Well, we’ve finally made it to the finish line. This is the final segment of our 5 Steps to Successful Inventory Management series. Over the past 5 weeks we have discussed tips regarding the ordering process, communication strategies, receiving inventory items, and audit invoices. Today, we graduate to reporting best practices. Segment & Sort Most [...]
Well, sports fans, we’re on the home stretch of our five part series entitled “5-Steps to Successful Inventory Management.” Today we discuss the fourth step: Auditing Receipt of Invoices. Of all the five steps (order process, communication, receiving inventory items, audit invoices, and reports), auditing invoices and vendor deals is the last chance in the [...]
Over the past three weeks, we have been discussing the 5 Steps to Successful Inventory Management (order process, communication, receiving inventory items, audit invoices, and reports). Weeks 1 and 2 highlighted the importance of streamlining your ordering process in addition to listing tips on how to effectively communicate your policies to vendors and employees. Today [...]
Last week, we kicked off our 5-step series regarding How to Successfully Manage Your Inventory by discussing some best practices to use during the ordering process. Today, we move on to the topic of communication. Of all the five steps (order process, communication, receiving inventory items, audit invoices, and reports), communication is the most important. [...]
This summer has been quite a busy time for us here at CMI! In addition to all of the work we have been doing to expand our online and in-house educational offerings, we are thrilled to announce that we have been invited by the Pacific Oil Conference (POC) to lead a seminar entitled “Inventory Management: [...]
If you had asked Darlene, our favorite local c-store manager, a few years ago “What does it mean to “go green”?” her reply would have included the words “leprechauns”, “selling those green beers for all that green money”, and “some Saint named Patrick”. In today’s environmentally conscious world, however, “going green” has become not only [...]