top 5 mistakes to avoid with inventory management for amazon store

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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Inventory Management for Amazon Store

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Page 1: Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Inventory Management for Amazon Store

Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Inventory Management for Amazon Store

Page 2: Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid with Inventory Management for Amazon Store

• For each product you sell, you maintain an inventory. The goal is tohave enough inventory to satisfy customer’s demand.

• Look at top 5 mistakes that most of the companies make whilemanaging inventory for their Amazon store, and how you can avoidthem:

Inventory is the lifeblood of Online Business

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• If you don’t know how many items are left, you may find out that theitem is no longer in stock, after an order for it has been placed.

• Or you might have ordered a number of items, which are not sellingas anticipated. Now, they are sitting around gathering dust.

• Thus, it is important to update the inventory levels regularly to ensurethat you are neither over-selling the items nor over-ordering them.

1. Over-Selling and Over-Ordering the Products

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• As you are selling across multiple sales outlets and not keeping track of the inventory.

• Often leading to discrepancies.

• The solution is to monitor the stock levels & incoming sales, and update the inventory 24/7.

2. Not Managing All the Sales Outlets Efficiently

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• Efficiently manage the supply chain.

• Ensure that you have enough items to fill your order straight away.

• If you wait until the products are no longer available, you may not be able to deliver the items on time, leading to bad reputation.

3. Poor Supply Chain Management

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• As demand and supply constantly changes,

• You must ensure that you are charging enough to cover your production costs & expenses.

• Don’t overcharge the items that you end up losing customers.

4. Pricing Issues

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• Without experienced personnel it would be difficult to manage the inventory property.

• You can choose to outsource Amazon inventory management task to a company that understands the work and can help you avoid mistakes.

5. Lack of Resources

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