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📦December 16, 2025

How to avoid losses from poor inventory control

Proven strategies to reduce shrinkage, theft and stock mismanagement.

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Strategies to reduce shrinkage, theft, and stock mismanagement.

Causes of losses

  • **Internal theft**: Employees taking product
  • **External theft**: Shoplifting customers
  • **Shrinkage**: Damaged or expired products
  • **Administrative errors**: Incorrect recording
  • **Suppliers**: Undetected incomplete deliveries
  • Control strategies

    Cycle counts

    Don't wait for annual inventory. Count products frequently by category.

    Access control

    Not everyone should enter the warehouse. Limit and record access.

    Double verification

    One person receives, another verifies deliveries.

    Inventory system

    Know in real-time what you have vs what you should have.

    Security cameras

    Deter theft and help investigate shortages.

    MINDE helps you

  • Low stock alerts
  • Movement history
  • Difference reports
  • Lot and expiration control
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