The following article was originally posted in September on The Inventory Mentor, NETSTOCK's blog about all things inventory. We thought it might be of interest to our ERP customers who understand the challenges of managing inventory within their ERP systems, whether that be Sage, Acumatica, or QuickBooks. We're grateful to NETSTOCK for allowing us to re-publish the article here on our blog.

When talking inventory planning, we often get some version of this basic question:

“Doesn’t my ERP handle my inventory?” 

Since it’s a common concern, let’s take a look a typical ERP set up for a business that manages inventory. You’ll see why your ERP wasn’t built for optimal inventory replenishment tasks, but you’ll also find out that your ERP can be the key to helping you unlock a better inventory management process that saves you time, money, and headaches.