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7 April 2026Stock controlEthiopian practice

Barcodes when half your suppliers don't print them

Advice about barcode scanning usually assumes every product arrives with a barcode. In an Ethiopian shop, a good share of what you sell does not. That does not mean scanning is off the table; it means you need two answers.

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24 February 2026Perishables & batchesEthiopian practice

Batch, expiry and FEFO for an Ethiopian pharmacy

The regulator has done the hard part of this problem for you. The information you need for batch-level stock control is already required to be on the pack — the gap is that almost nobody reads it into a system.

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