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It's easy to turn cash into inventory... the challenge is to turn inventory back into cash!



Recent Articles by Jon Schreibfeder

Problems with Turnover

The Triangle of Cooperation

Achieving Success with Vendor-Managed Inventory

How Much Customer Service Insurance Do You Need?

How Clean Is Your Usage?

Returns Management

One Product Ranking Is Not Enough!

The Advantages of a Corporate Replenishment Department

Do You Have an Early Warning System?

Achieving Lean Distribution

Your Ideal Inventory Investment

Reconciling Cycle Counts

Why Weekly Forecasting?
[ Part One | Part Two ]

Handling Maintenance Repairs and Operations Inventory

Controlling Open-Stock Inventory

Adjusting Usage for Lost Sales

Achieving Cycle Counting Success

Is It Sporadic or Is It Seasonal?

A Key to Accurate Demand Forecasting

A Questionnaire for New Inventory Items

Varying the Carrying Cost for Individual Products

Liquidate All Slow-Moving Inventory?

Dealing with Items That Experience Sporadic Sales

Do You Know Where Your Information Comes From?

Justly Judging Your Vendors

The Promise of Collaborative Forecasting

How Much Does It Cost You To Buy?

Analyzing Inventory Adjustments

Consider if Some Inventory Will Need To Be Buried

The Mysterious Cost of Carrying Inventory

Do You Monitor Your Residual Inventory?

Put Your Time to the Best Use:
The Myth of Disposing of Dead Inventory

There's No Such Thing as Free Inventory

Protect Yourself against Theft

Another Look at Inventory Turnover

A New Look at Safety Stock

Can You Predict if Inventory Will Die in Your Warehouse?

Forecasting Future Demand of Products
[ Part One | Part Two ]

When the Price Goes Down, How Much Do You Buy?

Forecasting Items with Long Lead Times

How Much Is Free Freight Worth?

EDI and the Internet... What's the Difference?

Are You Making Money?

Does Every Item Have To Be Stocked in Every Branch?

A New Look at Measuring Customer Service

Does Your New Inventory Contribute to Dead Stock?

The Cascading Effect of Effective Inventory Management

Why Bar Code?

Liquidating Non-Moving Inventory

Calculating Your Target Inventory Investment

Encouraging Inventory Accuracy

Vendor Managed Inventory:
There's More To It Than Just Selling Products

Cycle Counting Can Eliminate Your Annual Physical Inventory!
[ Part One | Part Two ]

Ensuring This Year's Physical Inventory Is a Success

Do Your Employees Understand the True Cost of Lost Material?

Make This Year's Physical Inventory
More Accurate and Less Painful

Pot of Gold Turns to Lead
(with Abe WalkingBear Sanchez)

Adjusted Margin – A Better Measurement of Profitability

Implementing Effective Inventory Management

Why Is Inventory Turnover Important?

Accurately Measuring Customer Service

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Effective Inventory Management, Inc.
215 South Denton Tap Road, Suite 230
Coppell, TX 75019
(972) 304-3325
Fax: (972) 393-1310
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