Why is stock high and availability still poor?

Usually the wrong stock: parameters set uniformly rather than from item-level demand variability. Recalculating by item class typically reduces value and improves service simultaneously.

Cycle counting or annual stocktake?

Cycle counting, weighted to high-value and fast-moving items. Annual counts find errors months after they occurred, too late to fix the cause.

How does a inventory management engagement start?

With a short discovery conversation and a written view of scope, risk and the decisions to be made. That view is useful to you whether or not the work continues.

How is a inventory management engagement priced?

Scope and, where relevant, rules of engagement are agreed in writing before any work begins, and the engagement is a fixed fee for that scope or phased with a cost envelope per phase — so you know the cost and the boundaries up front. Larger pieces of work are broken into phases with findings delivered early rather than a single invoice at the end.

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Inventory Management

We design ERP inventory with stocking policy set from measured demand variability and lead time rather than a single rule applied across every item. Recalculating reorder points and safety stock by item class usually reduces stock value and improves availability at the same time, because the money moves to where it is needed. Equally important is the movement discipline — authorised receipts, issues, transfers and adjustments — that keeps system records matching the shelf. We close the loop with cycle counting weighted to high-value and fast-moving items, so errors are caught while their cause can still be found.

In short

ERP inventory management controls stock levels, movements, valuation and accuracy across locations. It is where tied-up cash and service levels meet, which is why uniform parameters so often produce both high stock and poor availability at once.

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What we do

The work inside inventory management.

Stocking policy and parameters

We set reorder points, safety stock and lot sizes from measured demand and lead time, calculated by item class rather than applied uniformly. This targets working capital where it earns its keep, which typically lowers total stock while improving service on the items that matter.

Movement processes

We design receipts, issues, transfers and adjustments with clear authorisation, so every change to stock is recorded as it happens. Movement discipline is what keeps the system figure equal to the physical count, and without it no parameter tuning will hold.

Valuation

We configure the valuation method so stock value reconciles cleanly to the ledger and the two never tell different stories. A valuation that ties to finance removes a recurring source of month-end dispute and audit queries.

Counting and accuracy

We implement cycle counting weighted to high-value and fast-moving items, and report accuracy by location and class. Counting continuously finds errors while their cause is still traceable, which an annual stocktake, finding them months later, cannot.

What you receive

Deliverables, in writing.

Documented output your teams keep and can act on without us in the room.

Stocking policy with parameter basis
Movement process design and authorisations
Valuation configuration and reconciliation
Cycle counting procedure and accuracy reporting

When this work helps

You may be facing this.

Stock is high while availability remains poor
System stock disagrees with physical count
Reorder parameters were set once and never reviewed

How an engagement runs

Discover, assess, design, deliver.

01
Discover
Understand the business drivers, decision rights, existing systems, and what the programme must genuinely change. We separate the outcomes that justify the investment from features that only sound useful, so the programme has a purpose to steer by.
02
Assess
Review process, data, integration, controls, governance, and change readiness against the plan. We report plainly where the plan holds and where it depends on assumptions that need evidence before commitment.
03
Design
Set out target processes, control requirements, data approach, integration model, and adoption plan. Each is documented well enough to build to and to hold a delivery partner accountable against.
04
Deliver
Support configuration, testing, cutover, and stabilisation, with independent oversight throughout. We hold the line on scope, data readiness, and controls, and surface drift while there is still time to correct it.

Where we work

Delhi, India — and wherever the work is.

Fidova provides ERP consulting from Delhi, India, and supports multi-entity and multi-country ERP programmes internationally, including businesses with different statutory and reporting requirements per region.

Engagements run in English, are scheduled around your time zone, and can be delivered remotely end to end, with on-site time planned where a phase genuinely benefits from being in the room.

Related services

Often needed alongside this.

Warehouse Management

ERP warehouse management controls locations, putaway, picking and dispatch within the four walls. It is where system accuracy meets physical reality, so a design that ignores the actual layout and order profile rarely survives contact with the floor.

Supply Chain Management

ERP supply chain management connects demand planning, procurement, production and distribution into a single flow. When that flow is broken, planning migrates into spreadsheets and the plan the system produces is quietly ignored.

Sales & Order Management

ERP sales and order management covers quotations, order capture, pricing, fulfilment and invoicing. When it works, orders flow from capture to cash without intervention; when it does not, staff correct prices by hand and the business issues credit notes to clean up the mess.

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