TypeTable
For Operations
Inventory
Teams lose track of what they have all the time. The count lives on a whiteboard photo and in someone's memory, so you only find out you're out when you reach for it. Here's how the team builds one shared, always-current count just by describing it.
- Built by chatting
- Updated in plain language
- Know what's low instantly
01 The problem
You find out when it's already gone
The count lives on a whiteboard photo and in whoever restocked last. Numbers go stale the moment someone grabs a box, and the first sign you're out is an empty shelf on a busy day.
You don't want an inventory system to set up. You just want the count to be right.
Our stock count lives on a whiteboard and in people's heads. We keep running out without warning.
Let's give the team one shared count. Tell me what you track for each item and I'll build it.
02 Just describe it
Say it in a sentence
You type what an item looks like in plain English. TypeTable suggests a table — which fields to include and what rules to apply — and waits for you to approve.
Every SKU has to be unique, and a quantity can never drop below zero.
Track item, SKU, quantity, location, and the level to reorder at.
Here's the table I'd create:
- Item
- SKU
- Quantity
- Location
- Reorder at
SKU is unique · quantity can't be negative
03 It's ready
Live in minutes, not weeks
You hit approve and the count is real — a real table you can share with the whole team. No field design, no IT project.
| itemtext | skutext | quantitynumber | locationtext |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrile gloves | GLV-100 | 40 | Shelf A2 |
| Paper towels | PPR-220 | 128 | Store room |
| Coffee filters | COF-014 | 6 | Shelf B1 |
04 The team just types
Floor staff update counts by talking
No complicated forms. No training session. Ops sets it up; the floor just says what changed. TypeTable finds the item, applies the rules, and saves the new count clean.
Here's the opening count — paste it all in and set the reorder levels.
Added 24 items with counts and reorder levels.
We used 12 boxes of gloves, 40 left.
Set Nitrile gloves to 40. Anything else changed?
Coffee filters down to 6
Saved — Coffee filters, 6 left, below reorder point.
05 Ask a question, get an answer
"What's running low?"
No filters to build. You ask in plain language and get the list back instantly — every item under the line, so you know exactly what to reorder before it runs out.
What's running low — anything below 10 left?
3 items are below 10. Coffee filters is the lowest at 6. Here's the full list:
| itemtext | quantitynumber | locationtext |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee filters | 6 | Shelf B1 |
| Receipt rolls | 8 | Front desk |
| Hand soap | 9 | Store room |
06 Keep it trustworthy
Share the count without risking the setup
Give the whole floor team read-only access, so everyone can see the current count at a glance while the fields, rules, and reorder levels stay exactly as you set them.
Grant edit access any time you need to.
Share this read-only with the floor team.
Shared. The floor team can see the count but can't change the setup.
More use cases
What does your team keep re-typing?
If your team keeps updating the same spreadsheet, TypeTable can replace it. Describe it once and let everyone add records in plain language.
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