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10 Inventory Metrics You Need to Know Right Now

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10 Inventory Metrics You Need to Know Right Now

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  1. 10 Inventory Metrics You Need to Know Right Now THIS 2018

  2. HOW’S YOUR BUSINESS DOING?

  3. As a busy wholesaler and distributor, in between receiving purchases and fulfilling orders, I’m sure you must wonder how you’re business is doing

  4. TOP TEN INVENTORY METRICS Let’s start with the most critical one that everyone talks about first when this topic comes up

  5. 1 Inventory Turnover

  6. Inventory turnover is the number of times inventory is sold within a period of time, typically a year

  7. Finally, stocking items that turnover quickly means being responsive to the market and customer demand Secondly, reducing your holding cost means increasing net income and profitability Firstly, increasing your turnover means reducing your holding cost Ideally, you want to increase your inventory turnover and reduce your holding of inventory for a couple of reasons

  8. 2 Gross Margin Percent

  9. Gross Margin Percent = (Sales – The Cost of Sales) / Sales Gross margin percent works hand in hand with inventory turnover. If you have weak gross margins, you might want to focus on increasing your inventory turnover

  10. 3 Customer Order Fill Rate

  11. Customer Order Fill Rate = Orders that are Shipped in Full / Total Number of Orders The customer order fill rate shows how you are servicing your customers. It shows what orders your customers are getting on time

  12. HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE? Invest in a software solution that shows you real-time inventory levels

  13. 4 Cost Of Carrying

  14. Cost of Carrying = Carrying Costs / Overall Cost The cost of carrying is the percentage that represents the cents per dollar that is spent on inventory overhead per year

  15. 5 Average Days To Sell Inventory

  16. Average Days To Sell Inventory = (Your Average Inventory/The Cost of Goods Sold) x 365 The average days to sell inventory is how long it takes a company to turn its inventory into sales, that is, the average length of time that your cash is tied up in inventory

  17. 6 Return On Investment

  18. Return On Investment = (Sales / Average Cost of Inventory) x Gross Margin This is also known as Gross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI). It shows how much you are earning for every dollar invested in your inventory

  19. 7 Item Fill Rate

  20. Item Fill Rate = Received Quantity / Ordered Quantity The item fill rate can be used to measure the order fulfillment performance of a single delivery or for all deliveries during a time period

  21. 8 Cycle Time

  22. Cycle Time = Actual Ship Date – Customer Order Date The item fill rate can be used to measure the order fulfillment performance of a single delivery or for all deliveries during a time period

  23. 9 Average Inventory Level

  24. Average Inventory Level = (Current Inventory + Previous Inventory) / 2 The average inventory level is the mean value of inventory throughout a certain time period

  25. 10 Inventory Accuracy

  26. Inventory Accuracy = Regular Stock Takes Inventory accuracy refers to how closely your inventory records match your physical inventory

  27. Most importantly, sophisticated inventory management systems require high accuracies of at least 95% to function well and generate the ROI on your software investment

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  29. Now it’s your turn to apply them to your business operations and gauge your performance and efficiency with stock control

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