Inventory Management


Strategies for Your Business's Excess Inventory

If you have items that have been sitting on your shelves for some time, it's costing you money. Before year-end, take appropriate steps to trim your excess inventory--and gain tax benefits in the process.

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How Fast Should My Inventory Turn?

The quicker inventory turns, the less cash you tie up.

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Getting a Purchase on Inventory

Good banking relations allow Martin Guitar to buy big when needed.

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Recent Inventory Management Articles

Managing Inventory for Profitability

You don't have to pay an arm and a leg to gain control of stock levels, pricing and cash flow.  Read story

Manage Inventory and Prevent Theft -- Right from Your Desktop

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Inventory: Friend or Foe?

Poor inventory management is the bain of profitable businesses, leading financial auditors and bankers to cast a wary eye. You should too.  Read story

Placing Your Bets

Managing your pre-season commit percentages is one of the keys to having a profitable season.  Read story

Cycle Counting

Once you're in the habit of continuously cycle counting, you'll probably never have to do a full physical inventory again.  Read story

Low Hanging Fruit, Sludge and Everything Else

Strategies for turning dead inventory into cash.  Read story

Is There a Future for Small Retailing?

A few thoughts on what it will take to succeed.  Read story

Supply Chain Management Becomes a Larger Priority

Industries with extensive and complex manufacturing environments, such as consumer products, high-tech and automotive, know that failing to collaborate with ...  Read story

Beyond Just-In-Time

Manufacturer builds his plant near his primary customer and connects the two with a pneumatic conveying system  Read story

Inventory Management;

Just because metals and other commodities are selling at bargain prices, don't make the mistake of loading up on raw materials. Economist Gary Shilling (...  Read story

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