Based on our most recent research and the most up-to-date "best practices," the new Achieving Effective Inventory Management, 5th Edition provides a complete guide for managing a large and often troublesome asset: inventory. In our striving to remain current, the economic challenges facing distributors today have resulted in EIM, Inc. conducting a thorough review and update of the entire 4th edition. This update, coupled with discussions regarding the impact and adjustments that the current economic challenges have produced in all areas of inventory management, has produced our new 5th edition. This book will help you achieve the goal of effective inventory management: to meet or exceed customers' expectations of product availability with the amount of each item that will maximize your organization's net profits or minimize its total inventory investment. The book includes major discussion areas of:

• Focus on Inventory
• Get Your (Ware) House in Order
• Demand Forecasts and Usage
• Anticipated Lead Time and Safety Stock
• The Order Cycle and Line Point
• The Economic Order Quantity
• Replenishment
• Your Investment in Stock Inventory
• Cycle Counting/Physical Inventory
• Calculating the Carrying Cost and the Cost of Reordering Inventory
• Inventory Policies and Procedures

316 pages in length, expertly illustrated, and easy to read, the 5th edition is now available at the same low price! Order today and follow the path that leads to maximizing the productivity and profitability of your investment in stock inventory.

Order today! You can order online at the EIM Store, or you can print out and fax the order form to our secure fax machine at (972) 393-1310 (it's in the United States). If you have any questions (or would like to place a phone order) please give us a call at (972) 304-3325 or email us at TinaSna@EffectiveInventory.com. You can also mail a completed form to:

Jon Schreibfeder is president of Effective Inventory Management, Inc., a firm dedicated to helping manufacturers, distributors, and large retailers get the most out of their investment in stock inventory. Jon literally "grew up" in a family-owned distribution business and started studying inventory management philosophies and best practices. In the early 1980s, Jon went on to become a distribution industry "trouble shooter" for two major software companies, charged with helping customers use their available computer tools as well as best-practice policies and procedures to better manage their largest asset: inventory. Jon founded his own independent consulting firm, Effective Inventory Management, Inc. (EIM), in April, 1996. For over 20 years, Jon has helped more than two thousand firms improve their productivity and profitability through better inventory management. EIM's customers range in size from a two-million-dollar distributor to Fortune 50 companies. Customers are located throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Rim. Jon is the author of numerous articles and a series of books on effective inventory management, including the recently published Achieving Effective Inventory Management – Fifth Edition and the National Association of Wholesale Distributors' Guess Right – Best Practices in Demand Forecasting for Distributors.

A featured speaker at seminars and conventions throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Rim, Jon has been awarded the title "Subject Matter Expert" in inventory management by the American Productivity and Quality Center. He is on the advisory board of the Industrial Distribution program at Purdue University.