Inventory


How To Set Up an Inventory Control System

No matter what type of business you are in, you have some sort of inventory. Office equipment, paper, supplies, tables, chairs, desks, products, tools, etc. Depending on the type of business you are operating, the system could be quite complex or really simple.

Restaurant, retail store, automotive repair shop all use supplies, parts and products that they use, sell and they need a way to track them.

Basic Inventory Record

This in short tells you what you have, where you bought it, how much it cost, cost of retail, retail price, profit, quantity in stock, total inventory cost, inventory retail value and inventory profit potential.

BASIC INVENTORY RECORD

ITEM

DATE PURCHASED

DESCRIPTION

STOCK
PART
NUMBER

VENDOR

VENDOR
ORDER
NUMBER

COST

COST
OF
RETAIL

RETAIL PRICE

PROFIT

QTY
IN
STOCK

INVENTORY
COST

INVENTORY
RETAIL
VALUE

INVENTORY
PROFIT
POTENTIEL

1

1/2/2024

Stealers Base Ball Caps

L9088

A23 IMPORTS

L9088

$4.00

40%

$ 10.00

$ 6.00

5.00

$ 20.00

$ 50.00

$ 30.00

2

1/3/2024

PAPER CLIPS

PC0989

OFFICE DEPOT

PC0989

$1.25

40%

$ 3.13

$ 1.88

22.00

$ 27.50

$ 68.75

$ 41.25

3

1/4/2024

GEL INK PENS

GIP770990

OFFICE DEPOT

GIP770990

$3.79

40%

$ 9.48

$ 5.69

66.00

$ 250.14

$ 625.35

$ 375.21

 

Basic Inventory Monitoring and Control System

This does the same as the Basic Inventory Record as well as calculating restocking quantity and cost with how many days in inventory on the shelf.

BASIC INVENTORY MONITORING & CONTROL SYSTEM

ITEM

DATE PURCHASED

DESCRIPTION

STOCK
PART
NUMBER

VENDOR

VENDOR
ORDER
NUMBER

QTY
IN
STOCK

COST

COST
OF
RETAIL

RETAIL PRICE

PROFIT

INVENTORY
COST

INVENTORY
RETAIL
VALUE

INVENTORY
PROFIT
POTENTIEL

1

1/2/2024

Stealers Base Ball Caps

L9088

A23 IMPORTS

L9088

5.00

$4.00

40%

$10.00

$6.00

$ 20.00

$ 50.00

$ 30.00

2

1/3/2024

PAPER CLIPS

PC0989

OFFICE DEPOT

PC0989

22.00

$1.25

40%

$ 3.13

$1.88

$ 27.50

$ 68.75

$ 41.25

3

1/4/2024

GEL INK PENS

GIP770990

OFFICE DEPOT

GIP770990

66.00

$3.79

40%

$ 9.48

$5.69

$ 250.14

$ 625.35

$ 375.21

BASIC INVENTORY MONITORING & CONTROL SYSTEM

ITEM

DATE SOLD

DAYS OF
SELF
LIFE

QTY
SOLD

QTY
REMAININ STOCK

QTY
TO
REORDER

COST
TO
REORDER

1

1/25/2024

23

3

2.00

3.00

$ 30.00

2

1/15/2024

12

1

21.00

1.00

$ 3.13

3

1/10/2024

6

8

58.00

8.00

$ 75.80