Independent inventory intelligence

Know where your stock went.

Know what it cost you. Know what to do next.

Lungisa combines independent inventory audits, purpose-built technology and structured reporting to give hospitality and retail businesses a clearer view of stock, costs and operational performance.

Audits.Data.Solutions.
Built for control acrossRestaurantsHotelsBarsCafésRetailGroups

Selected clients

Trusted in live hospitality operations.

Lungisa supports established hospitality businesses with independent inventory audits, reporting and operational inventory intelligence.

Beyond the count

Counting stock is only the beginning.

Knowing how much stock you have matters. Understanding what happened to it is where the real value begins.

Lungisa helps businesses identify unexplained usage, cost movements, purchasing discrepancies, shortages, overages and operational trends — turning routine stock counts into information management can act on.

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Specialist solutions

One platform. Three focused disciplines.

Different inventory environments need different controls. Each Lungisa solution is built around the operational realities of the stock it manages.

BevAudit

Beverage Inventory Intelligence

Track spirits, wines, beers, draught, soft drinks and other beverage stock with detailed usage and variance reporting.

  • Full & open bottle counts
  • Sales & purchase reconciliation
  • Variance and revenue-loss analysis
  • Par-level & reorder intelligence
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FoodAudit

Food Cost & Inventory Control

Connect kitchen stock, purchases, recipes and sales to reveal usage, cost performance and variances requiring attention.

  • Recipe-linked inventory
  • Prep & portion control
  • Food cost analysis
  • Usage and variance reporting
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RetailAudit

High-Volume Stock Control

Bring structured independent inventory control to retail stores, convenience locations, stockrooms and warehouses.

  • Barcode-driven counting
  • High-SKU inventory control
  • Variance investigation
  • Multi-location reporting
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Lungisa Cloud

Your inventory.
One source of truth.

Lungisa Cloud connects counts, purchases, sales, recipes, stock movements and operational notes in one central reporting environment.

From a single venue to an entire group, authorised management can work from structured inventory data without relying on disconnected spreadsheets and manual reporting processes.

01Variance
02Accounting / COGU
03Re-Order
04Stock Analysis
05Cost Performance
06Purchases
07Counts & Recounts
08Inventory Turnover
09Multi-Period
10Supplier Comparison
11Group Dashboards
12Report History

Connected inventory ecosystem

From reporting to a connected operating layer.

Lungisa Cloud is growing beyond the audit itself. We are building connections between inventory data, suppliers, point-of-sale information and future intelligence tools — while clearly separating what is available today from what is still being developed.

Available now In development Future direction
01Available now

Supplier Comparison

Compare supplier pricing used across authorised inventory environments and bring cost movements into the same decision-making layer as stock usage and variance.

  • Supplier cost comparison
  • Purchasing visibility
  • Cost movement review
02In development

Supplier & Procurement Connections

Supplier profiles, catalogue updates and ordering workflows are being developed to connect replenishment recommendations with the businesses supplying the stock.

  • Supplier profiles
  • Catalogue & cost updates
  • Ordering workflows
03In development

POS Data Connections

Approved integrations with supported point-of-sale environments are intended to reduce repetitive manual imports and improve the flow of sales data into inventory reporting.

  • Client-authorised connections
  • Sales-data ingestion
  • Reduced manual handling
04Future direction

AI-Assisted Inventory Intelligence

Our AI direction is focused on helping teams interpret inventory information faster — summarising trends, surfacing anomalies and guiding attention to the areas that deserve investigation.

  • Trend & exception summaries
  • Assisted report interpretation
  • Management attention cues
Planned direction — not currently a production feature.

Actionable reporting

The numbers should tell you something.

Inventory reporting should not end with a PDF. Lungisa helps management investigate the questions behind the figures.

01

Where are we losing stock?

Identify shortages and overages by product, class, category and reporting period.

02

Are costs moving?

Track purchasing and cost performance so changes do not disappear inside a monthly total.

03

What needs attention now?

Surface exceptions, recurring issues and material variances for management review.

04

How are locations comparing?

Give Head Office a consistent inventory view across authorised venues and periods.

05

What should we reorder?

Use par-level and usage data to support more disciplined replenishment decisions.

06

Is the problem repeating?

Use multi-period analysis to distinguish isolated events from recurring patterns.

Our operating model

From physical count to business decision.

01

Verify

Structured physical counts completed by Lungisa teams or authorised client staff.

02

Reconcile

Counts are matched against purchases, sales, recipes, transfers and recorded movements.

03

Analyse

Variances, cost movements and operational exceptions are identified.

04

Report

Management receives structured operational reporting through Lungisa Cloud.

05

Act

Use the evidence to investigate losses, improve controls and make better decisions.

HEAD OFFICEGroup OverviewConsolidated visibility
VENUE 01SandtonFinalised
VENUE 02UmhlangaFinalised
VENUE 03PretoriaIn progress

Multi-location control

See the group.
Not just the store.

Multi-site operators need more than individual reports. Lungisa can provide authorised Head Office teams with consolidated visibility while preserving venue-level detail and accountability.

  • Compare authorised venues
  • Review finalised reporting periods
  • Track performance across locations
  • Identify where management attention is required

Industries

Designed around real operations.

01

Restaurants

Beverage and food inventory control with usage, cost and variance visibility.

02

Hotels

Multiple bars, kitchens, storerooms and operating areas under one inventory structure.

03

Bars & Venues

Focused control for high-risk beverage stock and unexplained usage.

04

Cafés

Structured inventory control without unnecessary operational complexity.

05

Retail & Convenience

Barcode-based counting and discrepancy analysis across high-volume product ranges.

06

Groups & Franchises

Consistent inventory reporting and comparative visibility across locations.

Our story

Built from the audit floor upward.

Lungisa's operating journey began in 2019 with hands-on inventory work and a simple objective: make stock information more useful to the people responsible for the business.

Formally incorporated in 2023, Lungisa has grown into a technology-backed inventory management company combining independent verification with Lungisa Cloud and the specialist BevAudit, FoodAudit and RetailAudit services.

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Better inventory control starts with better visibility.

Audits. Data. Solutions.

Franchise & Area Partnerships

Build Lungisa in your area.

We are inviting expressions of interest from people with inventory management, stock auditing, hospitality, retail or business operations experience who want to explore running Lungisa services in selected geographic areas.

SELECTED AREAS · SOUTH AFRICAInventory expertise can become a local operating opportunity.

Expressions of interest are assessed individually. Territory availability and commercial terms are subject to formal approval and agreement.

Inventory resources

Practical answers for better stock control.

Guides for hospitality and retail teams working through stocktaking, inventory variance, beverage control and food-cost questions.

Start a conversation

See what your inventory is really telling you.

Whether you operate one location or manage an entire group, Lungisa can help you build stronger inventory controls and better operational visibility.

We’ll send your enquiry to info@lungisainventory.com.