What does company inventory mean?

The operation of checking and counting the actual quantity of goods in stock within a specified period or temporarily, that is, in order to grasp the flow direction of goods (the flow direction of goods in storage, in storage and out of storage), check the actual quantity of existing goods in the warehouse with the quantity recorded in the custody account, so as to accurately grasp the inventory quantity.

Inventory is divided into manual inventory and machine inventory.

Manual inventory: mainly rely on personnel to manually record inventory content and commodity data, and then check with the computer.

Inventory machine inventory: the data collector equipment is used to import the commodity information to be counted into the collector, then the barcode of the commodity is scanned by the inventory machine, and then the corresponding information is displayed. The inventory personnel enter and summarize according to the realized quantity, and finally the inventory information is imported into the system management software for comparison, thus generating the inventory surplus and inventory deficit list.

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Inventory method

Inventory work can be seen everywhere in manufacturing or circulation enterprises, because the integration of materials and accounts is the most basic condition for enterprise management. According to the different purposes and methods, it is divided into the following categories:

(1) Sampling inventory: a surprise inventory initiated by the auditing unit or other management units to verify whether the warehouse management unit has implemented the management work. Sampling inventory can be carried out in different directions such as warehouse, material attribute and warehouse administrator.

(2) Temporary inventory: inventory of specific materials for specific purposes, etc.

(3) Year-end (mid-year) inventory: large-scale and comprehensive inventory work is held regularly. According to relevant regulations, general enterprises should conduct a comprehensive inventory at the end of each year, and some listed companies should conduct a comprehensive inventory in the middle of the year.

(4) Cycle inventory: In order to ensure the consistency of materials and accounts at any time, enterprises that adopt information management divide materials and parts into different grades according to their importance and give them different cycle inventory codes, and then use information tools to conduct periodic cycle inventory.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Inventory