In machine shops, the “parts” — i.e., the raw materials, MRO supplies and equipment, works-in-progress, and the finished goods — are vital role in the success of the business. Without effective ...

Multiple inventory control methods exist including aggregate control, item level control, ABC analysis, economic-order-quantity and lot-size methods. Small companies that find it difficult to ...

Effective inventory control is founded on the principle that the warehouse operator must be able to satisfy all demands for material out of inventory while keeping inventory as low as possible. To ...

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.