Inventory Management – Fishbowl Blog

Inventory management techniques help you cut costs, prevent stockouts, and balance supply with demand. Explore 10 proven methods today.

Make-to-order or make-to-stock? Compare lead times, inventory costs, and demand fit to pick the right production strategy for your business.

Quality control in manufacturing catches defects, cuts waste, and protects margins. Explore proven methods and tips to raise your standards.

Merchandise inventory is the resale goods on your balance sheet. Learn what it includes, how to calculate it, and how to track turnover.

Inventory carrying costs quietly erode margins. Learn the formula to calculate yours and five proven ways to cut storage costs and free up cash.

Kitting bundles products into one ready-to-ship SKU to cut pick time, reduce errors, and lift order value. See how to build a kitting process.

Periodic vs perpetual inventory accounting compared: how each records stock and COGS, plus which method fits your growing business. Get the guide.

Warehouse optimization can cut order-picking costs and speed fulfillment. Get 10 practical tips to organize space, track stock, and ship faster.

Inventory holding cost is what storing unsold stock really costs. Learn the formula, see a worked example, and get 5 tips to cut it fast.

Consigned inventory accounting made simple: see the journal entries, a worked example, and best practices to keep both sides of the deal accurate.

The LIFO method applies your newest inventory costs to COGS, lowering taxable income when prices rise. See the formula, examples, and rules.

An inventory write-down lowers stock value that's dropped below cost. Learn when to record one, how to book it, and ways to avoid future losses.