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Optimizing your inventory is critical to the success of your business

Most businesses have a significant, if not the largest, amount of their capital tied up in inventory. Too much inventory reduces cash flow and the opportunity to use those dollars for a better moving product. Too little inventory can result in lost sales and poor customer satisfaction. Caught in the middle of the inventory balancing act, many businesses rely on guesses when it comes to predicting what inventory they need and just hope for the best.

The benefits of inventory analysis

Is your business overstocked or understocked? Do your needs change depending on the time of year? Quickly and easily discover ways to improve your inventory and purchasing.

Too much inventory…

  • Ties up cash
  • Increases expenses associated with storage costs, insurance, taxes and interest on loans
  • Increases the occurrence of product obsolescence & the chance of breakage

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Demand analysis…

  • Reduces out of stocks, lost sales & unhappy customers
  • Assists with the management of trends, seasonality, promotions & changing marketing conditions
  • Helps you achieve targeted customer service levels

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Sales analysis…

  • Is needed to determine future buying and production needs
  • Makes it easier to prepare for seasonal demand fluctuations
  • Can improve customer satisfaction

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Product reordering…

  • Which items may need reordering?
  • Can you make reorder quantity decisions based on a suggested amount to have on hand?
  • Could a more cost effective vendor management process reduce costs for your business?

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You can’t sell it if you don’t have it

  • Convert out of stock situations into sales
  • Reduce the risk of losing frustrated customers
  • Making sure products are available when customers want to buy

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  • With ACCTivate!, we know our inventory and we have control of it. We are able to predict future demand accurately, so that we don't overstock or under stock our inventory.

     

    That's a huge plus for any inventory-based business — not only does that maintain satisfied customers, but it maximizes our profitability as well.

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  • Decision
    support tools
    		 Turn data into knowledge and knowledge into dollars
    Inventory
    management
    		 Identify obsolete, slow moving and stale products with precision
    Purchasing
    		 Special order and drop ship order wizard gets product to customers with reduced stocking requirements
    Analytics and
    forecasting
    		 Lower inventory investment with the Overstock Analysis, Demand & Inventory Analysis Reports