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Warehouse & Logistics Consulting

Inventory Management

Inventory management is its own discipline, separate from workflow efficiency. It's about knowing what you have, where it is, and being able to trust that number. This includes ICQA-style inventory control and quality assurance — cycle counts, damage and lost-inventory tracking, and root-causing discrepancies — the same discipline used inside large-scale fulfillment operations.

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What's Included

What's included in inventory management

Inventory accuracy & ICQA

Cycle counting, damage and lost-inventory tracking, and root-causing discrepancies, brought from large-scale fulfillment operations to warehouses of any size.

Slotting & layout

Placing inventory for both accuracy and pick efficiency.

Shrink control

Identifying where inventory loss is happening and why.

Reporting & audits

Building inventory reporting you can trust, and staying ready for audits.

Our Approach

How we approach it

  1. Baseline accuracy review — measure current inventory accuracy and discrepancy rate.
  2. ICQA process setup — cycle counts, damage/lost tracking, root cause workflow.
  3. Slotting review — adjust layout for accuracy and pick efficiency together.
  4. Ongoing monitoring — track accuracy rate and shrink over time.
Is This For You

Signs you need this

  • Inventory counts regularly don't match the system.
  • You don't have a clear cycle count process, or it's inconsistent.
  • Shrink or damage is a recurring, unexplained cost.
  • You're preparing for an audit or scaling and need inventory processes that hold up.

Let's talk about inventory management for your operation.

Reach out for a consultation — we serve warehouses and distribution centers across Canada and the United States.

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FAQ

Common questions about inventory management

What is ICQA?

ICQA (Inventory Control and Quality Assurance) is the discipline large fulfillment operations use to keep inventory accurate — cycle counting, damage and lost-inventory tracking, and root-causing discrepancies. Luka Consulting Group brings that same discipline to warehouses of any size.

Do we need a WMS for this?

It helps, but ICQA-style processes like cycle counts and root cause tracking can be built around whatever system you currently use.

How is inventory accuracy measured?

Typically through cycle count accuracy rate, tracked over time against a target.