Inventory Accuracy

This Working Group is focused on the increasingly important issue of inventory accuracy across retailing – from store shelves to E-commerce fulfilment centres.

Previous research has shown the negative impact poor inventory accuracy can have on the customer experience, not least through stock being unavailable.

This has become increasingly important as retailers have moved to Omni-channel operations, which add greater complexity and demand to inventory management systems.

This Working Group is providing its members with a forum to share best practices, initiate new research and raise awareness of the growing importance of inventory accuracy in driving retail profitability.

Research papers

Our research papers offer groundbreaking insights and actionable outcomes to help retailers and their partners better manage the many ways in which profits can be negatively impacted by all forms of retail loss. Produced by some of the leading academic experts in the field of retailing and loss prevention, they are all free to download.

Inventory Accuracy

Measuring the Sales Impact of Improving Inventory Records
How improving the accuracy of inventory records can grow sales by 4-8%
Christoph Glock, Yacine Rekik, Aris Syntetos
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Our Meetings

ECR Retail Loss Group regular working group meetings provide an opportunity to network with industry peers, hear updates on the latest research and sector initiatives, and development new skills and insights. All retailers, CPGs and academics can participate at no cost.

Inventory Accuracy

Predicting Wrong Inventory Records - Research Update
December 9th - 1pm UK
UpComing
Presentation of Early Research Findings
Professors Glock, Rekik and Syntetos...
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Finding the Shrink that is NOT Shrink
Feb 13th - 1pm UK
UpComing
Finding the Shrink that is NOT Shrink
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Keeping Inventory Records Right: Annual In Person Meeting
March 5th & 6th
UpComing
Keeping Inventory Records Accurate and Shelves Full
Professors' Syntetos, Glock and Rekik...
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Innovations In Counting: Annual In Person Meeting
March 6th & 7th
Past
Counting to Win, Innovations in Counting
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Inventory Records: How Accurate Do You Need to Be?
Jan 9th - 3pm UK
Past
How Accurate do Inventory Records Need to Be?
Professors Glock. Rekik and Syntetos...
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Predicting Wrong Inventory Records - Research Update
December 12th - 3pm UK
Past
Presentation of Early Research Findings
Professors Glock, Rekik and Syntetos...
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New Ways to Use Inventory Count Data
Sept 5th - 1pm UK time
Past
New ways to use inventory count data
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Counting Data - What happens next?
May 11th - 1pm UK Time
Past
What are the different ways retailers use to display the counting data?
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss...
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Inventory Record Accuracy - Innovations in Counting
Feb 15th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Innovations In Counting
Ben Hodges, Systems & Operations Manager, Marks and Spencer...
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Inventory Record Accuracy Research - Four Years On....
December 8th - 3pm UK time
Past
Inventory Record Accuracy Research - How have retailers used the report to help their business?
Aris Syntetos, Cardiff Business School...
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Inventory Record Accuracy - Innovations in Counting
May 18th - 1pm UK Time
Past
Innovations In Counting
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Improving Inventory Accuracy Upstream
Oct 6th - 12pm UK Time
Past
Improving Inventory Record Accuracy At Source
Professor Jan Godsell, University of Warwick...
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Improving Inventory Record Accuracy
March 24th - 12pm GMT
Past
New Research Thinking on Improving Inventory Record Accuracy
Prof Aris Syntetos, Prof Yacine Rekik, Prof Christoph Glock...
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Direct Store Delivery (DSD) - A Question of Loss?
January 20th - 12pm
Past
Practitioner insights on minimising loss from DSD categories
Colin Peacock, ECR Retail Loss Group...
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Count More to Sell More
October 7th - 4.00pm BST
Past
Exploring the "more counting" business case. Can the cost investment be more than offset by the sales increase?
Ian Smith, Waitrose Stores...
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Removing Upstream Loss
7th October - 2.30pm BST
Past
Fixing the Errors Upstream that Hurt Stores
Brad Fiala, Target Stores...
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DC Pick Accuracy Research
October 7th - 1pm BST
Past
New Findings on DC Pick Accuracy Best Practices
Professor Janet Godsell, University of Warwick...
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