The Hum Blog
Raw materials vs finished goods: how makers should track inventory differently to resellers
20 July 2026
If you buy finished products and sell them on, your inventory has one job: count what’s on the shelf. If you make what you sell, your inventory has three jobs at once. It has to track the materials sitting in your workshop, the half-finished batches on your bench, and the boxed products ready to ship, and it has to keep all three honest at the same time.
Reorder points and safety stock made simple
4 July 2026
Running out of a bestseller mid-season is painful. So is discovering you’ve tied up three months of cash in slow-moving stock that nobody wants. Both problems often come back to the same root cause: no clear system for knowing when to reorder, and how much buffer to hold. Reorder points and safety stock are the […]
Looking for an inventory software alternative? Here’s how to find one that’s actually simpler.
4 July 2026
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your current system isn’t really broken — it’s just become more than you bargained for. Maybe it was the right size when you signed up, and now it isn’t. Maybe setup needed a consultant, and every change since has needed one too. You’re not looking for more […]