Understanding and managing your inventory is one of the most critical factors in business success. Yet many entrepreneurs fail to answer such basic questions as "What items are the winners and losers?

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An itemized list or catalog of the stock of a business There’s more to inventory control than simply buying new products. You have to know what to buy, when to buy it and how much to buy. You also ...

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration, or EIA, reports natural gas inventory figures every week. Natural gas is an important fuel worldwide with uses spanning power generation to plastics.

One important aspect of ensuring that your small business runs smoothly is to periodically compare written inventory records against the actual physical stock on the shelves and in the warehouse. If ...

Are Canadian manufacturers dumb or what? Few rules of thumb about running a factory are more fundamental than this: When sales fall, you cut production to avoid a big runup in inventories that are ...

The best inventory management software supports all of your business’s sales channels, streamlines order management and generates detailed reports. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page ...