Companies that manufacture and sell tangible goods, or resell products from other firms, must track and manage potentially hundreds of thousands of units of inventory. Using systems to control ...
An inventory control system is a system the encompasses all aspects of managing a company’s inventories; purchasing, shipping, receiving, tracking, warehousing and storage, turnover, and reordering.
The purpose of an inventory control system is twofold. The primary function is to ensure that a small business meets customer needs -- that products are available when customers want them. But proper ...
Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Michael Boyle is an experienced ...
Have you ever found yourself scrambling to find out which products are running low or when your next shipment is due? Managing inventory can be a daunting task, especially if you’re relying on ...
Your ERP isn’t broken — it’s just outdated, because inventory accuracy still depends on stopping the factory instead of ...
Tom Wicky is the co-founder and CEO MyFBAPrep, a global warehouse network that serves top Amazon sellers and enterprise brands. Inventory and supply chain are two of the main gears that allow the ...
Determining the business value of management information systems (MIS) is hindered by the lack of a strong theoretical foundation. To better understand and evaluate the impact of MIS in organizations, ...
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Leveraging inventory for cost reduction, efficiency

RUNNING an efficient supply chain system comes with countless challenges, but few are as persistent as inventory management challenges. RUNNING an efficient supply chain system comes with countless ...
Researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags from tens of meters away while identifying the tags' locations. The system could be used in large ...
When I was growing up, I remember my dad asking my mom to save the empty milk cartons. She’d wash them out and set them on the counter in the laundry room. I couldn ...
It’s long been known that a reactive approach to industrial control system maintenance is not an ideal strategy. Working from a reactive stance, in which problems are corrected as they occur, results ...