COVA INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Cannabis Inventory Management Software
Run compliant, efficient cannabis retail operations with accurate inventory at scale.
Operate at scale without added complexity.
Turn complex cannabis inventory into a competitive advantage with precise tracking, real-time reporting, and intelligent insights that help keep products moving, shelves stocked, and profits growing across every location. Purpose-built for cannabis retail, Cova dispensary inventory management features help reduce manual work, costly errors, and operational drag with automated workflows that evolve with the industry—so you can run faster, manage smarter, and grow with confidence.
“I feel like my wife and I are a team of 10 people, but only because Cova’s extremely robust tech platform enables us to be that.”
Owen Allerton - Owners
Highland Cannabis
Inventory
Management Features
Included with every Cova POS plan, Cova Hub is your web-based command center to manage inventory, compliance, pricing, and operations across all locations—from any device.
📋 State Traceability Integration – Sync with Metrc and BioTrack.
📦 Inventory Tools – Receiving, Rooms, PO imports, bulk edits.
🔒 Location Permissions – Granular roles and access by store.
🏥 Medical + Rec in One – Built-in inventory separation.
💸 Advanced Tax Setup – Tax rules by product, state, exception.
📈 Reorder Forecasting – Days-on-hand insights for smart ordering.
🛒 Order Management – Delivery and online orders in one place.
🔍 Scan to Confirm – GS1, Retail ID, and UPC codes.
🔄 Multi-Location Transfers – Move inventory between stores.
🧩 Rooms (FIFO-Ready) – Control inventory flow and sell order.
📱 Mobile Inventory Counts – Fast, flexible counting on the go.
Why Cova?
Compliance
Seed-to-sale
compliance, built In.
From receiving to final sale, Cova ensures every product is compliantly tracked and audit-ready. Inventory is updated in real time across all channels—online, in-store, and pop-ups—giving you accurate, centralized reporting and full visibility across every location. Offline mode keeps your store running and your data protected when connectivity drops.
Traceability Integration
2-way sync. Zero headaches.
Keep inventory aligned with Metrc and BioTrack in real time. Spot failed transactions, fix discrepancies with side-by-side data, manage transfers, and automate intake—all without leaving the Cova system or turning to manual entry.
Product & Pricing
Efficient product management.
Time is money. That’s why Cova automates the repetitive, error-prone work that slows you down. Built for speed and simplicity, Cova streamlines everything from receiving and transfers to selling, auditing, and recalls. Tools tailor made for cannabis inventory free up hours every week—so you can run your store more efficiently and focus on growth.
All locations. All brands.
One command center.
Centralize inventory control and visibility across your entire operation—while keeping flexibility at the store level. Get consolidated reporting, real-time portfolio insights, and full visibility across every location. Onboard new stores faster, compare performance across brands, and scale what works—all from one platform.
Keep every location working from the same data.
Single source of truth with unified inventory across all locations.
Centralized control.
Manage your entire retail network, every store, brand, and entity, from one login.
Simplified multi-location compliance.
Multi-location Metrc integration with prefilled transfer data to reduce manual entry.
Connect Cova to the systems that power your business.
Cova’s open API allows for ERP and other third-party integrations.
Standardize product data without losing local flexibility.
Centralized product catalog with consistent data and location-level pricing flexibility.
Build workflows around how each location operates.
Granular controls with location-based workflows for POs, transfers, receiving, and counts.
Inventory Segmentation
Control what sells,
when it sells.
Cova’s “Rooms” feature lets you segment inventory for better control and visibility. Prioritize sales floor products to support FIFO and ensure the right items sell first. Hold stock for cash-on-delivery, prevent overselling high-demand items, and isolate damaged inventory—all while keeping inventory accurate and organized.
Omnichannel Management
Deliver a true omnichannel experience.
Never miss a sale or disappoint a customer. Inventory and pricing are automatically updated across websites, third-party marketplaces, and in-store digital menu boards. Whether orders are placed in store or online, for pick up or delivery, you can centrally monitor and fulfill everything in Cova.
Audit Controls
Easy inventory auditing.
Reduce shrinkage and stay compliant with fast, flexible audits. Support dual audits, manual counts, or mobile barcode scanning configured to your workflow. Make bulk adjustments in seconds with reason codes. Protect financial integrity with built-in approval workflows and separation of duties. Audit faster, reduce errors, and stay in control.
“I love that I can access my manifests, my invoices, my cash handling — all remotely from my phone. That's made it incredibly convenient for me as a business owner, especially with having multiple locations across hundreds of miles. I can see the snapshot of my dispensary at any point in time.”
Maggie Marble
Co-Founder, New Mexico
Complete the Cannabis Retail Suite.
Add the tools your business needs.
Cova POS
Cova Pay works exclusively with Cova’s award-winning POS & Inventory Management system. Fully integrated. Centralized reporting. Unparalleled speed and reliability.
Cova Pay
Accept ACH, debit, and credit (Canada & CBD only) card payments directly from Cova POS. Customers who pay digitally spend 25% more on average. Reduce errors, simplify reconciliation, and benefit from transparent, competitive rates.
Ecommerce Integrations
Pick the ecommerce solution that best fits your business. Cova Pay works with Breadstack and Buddi (Cova POS required) and offers the same online fraud protection.
Real retailers. Real results.
Cova supports 2,200+ dispensaries across North America—and the best proof comes from the retailers using it every day. Explore their stories to see how Cova helps cannabis businesses simplify operations, improve performance, and grow with confidence.
“Before launching, we visited more than 150 stores across the U.S., and Cova was the system retailers trusted most. If you want reliability, great support, efficiency, and the data you need to grow, go with Cova.”
Randy Tingskou
Owner | A Little Bud
"With Cova, we are able to run our business while on vacation!"
Owen & Nikii Allerton
Owners | Highland Cannabis
“We're relieved to have replaced our previous in-house process with Cova’s new inventory management features that allow us to update our stock in real-time, making it the first POS of its kind.”
Nicole Wharton
Inventory METRC Compliance Manager | Cookies
"Cova POS is incredibly user-friendly, making the transition and setup process smooth and effortless. Their willingness to enhance reporting, filtering, and responsiveness has helped us manage inventory more effectively across multiple locations."
Britt Hanninen
Inventory & Operations Manager | 5 Buds
FAQ
Every inventory action in Cova syncs to your state traceability platform automatically, keeping your records aligned with Metrc or BioTrack at all times without manual data entry. Adjustment reason codes, waste and destruction records, and package-level tracking all meet regulatory requirements for licensed dispensaries across North America. Cova completes an annual SOC 2 audit and holds HIPAA Type 2 Attestation, and our team updates your compliance configuration when regulations change so you do not carry that burden. Learn more about compliance.
Automated reconciliation compares your on-hand counts against the official state traceability record and flags discrepancies before they become compliance findings during an audit. Cova runs this comparison continuously and surfaces mismatches on your Traceability Dashboard with specific package-level detail. Your team resolves flagged items using built-in adjustment reason codes that sync directly back to the state system, keeping your dispensary audit-ready at all times. The same reconciliation process works with Metrc and BioTrack in their respective markets. Learn more about compliance.
Retail-only dispensaries do not need a full seed-to-sale platform to stay compliant with state traceability requirements. Seed-to-sale software covers the entire cannabis supply chain from cultivation through processing, packaging, and retail, and it serves vertically integrated operators who manage multiple license types. A dispensary that only holds a retail license meets its traceability obligations through a POS system that integrates directly with Metrc or BioTrack. Cova syncs every inventory action to your state system automatically, giving you the same compliance coverage a seed-to-sale platform provides at the retail tier without paying for cultivation and processing features you do not use. Read the full comparison.
Reorder reports calculate days-of-stock remaining for every product based on your recent sell-through velocity, so you know exactly when to reorder and how much to buy before a stockout costs you sales. Low-stock alerts notify your team when inventory drops below thresholds you set per product or category. These forecasting tools factor in sales trends, seasonal patterns, and location-specific demand so you avoid both stockouts and overstock situations that tie up working capital in slow-moving products.
Multi-location inventory management gives you a consolidated view of stock levels, reorder needs, and compliance status across every store from one Hub dashboard without losing store-level detail. You set reorder thresholds per location, compare sell-through rates across stores, and push catalog updates to all locations simultaneously. Each store maintains its own traceability integration, room structure, and compliance configuration while rolling up into a single management console for operators running two stores or two hundred. Explore enterprise capabilities.
Your inventory counts push to connected ecommerce platforms and online menus in real time, preventing oversells and keeping your Leafly, Weedmaps, and custom storefront listings accurate around the clock. When a customer places an online order, the reserved quantity deducts from available stock immediately. When you receive new shipments or adjust counts in the Hub, those changes reflect on your menus within seconds so customers always see what you actually have on the shelf. Explore ecommerce.
Granular role-based permissions let you control exactly which inventory actions each team member can perform, from quantity adjustments and room transfers to purchase order management and cost edits. Cova ships with recommended security role templates for Store Manager, Inventory Manager, Budtender, Receptionist, and Accountant roles, and you customize each template to match your operation. The Inventory Management permission category alone includes 20+ individual controls covering areas like Manage Rooms, Perform Quantity Adjustments, Manage Reason Codes, Edit Package Details, and View/Manage Purchase Orders. Every action logs with user attribution so your audit trail shows exactly who made each change.
The most trusted cannabis POS system.
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Unrivalled Support
Get a real expert on the phone in under 30 seconds.
Cova doesn't charge for support or route you through chatbots. Our cannabis-industry-trained team resolves 80% of issues on the first call and understands exactly what a compliance infraction could cost your business.