Audit store operations on site: cash counts and deposits, POS access, refunds, voids and discounts, inventory and shrink controls, price accuracy, staffing records, security and incident handling.
Summarize a store visit with a scorecard for cash and POS, inventory and operations, critical observations with evidence and photo references, immediate actions, owners and the follow-up visit.
Check inventory controls from receipt to write-off: matched receipts, physical security, authorized transfers, independent cycle counts, approved adjustments and destruction, and analytics on unusual movements.
Plan a defensible sampling approach — population, objective, risk strata and selection method — before you pull a sample. A planning aid, not a sample-size calculator.