Store Day Lifecycle¶

Models the lifecycle of a Store Trading Day — the operational unit that represents a single day of store activity from pre-opening preparation through trading to end-of-day reconciliation and closure. Governs cash management, till sessions, task execution, and daily reporting.

Object: store-day · States: 7 · Transitions: 8

State Diagram¶

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    %% ── classDef palette ─────────────────────────────────────
    classDef stInit  fill:#0d9488,stroke:#0f766e,color:#fff,font-weight:bold
    classDef stNorm  fill:#3b82f6,stroke:#2563eb,color:#fff
    classDef stOk    fill:#16a34a,stroke:#15803d,color:#fff,font-weight:bold
    classDef stFail  fill:#dc2626,stroke:#b91c1c,color:#fff,font-weight:bold
    classDef stHold  fill:#d97706,stroke:#b45309,color:#fff

    %% ── nodes ───────────────────────────────────────────────
    scheduled(["Scheduled"])
    pre_opening["Pre-Opening"]
    open["Open"]
    closing["Closing"]
    reconciling["Reconciling"]
    closed[["Closed"]]
    exception[["Exception"]]

    %% ── transitions ─────────────────────────────────
    scheduled -->|"store-day-pre-opening-started"| pre_opening
    pre_opening -->|"store-day-opened"| open
    open -->|"store-day-closing-started"| closing
    closing -->|"store-day-reconciliation-started"| reconciling
    reconciling -->|"store-day-closed"| closed
    reconciling -->|"store-day-reopened"| open
    open -->|"store-day-exception-declared"| exception
    closing -->|"store-day-exception-declared"| exception

    %% ── class assignments ───────────────────────────
    class scheduled stInit
    class pre_opening,open,closing,reconciling stNorm
    class closed,exception stOk

States¶

State	Label	Description	Initial	Terminal
`scheduled`	Scheduled	Trading day pre-configured — staff rotas assigned, opening tasks queued.	✓
`pre-opening`	Pre-Opening	Store preparation underway — float counted, tills initialised, daily briefing held.
`open`	Open	Store is trading; transactions are accepted, staff tasks in execution.
`closing`	Closing	End-of-day procedures initiated — last customers served, tills closing.
`reconciling`	Reconciling	Cash reconciliation and end-of-day reporting in progress; transactions frozen.
`closed`	Closed	Day fully reconciled and closed; all reports submitted.		✓
`exception`	Exception	Day closed early or suspended due to emergency (evacuation, system failure, incident).		✓

Transitions¶

From	To	Trigger	Guards
`scheduled`	`pre-opening`	`store-day-pre-opening-started`	Staff present and rota confirmed; Opening float available
`pre-opening`	`open`	`store-day-opened`	Opening checklist complete; Minimum till float confirmed; POS terminals online
`open`	`closing`	`store-day-closing-started`	Closing time reached or manager-initiated; No active transactions pending
`closing`	`reconciling`	`store-day-reconciliation-started`	All tills closed and cash declared; Last customer transaction complete
`reconciling`	`closed`	`store-day-closed`	Cash declared matches till session totals within tolerance; Daily sales report generated and submitted; All end-of-day tasks marked complete
`reconciling`	`open`	`store-day-reopened`	Manager override required for correction; Variance above tolerance requires investigation
`open`	`exception`	`store-day-exception-declared`	Emergency (evacuation, system outage, security incident); Manager authorisation
`closing`	`exception`	`store-day-exception-declared`	Reconciliation cannot complete due to system or security issue