in the same movement | Counter sales |
| Export to Excel | Pulls lists and reports out of the program | Reporting, audits and sending data to accounting |
| Accounting module | Connects inventory movements to your books | Month-end close and cost of sales |
| What is included | Free | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Individual, non-commercial | Commercial, in an office |
| Computers | One, local database | Several workstations on a network |
| Stock ledger and valuation | Complete | Complete |
| Export to Excel | No | Yes |
| Technical support | Not included | Direct |
Before deciding, read the detail of what free inventory software really gives you: most disappointment with free software comes from assuming the free edition does the work of the complete one.
The detail of each step —including what to check before loading your full inventory— is in the guide to downloading and installing an inventory control system.
All three names are used for the same thing, and in Spanish the word kardex —from the card where movements were once written— covers both the ledger and the software. If you arrived searching for cardex, it is the same thing with one letter changed: cardex or kardex is the same stock card. For the full terminology picture, see the kardex system and the background guide to the stock ledger.
It depends on scope, not on catalogue size. For individual use there is the free edition of Kardex Tauro; the professional version is charged per workstation and adds network operation, Excel export and support. What is worth comparing is not the monthly price but the hours your team spends reconciling by hand.
Yes. The Windows edition works offline because it keeps the data on the computer; all you need is a backup routine. The cloud version, by contrast, depends on the connection for everything.
As many as your company needs, with no limit. The program ships no predefined roles: it ships a list of permissions and you decide who gets each one, which lets a warehouse operator record movements without being able to touch the settings.
Yes. Inventory is split by warehouse and by cost centre, and each can be viewed separately or consolidated. That is the difference between knowing a product is missing and knowing where it is missing.
Yes, and that is the sensible route: download the free edition, load ten products and record a couple of movements. Within an afternoon you will know whether the program fits your operation, without having migrated anything.
If your problem is that inventory does not tie out and nobody knows why, the first step is a record that cannot be altered. Download the free edition from the Microsoft Store and test it with ten products. If you also need to compare options before deciding, review how to choose inventory software, the guide to choosing the right one, stock control software and warehouse control software.