The case of the missing cases

SKUs may include a dozen containers, while the item master file was erroneously set up with only 10 containers, resulting in large differences in the inventory balances. Or we could tune into "The Sopranos" and hope that Tony can shed some light.

A whopping 35,000 cases of canned goods disappeared from a warehouse on the US West Coast. The inventory, enough to fill a dozen trailers, was lost over a period of six months. There were no prior losses of this magnitude at any warehouse during the company's century in business.

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