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Inventory Accuracy & Warehouse Lean Kit — records you can trust, stock you can find

A complete inventory accuracy and warehouse Lean system for warehouse managers, materials managers, and Lean leaders. Build a cycle counting program on ABC analysis instead of the annual wall-to-wall count, track inventory record accuracy until the system can be trusted, size kanbans from real demand and lead time instead of guesswork, and audit warehouse 5S and slotting so the stock you do have is in the right place. The worked examples running through the kit classify 20 SKUs covering $1,328,887 of annual spend.

One-time price — no subscription Excel · PDF Built by a practitioner — Brian Sheard, 25 years in manufacturing
20SKUs classified in the worked ABC analysis
$1,328,887annual spend covered by the worked example
8parts sized in the kanban calculator example
4files in one download

What's inside

Four working files that take you from "the system says we have it, the shelf says we don't" to a counted, classified, right-sized inventory the floor can run on.

Workbook · Excel

Cycle Count Program Workbook

The core of the kit: an ABC-driven cycle counting program that replaces the annual shutdown count with a schedule the warehouse can actually keep.

  • ABC classification by annual spend — worked end to end on 20 SKUs covering $1,328,887, so A items get counted most often and C items least
  • Count schedule by class: how many counts per day, week, and year, spread across the calendar
  • Inventory record accuracy tracked by formula — counted vs. correct, overall and by class
  • Root-cause space on every miss, because a count that only fixes the number fixes nothing
Workbook · Excel

Kanban Sizing Calculator

Pull replenishment sized from numbers instead of habit: enter demand, lead time, and container quantity and get the kanban quantity and number of containers in the loop.

  • Daily demand, replenishment lead time, container size, and safety factor drive every calculation
  • Eight fully worked parts, each one checked against a hand calculation
  • Re-size when demand or lead time changes — the formula is the standard, not the first guess
Workbook · Excel

Warehouse 5S & Slotting Audit Forms

The audit side of the system: score the warehouse the way it actually runs — aisles, racking, staging, and dock — and check that stock sits where the pickers need it.

  • 5S audit scoring written for warehouse areas, not office space
  • Slotting review: fast movers in the golden zone, slow and dead stock flagged for a decision
  • Findings-to-action table, so every audit produces fixes with owners instead of a score on a wall
Guide · PDF

Inventory & Warehouse Lean Implementation Guide

The how-to that sequences the kit: what to set up first, how to start counting without shutting the warehouse down, and how to keep accuracy from sliding back.

  • The rollout sequence — classify first, then the count program, then kanban sizing on the A items
  • How to run the first cycle counts alongside normal receiving and picking
  • The failure modes that kill accuracy programs — counting without root cause, kanban sized once and never revisited — and the counter for each

Who this is for — and who it isn't

This kit is for you if…

  • Your inventory records and your shelves tell two different stories, and production finds out the hard way
  • You stock out on A items while money sits in dead stock nobody has reviewed in a year
  • You want cycle counting and pull replenishment, but not the warehouse-system price tag that usually comes with them
  • You'd rather own the system outright than rent a platform or book a consulting engagement

It's not for you if…

  • You want live inventory software — ERP Solutions on the software page tracks inventory as it moves. This kit is the accuracy and replenishment system around it
  • You want someone to come and count for you — this is the do-it-yourself system, guides included
  • Your records are already at world-class accuracy and your kanbans are re-sized on a cadence — this kit builds that system, it isn't a tune-up for one that's running

Pricing — one-time, both licences get the whole kit

Same files either way. The only difference is how many plants you can run it in. Pay once, keep it, and reuse it on the next product family or the next warehouse.

Single plant

Single-Plant Licence

For one plant or site — every department and shift in it.

  • All 4 files: 3 Excel workbooks and the implementation guide PDF
  • Use across the whole site, all shifts
  • Re-run it as often as you like
$249one-time
Or split it with Cash App: 3 weekly payments of $83 — no interest, no fees.
Send payment 1 — $83 (how it works, below)
Company-wide

Company Licence

For every plant you run — roll the same system out site by site.

  • Everything in the Single-Plant Licence
  • Use at all your company's plants and sites
  • Share with your operations and Lean team company-wide
$599one-time
Or split it with Cash App: 4 weekly payments — $150, $150, $150, then $149 — no interest, no fees.
Send payment 1 — $150 (how it works, below)

One-time payment — no subscription, no renewal, no per-user fees.

Paying with Cash App? Put the product name and your email in the payment note — your download is emailed to you after payment.

How split payments work: send payment 1 from the licence card above, then send the rest weekly to $bms0842 in the amounts shown on the card. Put the kit name, your email, and the payment number (for example "payment 2 of 4") in each payment note. No interest and no fees, ever. The full kit is emailed to you as soon as the final payment lands. Need to skip a week? Email [email protected] — everything you have paid stays credited toward your kit.

Frequently asked questions

Is the kit a subscription?

No. The Inventory Accuracy & Warehouse Lean Kit is a one-time purchase — $249 for a single plant, $599 company-wide. Download it once and it's yours to keep and reuse, including re-running the ABC classification as your mix changes.

What format are the files?

Three Excel workbooks with live formulas (the cycle count program workbook, the kanban sizing calculator, and the warehouse 5S & slotting audit forms) and one PDF (the implementation guide) — four files in one download.

What software do I need to use it?

Microsoft Excel, or the free LibreOffice suite — the workbooks use standard formulas that calculate the same way in both; the verification pass on these files was done in LibreOffice. The PDF prints on any office printer, Letter size.

Which licence do I need?

One plant or site: the Single-Plant Licence. More than one site or warehouse, or a corporate materials team rolling the program out site by site: the Company Licence. The files are identical — only the usage rights differ.

Is this the same as the $49.95 apps?

No. The $49.95 products on the software page are shop-floor software — ERP, MES, OEE monitoring, and the rest. This kit is the inventory discipline around them: the counting program, the accuracy tracking, the kanban sizing, and the warehouse audits. They work well together, and they're sold separately.