As you operate a small business, your inventory -- the stock of goods or products -- forms the foundation of your enterprise. If your stock isn't too extensive, the task of taking inventory should be ...

Understanding and managing your inventory is one of the most critical factors in business success. Yet many entrepreneurs fail to answer such basic questions as “What items are the winners and losers?

Inventory systems vary greatly in their individual design, feature set and operations, but they all share one common trait-to make the counting, tracking and recording of inventory movements easier.