Inventory is the clearest and most direct measure of how well a business runs. It sits at the crossroads of demand, supply, cash, and customer trust, where there is no room for guesswork.
If you hold too much inventory, capital sits idle on a shelf, increasing carry costs, forcing deep discounts to get stock moving, and running the risk of becoming useless or damaged. If you hold too little inventory, you lose sales, customers, and even undermine brand loyalty.
For manufacturers and distributors, that balancing act has only grown harder. Demand changes faster. Supply chains are disrupted more often. And the disconnected tools that once held things together can no longer keep pace. The result is a concerning pattern where teams spend their days reacting to problems, they should have been...
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