Five Inventory Record Mistakes That Cost Time

Five inventory record mistakes—unreadable SKUs, missing locations, edited counts, no variance notes and stale reorder points—and how to repair them.
Stock records is about the data you keep between counts: readable SKUs, receiving notes and a log that another person can follow.
Stock records is about the data you keep between counts: readable SKUs, receiving notes and a log that another person can follow.

Five inventory record mistakes—unreadable SKUs, missing locations, edited counts, no variance notes and stale reorder points—and how to repair them.

Set a reorder point from lead time, normal usage and a safety margin, then review it when demand changes.

Set up readable SKU codes with a category, sequence and location so stock can be found and counted without a decoder ring.