Cycle Counting Inventory: ABC Method, Frequency & Playbook [2026]

A full physical inventory shuts the warehouse for two days a year, exposes you to a single annual data point, and finds the variance only after it has already been masked by months of sell-through. Cycle counting replaces that ritual with a continuous rhythm — count a slice of SKUs every day, fix the books before they bleed, and walk into year-end audit with a 99%+ inventory accuracy rate instead of a panic count and a write-off.