Inventory Traceability — Assessment

1. What does an item timeline help explain?

Only the current on-hand quantity at one location What changed, when, where, by whom, and why Only the most recent purchase order for the item Only the selling price at the time of last sale

2. What does backward traceability answer?

How many units were sold in the last thirty days Where the stock came from Which reorder rule last triggered a purchase request Which locations currently hold the item in largest quantity

3. What does forward traceability answer?

Where affected stock went Which supplier holds the lowest unit cost How many open purchase orders include this item When the item was last repriced at retail

4. When is serial tracking useful?

For batch items where a shared expiry date covers the group For items sold only online with no physical warehouse movement For identifiable high-value units where custody matters For any fast-moving consumable where daily count is sufficient

5. What should investigators review before assuming theft?

Receipts, transfers, sales, counts, adjustments, and reasons Only the current on-hand total without movement history Only the last cycle count result without context Only the most recent purchase order for the item

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