Many businesses struggle with inaccurate stock levels, ineffective stock replenishment, excess inventory tying up cash, and costly stockouts that damage customer satisfaction. Without a robust Inventory Management System, teams often rely on spreadsheets and disconnected paper processes, leading to poor stock visibility, manual process errors, slow decision‑making due to dubious data, and an inability to scale operations effectively.
Inventory Management System Implementation
Solving the Inventory Problems That Hold Businesses Back
key benefits
ACCURATE PERPETUAL INVENTORY
Inventory accuracy below 99% can have a significant negative impact on your business performance. Implementing an IMS is the way to get your business back under control.
FEWER STOCKOUTS & BACKORDERS
Nothing is more frustrating to customers that not being able to rely on their suppliers for stock they need to run their business. An IMS helps you improve your service to your customers.
IMPROVED FORECASTING - EASIER PURCHASING
An IMS will track all of your stock moves in and out of the business and this data will allow you to forecast your demand and purchase much more accurately based on data rather than guesswork.
REDUCED CARRYING COSTS
It takes a huge amount of capital to run a stock distribution business, and improving your inventory forecasting and purchasing practice can free up 25%-50% of that capital for reinvestment into your business.
STREAMLINED OPERATIONS
Trying to run your business with simple accounting software, spreadsheets, emails and Post Its? No wonder you have low stock accuracy and frustrated staff. Get control and you can relax.
SCALE WITHOUT STRESS
Without good systems and processes you cannot grow your business. You will hit a wall of incompetence. Implementing an IMS and/or WMS will give you the competence and confidence to Scale Without Stress!
A well‑implemented Inventory Management System (IMS) will transform the operational, financial, and strategic performance of your business. Beyond simply tracking stock, it provides a single source to view stock levels, manage purchase orders, warehouse transfers, sales orders and inventory moves, across multiple stock locations, enabling businesses to balance demand and supply with much greater precision.
Automated stock replenishment calculations reduce the burden on purchasing staff and ensure stock levels remain optimal without costly emergency purchases. Improved inventory accuracy leads to more reliable order fulfilment with less backorders. Better historical data enables better forecasting and planning based on trends, seasonality, and customer behaviour rather than guesswork. An inventory management system reduces administrative load, reduces errors and stock emergencies, improves warehouse productivity, and provides the operational stability needed to support growth and profitability.
System Partners
Logistics Help are partners with the inventory management systems below. These inventory systems are the best inventory systems on the market for small to medium sized businesses doing light manufacturing, selling through wholesale, B2B, retail store and online. They are all very affordable even for smaller businesses and have been proven over many years with generally excellent support.
They are all cloud systems which makes them very easy to deploy. They each have various strengths and weaknesses that need to be examined in the context of your business requirements and we will help you through the selection process.
CIN7 Omni Implementation
- The original CIN7 inventory system widely adopted in Australia and New Zealand. Now owned by US based private equity company.
- Great range of integrations available with other cloud systems.
- Very cost effective EDI integrations with major retailers
- Add on to Xero, Quick Books and other accounting systems to create your own ERP.
- Very easy to learn and use with some clever product master features that work well with fashion retailers.
- Can be implemented with a WMS to run your warehouse.
CIN7 Core Implementation
- Originally known as DEAR Inventory. (Fun fact – DEAR stands for Double Entry Accounting Record).
- Now owned by the same parent company as CIN7 Omni.
- Unlike Omni, Core has its own accounting module although most businesses integrate with Xero or QuickBooks. For this reason it has some accounting advantages over Omni.
- Very ERP like user interface and workflow.
- Excellent range of integrations with other apps. Very extensive API for developing custom integrations.
- Has an optional WMS that is basic but would suit a low transaction volume business. Easily integrated with any other WMS.
Unleashed Implementation
- One of the original inventory system add ons to Xero. Only does inventory.
- Widely implemented in Australia and New Zealand and increasingly globally.
- Now owned by The Access Group, a software development business based in the UK. The Access Group have done a lot of development on Unleashed and addressed the issues that were impeding its functionality a few years ago. It’s now an excellent IMS for small to medium businesses of all kinds
- Easy to learn and use.
- Great range of integrations and a good API for custom developments
Mintsoft Implementation
- Inventory system with strong WMS features also owned by The Access Group.
- Can be used as a WMS add on to Unleashed or any other system.
- Newish to Australia and an emerging player in the SME inventory and WMS market.
Project management
Leverage Our Expertise
Logistics Help have extensive inventory system implementation experience from small business to large corporate ERP systems. We can help with the project management of any inventory or warehouse system implementation. So even if you are not implementing a system from one of our partners but you need a project manager to help you implement a system from any vendor, we can support you.
project delivery
The typical workflow for an IMS implementation is outlined below. All system implementations are customised projects developed according to the client’s specific needs and desired outcomes.
Inventory Analysis & System Selection
- Assessment of existing inventory processes, pain points, and operational goals
- Guidance on selecting the right IMS and/0r WMS (optional) platform to suit your business size, industry, and growth plans.
System Design & Configuration
- Tailored setup of your master data and workflows, including
- stock locations, SKUs, units of measure, reorder points.
- Integration planning with accounting, ecommerce, POS, shipping and logistics partners
- Reporting, dashboards and data warehouse setup.
Data Cleansing & Migration
- SKU rationalisation
- Master data cleanup
- Structured migration of existing inventory data into the new system
Implementation & Integration
- End‑to‑end process mapping and documentation
- System configuration & deployment
- API or middleware integration with other systems
- End to end testing and system validation
Training & Change Management
- Staff training on day-to-day usage
- Change management support to embed new processes
- User guides and resource materials
Ongoing Support & Optimisation
- Post‑implementation monitoring
- Adjustments to replenishment rules, reporting, and workflows.
- Continuous improvement and further technology implementations
If you are a growing business that has not moved out of a simple accounting system like MYOB, QuickBooks or Xero and you are experiencing the common issues of:
- High cost, low productivity
- Lost and missing stock
- Backorders and low service levels
- Surprise stock outs
- No visibility of stock and orders and your ability to supply
- Customer complaints and loss of market share to your competitors
Then you will get a huge benefit from implementing an inventory management system.
An inventory management system implementation can take from a few weeks to many months depending on the scale and complexity of your business. This will be a major change to your business impacting almost every area and needs to be done in a way gets buy in from everyone in the business.
The good news is that an inventory management system add on to your accounting system is a very affordable option with systems starting from ~$400 per month and a fully guided implementation by Logistics Help starting from $10k.
