Having stock full has its own advantages. No doubt, you’ll be able to ship orders quickly, but that’s not the end of the story. Some of the other incredible benefits of inventory management include:
1] Offering items on discounts: You will be able to offer products on discounted rates by manipulating your shipping prices and by offering special promotions. Besides this, you can even chart out your sales strategy more effectively for the products that need more marketing and promotion, and for the products that can be sold off off-hand.
2] Trading dead inventory at special prices: Of course dead (obselete) inventory should be done away with. You need to sell off those non-popular products lying in your warehouse at special prices and make some money out of it.
3] Replacing non-profitable items – If there are items in your stock which you know for sure won’t yield you the desired profits, negotiate with manufacturer and get them replaced with those that are more popular, the ones which will fetch you better returns.
4] Surplus stock of popular products – Ensure that your popular products are never out of stock. Take regular updates on them. Contact and arrange for more in case their levels are low.
5] Inventory software for real-time changes – Employing inventory software will give you direct access to the warehouse dealings. In fact, you will be able to make real-time changes in items and sizes.
If you really want to organize your e-business by cutting down on all the unnecessary expenditures and streamlining your shipping processes, then inventory management is a must. An effective inventory management system will go a long way in nurturing customer-client relationship. Without fail.