Top 5 Inventory Management Books You Should Read in 2025
Effective inventory management is crucial for any retail business. To help you stay ahead of the competition, here are the top 5 books that provide insights and strategies for better inventory management. Whether you're a retailer, an inventory professional, or a software developer, these books will expand your knowledge and help you streamline your operations.
#1 Inventory Best Practices by Steven M. Bragg
This book will be especially interesting and helpful for large warehouse owners as it describes how to spend less time and effort on managing the warehouse and boost its efficiency. It also examines inventory picking, storage, transactions, and shows how to maximize the efficiency of inventory tracking systems.
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#2 Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology by David J. Piasecki
The book is mainly focused on inventory control, measuring accuracy, accounting, and approaches for managing the counting. It explains how to decrease errors to a minimum and motivate workers. The author points out how powerful computer tools and systems can be in collaboration with human intelligent guidance.
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#3 Inventory Management Explained: A focus on Forecasting, Lot Sizing, Safety Stock, and Ordering Systems by David J. Piasecki
The author gives a detailed overview of all aspects of inventory management, choosing simple and familiar words and avoiding unnecessary acronyms and terminology. He gets deeper into calculations for forecasting, lot sizing, and safety stock in order to avoid incomplete calculations and incorrect inputs. The serious theory and facts are spiced with humor, making the book readable even for beginners in warehouse management.
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#4 Warehouse Management: A Complete Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse (2nd Edition) by Gwynne Richards
The title of the book speaks for itself. It describes both the basic principles of warehousing and new approaches to improving warehouse performance, eliminating unnecessary expenses and efforts from the management process. The book explains how much efficient warehouse management contributes to the success of supply chains.
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#5 Rightsizing Inventory by Joseph L. Aiello
This book is written from the viewpoint of a person who has 45 years of experience in the inventory sphere. He covers every aspect of inventory and adds clear examples. The author points out how important interdependencies and interactions are, and describes how to make the interaction between segments more efficient. He not only gives an overview of key points but also offers valuable tips on how to optimize the inventory system on all levels.
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