Step-by-step tutorials for Amazon FBA sellers on inventory calculations, restock workflows, and operational tasks you can implement today.
TL;DR You cannot reduce lead time until you measure it honestly: every day from sending the PO to units going live at FBA. Map all six stages, time each one from your last few orders, then attack the slowest stage first. In my experience, most sellers find two to three weeks of recoverable time hiding […]
TL;DR For Amazon sellers, cycle counting for ecommerce is not walking the aisles with a scanner. Amazon holds most of your stock, so your version is reconciling Amazon’s inventory reports on a schedule, catching lost or damaged units early, and physically counting only the stock you hold yourself. Do both, and your records stay accurate […]
TL;DR ABC analysis for FBA ranks your Amazon SKUs by contribution to the business and groups them into three classes so each one gets a different inventory policy. A items get protection: high service levels, tighter buffers, weekly review, and bulk inventory staged in AWD or a 3PL when needed. B items get balance: standard […]
TL;DR Amazon FBA inventory turnover measures how often you sell through your stock in a given period. Most FBA sellers should target 6 to 12 turns per year, depending on product category. Faster turnover means lower storage costs, better cash flow, and a stronger Inventory Performance Index score. If you’ve ever looked at your FBA […]
Nine plain-English calculators built for Amazon FBA — safety stock, reorder points, stockout cost, FBA fees. Runs in your browser. Your numbers never leave the page.