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Practical inventory guides for Shopify merchants — dead stock, replenishment, reorder math, purchasing, and what running out actually costs.

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Stock to sales ratio: what it measures and how to read your own number

The stock to sales ratio formula with a worked example, how to read high vs low readings, and a method to set your own benchmark from 3 months of data.

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READ TIME7 MIN

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Stop reordering dead stock: the six-factor buy gate for every purchase order line

Dead stock is usually made on the reorder, not the first buy. A six-factor gate — sell-through, age, margin, MOQ, lead time, launch risk — with pass thresholds.

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READ TIME10 MIN

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INVENTORY GUIDE

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

Subscription box inventory: plan from subscribers, not sales velocity

Subscription box inventory runs on headcount, not velocity. Forecast from subscribers, plan the billing-day spike, and build the component pull sheet.

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READ TIME9 MIN

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INVENTORY GUIDE

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REORDER MATH · BY Abhinav Verma

Supplier lead time: how to measure your own, log it, and use it in reorder math

Quoted lead time covers production; actual lead time covers everything. A lead-time log template, how to compute average and p80, and how each one changes your reorder point.

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READ TIME9 MIN

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INVENTORY GUIDE

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GUIDES · BY Abhinav Verma

The shrinkage journal entry: booking count variances from your adjustments log

The inventory shrinkage journal entry worked end to end: counted variance to adjustment log to booked debit and credit, with an illustrative example.

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READ TIME8 MIN

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LOST SALES · BY Abhinav Verma

What one return actually costs: the full math, line by line

The cost of a return on a $34.90 order runs about $20 — 57% of its revenue. See the full cost line by line, plus a 4-step refunds-CSV audit.

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READ TIME9 MIN