Inventory+
Automated Inventory with EDI & Purchasing Management
Inventory+ is automated inventory management software that runs your stock and vendor purchasing from the NRS Merchant Portal.
It connects your pricebook, your inventory, and your vendors in one place — counts update in real time with every sale, and purchase orders move electronically instead of by phone, fax, and retyped invoices. Stock smarter, sell more, and grow faster, with the busywork handled for you.
The Problem
Inventory+ Solves
Ask any independent retailer where the week goes, and ordering is high on the list. Vendor orders get phoned in from a handwritten list. Invoices arrive as PDFs and get typed into the system line by line — or never entered at all. The pricebook drifts out of date with every cost change, and the shelf tells you about a stockout after the customer already asked for the item.
None of that is a selling problem; it's an information problem. The store knows what it sold, the vendor knows what it shipped, and the two records meet in your evenings, one keystroke at a time. Retail inventory automation closes that gap: the systems talk to each other, and you get your hours back.
Inventory+ was built for exactly this — the independent store that needs chain-level purchasing discipline without a chain's back office.
How Inventory+ Works
Inventory+ runs inside the Merchant Portal you already use, layered on top of your NRS POS inventory management system.
Three connected pieces do the work:
Your vendors plug in
Through EDI — Electronic Data Interchange, the standard large chains use — purchase orders, invoices, and item data move electronically between your store and participating vendors. Orders go out clean; invoices come back as data, and your pricebook and inventory update from them.
Paper invoices become data
For vendors that send PDF invoices, Scan Invoice automatically extracts the line items. The products, quantities, and costs are entered into your system with no manual typing.
Every sale updates the count
Each transaction at the register adjusts inventory and pricebook in real time, so the numbers in the Portal match the shelf — and the dashboard, reports, and alerts all read from that live count.
Order, receive, sell, reorder — the loop runs on data instead of memory.
Key Benefits of Inventory+
Stock Smarter
with Real-Time Visibility
The Portal shows what's on hand, what's moving, and what's sitting, updated with each sale. You walk into ordering decisions knowing the answer instead of estimating it.
Save Time on Vendor
Ordering and Invoice Entry
Electronic purchase orders replace call-in lists, and invoice data enters itself — through EDI or Scan Invoice. The hours you spent typing line items go back into running the store.
Prevent Stockouts
and Reduce Overstock
Customized alerts flag items running low before the shelf goes empty, and the sales data shows which products deserve less of your money. Fewer missed sales on one end, less cash buried in dead stock on the other.
Make Data-Driven
Purchasing Decisions
Detailed reporting turns your register history into a buying guide: what to reorder, how much to reorder, and from which vendor. Purchasing stops being a Tuesday-night guess.
Inventory+
Core Features
Vendor Management
& EDI Purchasing
Vendor management software for retail, built into your Portal — your vendors, purchase orders, and invoices in one organized place. EDI purchasing software typically resides in enterprise back offices; Inventory+ brings the same electronic ordering to an independent store, with purchase orders, invoices, pricebook updates, and inventory updates flowing automatically between you and participating vendors.
Scan
Invoice
Auto-extraction of PDF invoice data. Upload the invoice and the line items — products, quantities, costs — and enter them into your system individually. No manual typing.
Inventory+ Core Features
Inventory-Based
Dashboard & Insights
One screen in the Merchant Portal shows the state of your stock: current counts, movement, and the patterns worth acting on.
Customized
Inventory Alerts
Set the thresholds that matter for your store and get flagged when an item crosses one. Low stock on a bestseller gets caught before it becomes an empty shelf.
Detailed
Inventory Reporting
Reports break inventory down so you can see performance by item and make reorder decisions on numbers — what turned, what lingered, what earned its shelf space.
Real-Time Pricebook
& Inventory Updates
Every sale updates the pricebook and inventory instantly. The count you see in the Portal is the count on the shelf, all day long.
Who It's For
Inventory+ fits the independent stores that live and die by their ordering: inventory and vendor management for convenience stores, bodegas, and mini marts running hundreds of SKUs across many vendors; grocery stores and supermarkets juggling high-volume reorders; liquor stores and tobacco shops tracking long, varied product lists; dollar stores moving high-count, low-price inventory.
For the owner who's been managing all of it by hand, Inventory+ works like a small business inventory management app that lives in your Merchant Portal — open it anywhere you have a browser, and the whole operation is in front of you.
Integration with the NRS System
Works with your existing NRS POS.
Inventory+ is a Premium Feature that layers onto the POS you already run — the register keeps ringing sales exactly as it does now, and each sale feeds the live inventory count. A POS unit is required, under its own agreement.
Runs in the Merchant Portal.
Setup, dashboards, reports, alerts, vendor management, and purchasing all live in the same Portal you already sign into.
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FAQs
What is Inventory+?
Inventory+ is a Premium Feature from NRS that automates inventory and vendor purchasing through the Merchant Portal. It manages vendors, moves purchase orders and invoices electronically through EDI, extracts data from PDF invoices, and updates your pricebook and inventory in real time with every sale — with dashboards, reports, and alerts built on that live count.
How does Inventory+ automate vendor purchasing?
Purchase orders go to participating vendors electronically instead of by phone or fax, and invoices come back as data rather than paperwork. Item details, costs, and quantities flow into your pricebook and inventory automatically, so the ordering cycle — order, receive, update — runs without the retyping that usually eats your evenings.
What is EDI, and how does it work with Inventory+?
EDI stands for Electronic Data Interchange — the standard that enables business systems to exchange documents such as purchase orders and invoices directly. Large chains have used it for decades. Inventory+ builds EDI into your Merchant Portal, so your store trades documents with participating vendors electronically, and the results automatically update your pricebook and inventory.
What does the Scan Invoice feature do?
Scan Invoice reads PDF invoices and automatically extracts data — products, quantities, and costs — into your system without manual typing. For vendors who send paper-style invoices rather than EDI documents, it turns the stack of PDFs into entered, usable inventory data in a fraction of the time.
Do I need a specific POS to use Inventory+?
Yes — Inventory+ is a Premium Feature for the NRS POS, and a POS unit is required under its own agreement. If you already run an NRS register, Inventory+ layers onto it through the Merchant Portal. If you don’t yet, contact sales and they’ll set up both.
How much does Inventory+ cost?
Pricing depends on your setup — specifically, whether you process payments with NRS Pay. The current rates are on the Inventory+ sales sheet on this page, and your NRS sales agent can walk you through which plan fits your store. Call (833) 289-2767 or contact sales.
How is Inventory+ different from NRS's standard inventory tracking?
Standard inventory tracking counts what sells at your register. Inventory+ extends that count into purchasing: vendor management, electronic purchase orders through EDI, automatic invoice entry, custom alerts, and inventory-based dashboards and reports — the full loop from reorder to shelf, automated in the Merchant Portal.
Can I set custom low-stock alerts?
Yes. Customized inventory alerts are a core feature — you set the thresholds that matter for your store, and Inventory+ flags items that cross them. A bestseller running low gets caught while there’s still time to reorder, before the empty shelf costs you sales.
How fast do inventory and pricebook updates reflect after a sale?
Instantly. Every transaction at the register updates both the inventory count and the pricebook in real time, so the numbers in your Merchant Portal match the shelf throughout the day — and your dashboard, reports, and alerts all read from that live count.
Is my vendor and inventory data secure with Inventory+?
Your data lives in the NRS Merchant Portal, behind your account login and the user permissions you control. Vendor documents move through EDI, the same structured standard large retailers rely on, rather than loose email attachments. For specifics about NRS data practices, see the privacy policy or ask your sales agent.
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