Tag: inventory management
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Your Guide to Sell Through Rate for Brand Builders
You bought inventory with real money. Now it's sitting in boxes, eating cash and making you second-guess every decision. I know that feeling. You look at the warehouse shelf, or the back room, or the Shopify stock count, and you don't just see products. You see delayed ad spend, delayed payroll, delayed product development, delayed…
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Guide to E Commerce Erp: Founders’ 2026 Success
You're probably reading this because your store is growing just enough to get annoying. Orders come in through Shopify. Inventory lives in a spreadsheet that someone swears is current. Your bookkeeper has one version of revenue. Your warehouse or 3PL has another version of what shipped. Customer support asks where an order is, and you…
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Inventory Carrying Cost: Stop Burning Cash on the Shelf
You place your first serious inventory order. The pallets arrive. The boxes are real. Your brand suddenly feels legitimate. Then the money starts leaking. I’ve watched founders celebrate a full shelf while their bank account gets tighter every week. They think the pain came from paying the supplier. It didn’t. The pain keeps going after…
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10 Best Practice Supply Chain Management Strategies for Founders in 2026
I'll be direct. Building a brand is tough, especially here in Chicago where your hustle is just the price of entry. I've watched so many founders with incredible products get crushed, not by rivals, but by their own supply chains. It's the silent killer of growing businesses: your cash gets trapped in inventory that won't…
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The Inventory Turnover Formula Unlocked for E-commerce
Let's cut to the chase: the inventory turnover formula is just Cost of Goods Sold ÷ Average Inventory. Don't let the accounting jargon trip you up. This simple piece of math reveals how many times you sell out and restock your entire inventory in a given period. For any e-commerce brand, it's one of the…
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