The inventory management of cross-border e-commerce is mainly to control the quantity of inventory. This is because excessive inventory will occupy funds, reduce the capital liquidity of cross-border e-commerce enterprises, and is not conducive to normal business operations. But if the inventory is too small, it will threaten the continuity of product production. Therefore, for cross-border e-commerce inventory management work, sellers should measure the relationship between occupancy costs and production guarantees, reasonably control inventory quantities, and maintain reasonable inventory levels.
As the core link of cross-border e-commerce logistics management, optimal inventory management status must be able to ensure production needs and minimize inventory funds. At present, there are four main modes of inventory control in cross-border e-commerce:
First, the traditional cross-border e-commerce inventory management mode is that each cross-border e-commerce department only manages its own inventory during the logistics process. Develop management strategies based on transaction levels and order-driven static inventory management models.
Second, the supplier inventory management model is an inventory management model formed by cross-border e-commerce based on strategic partnerships. Suppliers manage the materials required for cross-border e-commerce, which requires certain negotiations to ensure that inventory costs are not high. In recent years, many multinational e-commerce companies have adopted this model.
Third, joint inventory management is a control model based on a unified schedule of the coordination center. It corresponds to the traditional inventory management model and can overcome the shortcomings of the traditional inventory control model and avoid problems in the supply chain. risks and respond to market changes in a timely manner.
Fourth, collaborative supply chain inventory management. This control model is based on supply chain integration, reducing supplier inventory, improving supplier sales levels, and promoting cross-border e-commerce and suppliers. In-depth cooperation also removes constraints in the supply chain process.
Generally speaking, cross-border e-commerce has two KPI indicators for inventory management: 1. SKU inventory type difference rate; 2. SKU inventory quantity difference rate. The first indicator is to ensure that sales orders are issued in a timely manner and reduce the supply of goods in warehouses rather than delivering goods; the second indicator is to reduce inventory losses and liquidity occupation from the perspective of preserving company property. However, the implementation effect is often not ideal, and there will still be a lot of stagnation, a lot of damage, and a lot of losses.