Inventory is a vital piece of your business, but the actual process of keeping track of inventory can be intimidating and downright scary. Most small- to-medium-sized businesses take a full physical inventory count once a year. The truth is that so much can go wrong in between the physical inventory counts that goes unrealized until […]
Category Archives: Inventory Control
4 Ways to Improve Inventory Control
Inventory control is quite possibly the most important aspect of the supply chain. The inventory manager acts similarly to a heart, pumping inventory throughout the system. If things move too fast or too slow, problems arise, and the whole business suffers. Maintaining the correct speed – or flow – of inventory proves to be difficult […]
Inventory Control vs. WMS: What’s the Difference?
Let’s be honest to say that the larger your distribution operations, the harder it is to effectively manage every stage of the product life-cycle, as well as your different lines of business. As the retail industry changes, warehouse management is increasingly under pressure, due to fast-paced e-commerce outlets like Amazon.com, to use the correct system […]