Part 5. Inventory Control
5.1 Inventory Classification (ABC Analysis)
Treating a $500 FPGA and a $0.001 resistor with the same level of physical control is operational...
5.2 Inventory Control Operating Model (KPIs, Ownership, Audit Cadence)
Inventory is money frozen in time and risk sitting on a shelf. Without a rigid control model, ent...
5.3 Excess & Obsolete (E&O)
Excess and Obsolete (E&O) inventory is not a storage issue; it is a financial pathology caused by...
5.4 Strategic Stockpiling
Strategic stockpiling is the deliberate decision to violate standard inventory turns targets to h...
5.5 Cycle Counting & Reconciliation
Inventory accuracy is not a "nice to have"; it is the mathematical foundation of your entire oper...