[header] How to develop an inventory system [title] Organize the products being inventoried with the counters in mind. [step] The effectiveness of an inventory system is heavily dependent on the accuracy with which the items being inventoried are counted. Inaccurate counting of products or merchandise often causes discrepancies in accounting, sales tracking, over-ordering and over-production, among other issues. 
An inefficient storage system also will significantly affect the cost of tracking inventory by increasing the amount of time taken to complete the process. [substeps] Focus on making your inventory easy to access, separate, and count.