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Business Inventory Control
Rating: 3.5 out of 5(21 ratings)
66 students

Business Inventory Control

Inventory health, components of inventory cost, inventory inefficiencies, inventory audit and cycle counts etc.
Created byEric Yeboah
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn inventory control concept
  • Learn component of inventory control
  • Inventory audits and cycle counts
  • Factors leading to inventory inefficiencies
  • Operational challenges in inventory management
  • Lean about inventory health
  • Inventory turnover as indicator of inventory health
  • Good inventory control practices
  • How to make an inventory database in access
  • Ways to avoid inventory control failures

Course content

12 sections32 lectures1h 57m total length
  • Introduction2:27
  • Inventory control management- introduction5:27
  • Inventory control management concept4:57

    Explore how inventory control and supply chain management leverage technology and process-driven software, with just-in-time and vendor-managed inventory models like Dell's triple-warehouse approach to cut costs and improve collaboration.

  • Need for inventory control-Why do companies hold inventory5:00
  • Finished goods inventory5:04
  • Why and when to avoid holding inventory5:09
  • Types of inventory4:13

Requirements

  • Desire to learn more about inventory control
  • No special requirement

Description

Inventory control is very important part of organization role in ensuring that their inventory is controlled and management successfully in their business operations, the need for successful inventory control is very important for the health of the business. It is very important for companies to deeply understand the inventory control and management concept, and understand why and when to avoid holding inventories in the organization.

Good companies are very serious with their inventory control systems, any companies that want to be a market leader cannot joke with their inventory control and management systems because a lot of the firms don't take serious control about their inventory and its affect them in the long around, it better for management to see inventory issues as a very important one and management it a such.

We all must understand the components that constitute the inventory control such as ordering cost and carry cost that play a very significant role in the organisation and their inventory cost. Firms must also understand the inventory control audits and cycles counts to ensure a very good and successful inventory.

Having a good inventory health in the firm is very important, some of the key factors to be considered to avoid inventory mismatch such as system issues, system discipline etc. A very good inventory control system is a great source of competitive advantage that ensure effective supply. Avoiding inventory control failures requires a combination of technology, consistent processes, and trained staff to ensure that recorded stock levels match phsical inventory.

Who this course is for:

  • everybody, students, entrepreneurs, business people, managers, companies, marketers, researchers,consultants,business moguls etc