Essentials of Inventory Management.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Chapter 1 Inventory as Both a Tangible and an Intangible Object -- Inventory-Who Needs It? -- Inventory Costs -- The Purpose of Inventory -- Types of Stock -- Tracking the Paper Life -- Electronic Data Interchange -- Recap -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2 Inventory as Money -- Accounting for Inventories -- How Inventory Is Valued -- Inventory on the Balance Sheet -- Inventory on the Income Statement -- Ratio Analyses and What They Mean -- Current Ratio -- Quick Ratio or Acid Test -- Inventory Turnover Ratio -- Profit Margins -- Calculating Gross Profit -- Merchandising Metrics -- Pricing Generally -- Selling Price -- Obsolete Stock -- Why You Have Been Told Not to Dispose of Obsolete Stock -- Problems with Convincing Decision Makers That "It's Gotta Go" -- Arguments in Favor of Disposing of Dead Stock -- Methods of Disposal -- Carrying Cost and Purchasing -- Recap -- Review Questions -- Chapter 3 Physical Location and Control of Inventory -- Common Locator Systems -- Memory Systems -- Fixed Location Systems -- Zoning Systems -- Random Locator Systems -- Combination Systems -- Common Item Placement Theories -- Inventory Stratification -- Family Grouping -- Special Considerations -- Location Addresses and SKU Identifiers -- Significance -- Keys to Effectively Tying Together SKUs and Location Addresses -- Recap -- Review Questions -- Chapter 4 Automatic Identification -- The Basics of Bar Coding -- Elements of a Bar Code Symbol -- Structure of a Generic Bar Code Symbol -- Quiet Zone -- Start and Stop Characters -- Data Characters -- "X" Dimension -- Symbologies: Bar Coding Structural Rules -- Discrete and Continuous Symbologies -- Symbology Summary -- Popular Symbologies Found in the Inventory World -- Scanning Basics -- Printing Basics.