Most store managers and warehouse operators have watched their team spend hours counting inventory with clipboards, paper tally sheets, or handheld scanners that require specialized training just to get started. It's a process that hasn't changed much in decades, which is a problem, because the retail environment has changed enormously. The good news is that […]
Not every inventory counting solution that calls itself full-service is. The term gets used loosely in this industry, and businesses that take it at face value sometimes find themselves holding a contract that covers the technology but not the staffing, or the staffing but not the training, or all three but with analytics so limited […]
Inventory accuracy is one of those operational fundamentals that doesn't make news when it's working and makes very bad news when it isn't. In May 2026, Starbucks learned that lesson in a very public way. The company retired its Automated Counting program across North America after a nine-month rollout intended to automate inventory stock counts, […]
