Every company strives to improve profitability. Countless hours are spent in meetings devising ways to lower operating costs while increasing sales and gross margins. In the quest to maximize return on investment many organizations fail to scrutinize their investment in inventory. This is unfortunate because improving the way you control and manage your inventory may have the greatest potential for improving your organization's bottom line.

Recognizing inventory management as the key to success, Jon Schreibfeder, a leading authority on the distribution industry, discusses how distributors can help maximize their profitability by improving the way they analyze and manage inventory. This white paper also covers several ideas to help you improve the profitability and productivity of your investment in stock inventory, touches on inaccurate assumptions many inventory managers make, and reveals how to overcome conflicting complaints customers make concerning their inventory.