How is a franchise's inventory managed?

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Inventory management is one of the most complex and at the same time most important tasks of any company, since it involves making decisions related to the delivery time of orders, which suppliers supply them and in what quantities those orders are placed.


In the case of franchises, it is generally mandatory for the franchisee to sell or use products manufactured by the franchisor or by third parties marked by the franchisor, so it is advisable to take these and some parallel aspects into account in order not to make serious mistakes in terms of inventory management. If we think about the franchises we know, the most popular are usually always those that are directly related to fast food, franchises in which a quick and immediate service represents an enormous comparative advantage over the competition. This agility is achieved, in part, with efficient management of their product inventories. Below, we will see a decalogue of steps to follow to achieve this type of management: 1. The company must create a technical manual of products and services that helps in the management and handling of them. That protocolizes their use. 2. Thanks to an online inventory management system , materials can be automatically ordered from the supply center once the system detects that there is a shortage, or with the periodicity that has been previously established. 3. For legal purposes, supply centres are the property of the franchisor and are legally different from franchised stores.





4. Inventory products should be checked denmark number data regularly, especially those that are perishable. This control will avoid unnecessary scares when it comes time to sell the product.

5. The company must take a weekly inventory in order to resolve new orders and a monthly one to ensure that there is sufficient supply of all products and that perishable goods remain in good condition for a significant period of time.

6. As for the food franchises we mentioned earlier, they usually have a separate space where dry products are stored, a storage room for fresh vegetables and a freezer for meat and fish. All of these materials must be carefully controlled so that they do not cause a health problem for the customer or an imbalance in the inventory base.

7. The products sold must be constantly monitored in order to be competitive among the different franchises. This accumulated information serves to establish standards in size, price and type of product to be offered.

8. The time it takes to prepare the product/service is one of the factors that influence the success of a given business, and this time is directly related to inventory management. The monitoring mentioned above will also serve to determine the time it takes for a product to enter the warehouse and the frequency with which it runs out.

9. In this sense, good inventory management involves minimizing product out-of-stock while maximizing turnover. In the production processes within a franchise, product out-of-stock should be a non-existent concept or close to it.

10. Move to the cloud: Online inventory management, such as that enabled by Holded Inventory, allows you to customize every detail of your products and processes. The app also allows you to manage multiple rates and assign them to certain customers by default, working with multiple warehouses at the same time.