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Consignment tracking for cheesemakers

Fresh and aged move at different speeds on the same shelf. How to bill for what sold without paying commission on what spoiled.

In cheese, consignment is normal and the reason is shelf life: no small shop buys a dozen wheels outright to find out whether they turn over. The risk is shared, which is why free replacements matter more in this trade than in any other.

The sum, in your numbers

On the shelf last visit
24
Still there today
5
Sold
19
Price per wheel
MX$120
Owed
MX$2,280

A cheesemaker runs two businesses off one shelf. Fresh sells in days and depends on the shop’s fridge. Aged waits months and depends on somebody tasting it.

The shop’s fridge is your problem, even though it is not yours

This is the big difference from every other trade on this list. A jar of preserve survives a power cut; a fresh cheese does not. When you arrive and three wheels have turned, the question is not how much you lost — it is whether that shop takes fresh again, or only aged from now on.

That is decided with history, not memory. If you know you replaced four wheels in two months at one shop and none at the other, the decision makes itself.

A replacement is not a sale

Here is the detail homemade spreadsheets almost always get wrong. When you replace a wheel that spoiled, the shop receives product, but nobody paid anything. If your count treats that as a normal delivery, you end up paying commission on a cheese you gave away.

Artisanly separates the two: a free replacement enters the shop’s stock but raises no charge and no commission. What the shop owes you only grows with what actually sold.

Counting fast, with the cold door open

Cheese gets counted standing up, next to the fridge, with cold hands and the shop manager waiting. So the count is one screen per shop rather than a form: you say how many are left, and the subtraction is done before you close the door.

Common questions

Am I charged commission on a wheel I replaced for free?
No. A free replacement never accrues commission, because nothing was charged for it. That is the rule that stops replacing a cheese costing you more than losing it.
Can I run fresh and aged at different prices and rhythms?
Yes. They are separate products even when they go to the same shop and are counted on the same visit. Each has its own price and its own count.
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    The count is taken in the shop and the receipt is printed there. The bill is not something reconstructed from memory at home and sent three weeks later.

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