Mainly including: inventory occupies a large proportion of working capital, resulting in high cost occupancy; untimely ordering information increases production preparation costs; untimely shortage information increases costs; and waste in packaging, loading and unloading, and transportation processes increases costs.

  Starting from basic data such as the specific names, categories, quantities, prices, purchase times, and storage times of inventory items, establish a complete inventory information database. This can not only effectively manage and grasp inventory conditions, but more importantly, through analysis of these data, derive various inventory management indicators, play a supervisory and promotional role in the overall inventory management work, and provide a basis for decision-making in other departments of furniture enterprises.

  Inventory certainly exists, but some inventory is not urgently needed or is infrequently used. Reducing the inventory level of such items can objectively reduce inventory costs. Through research, we believe that inventory costs can be reduced from two aspects: in-transit inventory and reserved inventory. For in-transit inventory, measures can mainly be taken from three aspects: delivery transport time, transport mode, and the location of the production site. Delivery transport time should be shortened as much as possible, which is an important way to effectively reduce costs and avoid unnecessary waste. Different means or modes of transport have different prices and timing, so the optimal cost plan for item transportation should be calculated scientifically. When time permits, lower-cost methods should be selected; when time is tight and the items are valuable, greater consideration should be given to speed and safety. In short, the selection of transportation methods should be considered holistically. The location of the production site is also very important, because bringing the place of origin closer will speed up supply time and greatly reduce circulation and inventory costs.

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