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Inventory management is an important concept in production management. We all have inventory at home to run our homes. What issues do you have with your home inventory maintaining sufficient quantities and controlling its costs?

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Home inventory system, issues, challenges specifically those related to maintaining sufficient supply of goods or items and controlling costs and how to solve these issues. The solution is 350 words with one non-APA reference provided to aid in the understanding.

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An inventory control system is needed to manage the inventory at home. There are home inventory programs that can help soft the challenges that go with home inventory. One of the issues is maintaining enough quantity of goods on hand that is sufficient to meet anticipated needs. Other problem associated with this is that there might be items excessively stocked and the funds are needlessly tied to it. Items or goods in the inventory that is not being used consist of money that is being kept and if ...

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