- Set-up a schedule for cycle counts – such as a smaller monthly inventory count of certain departments.
- Know your shrinkage! (Unexplained losses through theft, wastage, breakages etc) the above two points will help you with this.
- Go electronic – Ditch the pens, papers and Excel documents! Switch over to a digital inventory method such as EasyCount.
- Count your products accurately – such as using the correct unit of measure like boxes, cases, bags, pack, each, etc reduces the ambiguity around counting inventory in the first place, especially to those that are counting inventory for the first time
- Managing your inventory efficiently allows you to have; the best margins, the lowest cost prices, the lowest amount of waste and gives you more time to focus on other aspects of your business.
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