Independent Inventory Verification for Transactions
When a deal, a lender, or a dispute needs the real number — CPCON puts a trained count crew on the floor and a deal-ready report in your data room. Crew dates set to your deal schedule.
Written quote · No operational freeze required
Four deal moments. One independent count.
Every engagement below runs the same discipline: independent crews, documented methodology, and a variance file your counterparty can't argue with.
Private Equity & M&A Teams
Net-working-capital and closing counts that set the peg on what’s actually on the floor — not what the ledger hopes.
Scope a closing count →Advisory & QoE Firms
The execution partner behind your analysis. We count; your workpapers get defensible quantities with a documented chain.
Partner with CPCON →ABL Lenders
Field-exam and collateral counts that verify the borrowing base with independent eyes on every pallet.
Verify collateral →Litigation & Disputes
Independent contradictory counts with methodology built to stand up — in negotiation or in court.
Request an independent count →From first call to final count, on your deal schedule.
1.Scope
Send the SKU and site profile. You get a written quote.
2.Count
Trained crews execute blind or double-blind counts with live variance tracking, zoned so your operation never freezes.
3.Verify
Inventory Report plus a reconciled variance file, formatted for the data room.
Delivered as an Independent Verification report — purpose-built evidence for auditors, lenders, and counsel.
Opening balance sheet and acquisition-date counts
After close, the buyer must record the acquired assets as of the acquisition date. Under ASC 805 and IFRS 3, the buyer measures the acquired assets at their acquisition-date fair values. That work needs a correct list of what exists. The seller's register often does not match the floor.
We count the acquired fixed assets and industrial stock at or near the acquisition date. Our crews count machinery, equipment, raw materials, work in process, finished goods and spare parts.
Roll back or roll forward to the date
Sometimes the count date is not the acquisition date. Then we roll the quantities to the acquisition date. We use the records of movements between the two dates. For stock, these are receipts, issues and shipments. For fixed assets, these are additions, disposals and transfers.
Reconcile to the acquired register
We match each counted asset to the acquired fixed asset register. We match each stock count to the stock ledger. Each line shows as matched, missing or not on the register.
Evidence for the valuation team
You get count files, the reconciliation and the roll-back schedule. These give your valuation team a verified list to start from. They also give your auditor a clear trail to review.
For the full scope, see our opening balance sheet asset and inventory counts.
Counted, reconciled, delivered.
A sample from the count log. Client names withheld — their deals aren't public. The numbers are real.
A report built for the data room.
Not a spreadsheet attachment — a package your counterparty, lender, and auditor can rely on.
- ✓Count summary — signed, dated, methodology-referenced
- ✓Variance report by SKU and location
- ✓Reconciliation to books (SAP, NetSuite, PeopleSoft…)
- ✓Methodology appendix — sampling, controls, chain of custody
Asked mid-diligence, answered here.
Can you count without freezing our operations?+
Yes. We run zoned live counts — the operation keeps shipping while crews count zone by zone with movement controls, so the deal doesn’t stop the business.
How fast can you mobilize?+
We send a written quote after receiving your SKU/site profile. We agree the crew dates with you and put them in the written quote. We routinely scope counts inside deal windows.
Is the report usable in a dispute?+
The count is executed by an independent third party under documented, defensible methodology — sampling plans, controls, and chain of custody are all in the appendix.
Do you reconcile to our ERP?+
Yes. You receive a variance file reconciled against your system of record — SAP, NetSuite, PeopleSoft, Lawson, or a plain export.
What does it cost?+
A written quote scoped from your SKU and site profile.
Are you an audit firm?+
No — and that’s the point. We are an independent inventory verification firm. Auditors, advisors, and lenders rely on our counts as evidence for their own opinions.
When must the count happen after close?+
No rule sets one fixed day. Count as near the acquisition date as you can. ASC 805 and IFRS 3 allow a measurement period of up to one year to finish acquisition accounting. IFRS 3 notes that data you get soon after the acquisition date is more likely to show the facts at that date. A count in the first days or weeks gives the shortest roll-back.
Can you count after the acquisition date?+
Yes. We count on a later date and roll the quantities back to the acquisition date. To do this, we use the records of movements between the two dates. These include receipts, issues, shipments, additions, disposals and transfers. A long gap gives more movements to test. Thus, we plan the count date with you and your auditor.
Do you count fixed assets and inventory together?+
Yes, if you need both. One crew plan can cover machinery, equipment and industrial stock at the same site. We keep two outputs. The fixed asset count goes to the acquired register. The stock count goes to the stock ledger.
Who uses the count results?+
Your controller and integration team use them to set the opening records. Your valuation team uses them as a verified list of what you acquired. Your auditor can review the count plan, the count files and the roll-back schedule. The audit and accounting decisions stay with your auditor and advisors.
Get a written quote.
Tell us what needs counting and when the deal closes. We'll come back with scope, crew plan, and a written quote.
Prefer to talk? sales@cpcongroup.com