Inventory is an idle resource that can be put to some future use. This is one of the areas of high focus for all organizations on account of its impact on the organizations’ supply chain coordination, its ability to reduce the efficiency of planning, and resulting in high costs due to wastage and obsolescence. The main role of the supply chain manager is to make available the right inventory at the right time and place. This course explains the basics of inventory & inventory management, measures of inventory, inventory demand review & management, and production technologies supporting inventory management.