The management of product categories as strategic business units. This practice empowers a category manager with full responsibility for the assortment decisions, inventory levels, shelf-space allocation, promotions, and buying. With this authority and responsibility, the category manager is able to more accurately judge the consumer buying patterns, product sales, and market trends of that category.

Inventory Counting 101: Your Simple Guide to Better Stock Management
Running an ecommerce business? Then you know inventory is everything. But here’s the question: do you actually know how much inventory you have right now? Many business owners think as long as they have enough products to sell, the exact count doesn’t matter. That’s a costly mistake. Accurate inventory counts