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How long your current stock lasts, in days: calculate inventory coverage, read it against your lead time, and reorder before material runs short.
Item not available when it is needed? Find the cause, prioritize the shortage, and control replenishment before work stops.
Rank items by annual consumption value and draw the boundaries at 80 and 95 percent, with a full ten-position table, Excel formulas, and the rules per class.
How automatic reordering works: from the reorder point through the order proposal to goods receipt, with guidance on who it pays off for.
Calculate the economic order quantity (EOQ) with the formula: a worked example, the table method, and why the formula rarely holds in practice.
Calculate maximum stock with the standard formula and the worst-case variant, a step-by-step example, and the relationship to minimum stock and reorder point.
What counts as stock, which stock type triggers which order and where the inventory discrepancy comes from. Explained for small businesses.
C-parts management explained: what C-parts are, which methods from Kanban to eProcurement exist, and how to reduce procurement effort.
Three numbers are enough to put an honest annual figure on your stockroom, plus the cost blocks most SMEs never count.
Inventory management explained: definition, core tasks, methods and an honest comparison of Excel vs. dedicated software. For small businesses that want to stay in control.
How to size the buffer when the supplier is late, when consumption spikes, and when both happen at once, plus why minimum stock and safety stock are the same thing.
Inventory metrics in the trades: Inventory turnover, storage duration, storage cost rate, and stockout rate explained. With formulas, benchmarks, and a calculation example.
