Every retail business has inventory, but some stores are more complicated than others. And it can take a lot of trial and error before mastering inventory management systems.
Consider the bike shop: in the sales department alone, there are all kinds of bikes—to say nothing of the necessary equipment, specialty clothing and shoes. And then there are bikes to repair, parts to order and components to replace. Inventory grows at an exponential rate.
When the Néron family founded Cycle Néron three generations ago, the inventory management system was a lot simpler. It got more complicated and more time consuming as the business grew. There were multiple locations to manage, changes in consumer behavior and—in recent years—the advent of electric bikes.
