- Inventory Consulting for Distributors, Manufacturers, and Retailers
Inventory Management Consulting
Smarter Inventory. Stronger Profits
Effective Inventory Management, Inc. provides inventory management consulting, training, analysis, and practical tools for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers. EIM helps companies reduce excess inventory, prevent stockouts, improve customer service levels, and increase profitability through practical, operations-focused inventory strategies.
“We reduced inventory by millions of dollars and maintained a 97% order fill rate. The results exceeded our expectations.”
Amie
Director of Purchasing
45+
Years of Industry Experience
Companies Helped Worldwide
Edition of Our Flagship Book
Hours of Continuing Education Credit Per Workshop
- SOUND FAMILIER?
Most Inventory Problems Come Down to the Same Few Issues.
The Wrong Products on Your Shelves
Surplus and dead stock pile up while the items customers actually need are on backorder. Capital is tied up in inventory that isn’t moving.
Profit Leaking Through Your Inventory
Carrying costs, emergency purchases, and markdowns quietly erode your margins. Your inventory investment isn’t working as hard as it should.
Customer Service Taking the Hit
Stockouts and fulfillment failures damage relationships you’ve worked hard to build. Inconsistent availability makes it hard to compete.
These aren't unusual problems. They're exactly what EIM has been solving for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers for over 45 years.
- INVENTORY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS
The Initial Inventory Analysis
Most organizations know they have inventory problems. What they don’t have is a clear picture of what those problems are or how to solve them. EIM’s Initial Inventory Analysis changes that.
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Inventory Data Analysis
Inventory Data Analysis You send EIM an Excel or delimited text file with your inventory data. Jon and Matt analyze stock levels, usage history, lead times, replenishment parameters, and costs to identify exactly where inefficiencies and gaps are costing you money.
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Operations Analysis
Operations Analysis EIM interviews your team across replenishment, sales, warehouse, and management. Numbers alone don’t tell the whole story. Understanding how your organization makes decisions is essential to building a solution that actually works.
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Customized Solution
Your Customized Solution Using your data and interview findings, EIM presents a step-by-step recommendations report built specifically for your operation. You have no financial commitment outside of travel expenses until findings are presented.
No commitment until findings are presented
Not sure which service fits your situation? Let's talk through it.
- WHY EIM?
Built on 45+ Years of Real-World Experience
EIM isn’t a marketing firm with an inventory practice. We’ve spent four decades inside the operations of distributors, manufacturers, and retailers, solving the exact problems your team is facing right now.
45+ Years of Proven Experience
Jon Schreibfeder literally wrote the book on effective inventory management, now in its 7th edition. EIM’s methods have been refined across thousands of real engagements with companies of every size and industry. You’re not getting theory. You’re getting what actually works.
Customized, Not Cookie-Cutter
We don’t show up with a predetermined solution and try to fit your business into it. Every engagement starts with understanding your operation, your industry, and your goals. The plan we build is the plan that works for you, not a generic playbook.
Results That Impact Your Bottom Line
EIM’s work has helped clients reduce excess inventory, eliminate stockouts, lower carrying costs, and free up significant working capital. We focus on outcomes that show up on your financials, not vanity metrics.
- Authors of Effective Inventory Management, now in its 7th edition
- Software-neutral decision support
- Trusted by 3,000+ organizations across North America
- Featured speakers at industry conferences and associations
- Client Outcomes
We do the analysis. You get the results.
Dale Oxygen,INC
Misty / Supply Chain Director
“EIM has been a great partner for us. They helped us better manage our inventory, reduce costs, and maintain customer service levels. They are always willing to jump in on special projects and help us work toward specific goals.”
The People’s Group
“Our data is presented in a meaningful and actionable way. We are able to make smarter, faster, more informed buying decisions in real time.”
- LATEST ARTICLES
Inventory Management Insights From the Field
Jon and Matt Schreibfeder write regularly on the inventory challenges facing distributors, manufacturers, and retailers. Practical insights, no filler.
Every Organization is Unique, Part 2: Committed Quantities Must Be Accurate
By Matt and Jon Schreibfeder Most ERP systems maintain three perpetual quantities for each inventory item in each warehouse, storeroom, store or other storage facility:...
- Jon Schreibfeder
- Analysis, Best Practices, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions
Every Organization is Unique, Part I: Versatile Reorder Points
Today, there are 30 major ERP systems marketed to retailers, manufacturers anddistributors. In addition, there are literally hundreds of smaller packages offered to specificmarkets and...
- Jon Schreibfeder
- Purchasing, Replenishment Parameters, Replenishment Source
Why “Minimum Stock Quantity” is a Misleading Term
One of our clients sent an email last week questioning why the calculated minimum stock quantity for a product with the following characteristics was so...
- Jon Schreibfeder
- Order Cycles, Purchasing