Thursday, 3 January 2013

Improve Profits With Better Inventory Control

By Darren Folkes


Keeping close track of your inventory is important to your profit margin. Your assets can be easily lost due to mishandling, theft, or oversight if you don't track them from start to finish. Setting up a good asset management plan is necessary if you only have a few assets or if you carry a million dollar inventory.

advanced asset management can be put in place easily thanks to sophisticated software available today. You can track each asset your company owns all throughout its lifespan by using RFID tags and software. This allows you to always know where your assets are located and what your profit margin is. In addition to tracking profits, you will be able to maintain compliance with regulations more easily and be able to quickly get ready for audits.

A management system is the ideal way to control inventory too. You will more easily know when it is time for maintenance or retirement of your equipment and ordering supplies becomes streamlined. Asset management includes organizing your insurance and warranties as well so they can be quickly located. You will be able to recover much quicker from a disaster when your business assets are organized. When you use a software management system, you create a trail that follows each asset throughout its lifetime. The data stored for each of your assets can be used for the purposes of improving utilization and efficiency, reducing labour cost, expenses, and waste, financial planning, ordering, inventory control, and auditing.

At one time, advanced inventory management meant you had to deal with a mountain of paperwork. Using software you can store your data in a compact space using a variety of files such as CAD, photographs, documents, and scanned files. When viewed on a computer monitor, your entire inventory can be displayed in a variety of ways in living color that makes the data easy to comprehend.

You can pull up data from any kind of search you want such as purchase cost, purchase date, manufacturer, barcode, supplier, product name, serial number, RFID, lease ID, or location. Your company will have less waste when you control your inventory. Waste is a huge problem in all kinds of businesses including corporations, universities, and law enforcement.

Ordering supplies you don't need is a problem eliminated with good asset management. You may have inventory you can't locate so you buy more because you have a pressing need for it. If you know where every single piece of inventory is located, you eliminate the cost of buying things you don't need. That will save money you can put to use in another area of your business. In addition, when you are efficient with your inventory, you may be able to cut back on storage space and the cost associated with it.

It doesn't matter how large or small your organization is, it will benefit from a good asset management system. The money you save when you increase the efficiency of inventory control will quickly offset the expense of setting up a good system. If you are looking for a way to reduce cost and improve profits, a system that reduces waste and improves efficiency is a good place to start.




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