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Receiving A damaged unit is not a missing unit One is a hole in your supply. The other is stock

Measurement What is actually inside the 25%? Inventory carrying cost is usually quoted as a single percentage — 20%, 25%,

Measurement Inventory turnover: which number belongs on top? Most write-ups of inventory turnover spend their time on the denominator —

Cost What the unit actually cost, once the freight is in it Landed cost is not one calculation. It is

Measurement What belongs in the sell-through denominator? Sell-through looks like one division: units sold, over units made available. The argument

Purchasing Your open PO book answers “how much?” three ways An on-hand report tells you what is on the shelf.

Controls Five small orders walk through the gate one big order cannot A purchase order approval is three decisions, not

Cash A slow SKU and a dying SKU look identical on the reorder list A reorder list is a list

Method The stock record is a claim. The shelf is the evidence. Cycle counting tests the claim without closing the

Inventory Owning four thousand units is not the same as having four thousand to sell A total inventory number answers