• Cosmetic Industry

  Container Inventory?

  Posted by kavellahaircare on March 2, 2016 at 5:16 am

  Hi guys! I founded a handmade hair product company and have boxes and boxes of bottles and jars and closures. Sometimes I will be making a batch of products and reach for a closure and… I’m out! What ways have you/your company used in the past to keep track of this type of inventory?

  Thanks!

  kavellahaircare replied 8 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  belassi

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  March 2, 2016 at 5:35 am

  The panic system
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  kavellahaircare

  Member

  March 2, 2016 at 5:50 am

  haha! Pretty much. I guess just one more Excel spreadsheet to keep track of!

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  Bobzchemist

  Member

  March 2, 2016 at 2:43 pm

  In the past, I’ve used a version of the Japanese kanban system effectively. No spreadsheet needed. The point about halfway or 2/3 of the way through the stock of every component gets marked with a red card. Ideally, the card has all the ordering info needed. When you hit the red card, you re-order, then replace it when the new stock comes in. 

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