Inventory Manager syncs directly with your Seller Central account to accurately predict how much stock you’ll need for your FBA business and when to order it.
How can Inventory Manager Help?
Besides saving you time and eliminating the guesswork of inventory planning, our tool can also help you...
- Calculate Amazon inventory needs → Easily assess when and how much stock to reorder based on real-time data from your Amazon FBA inventory
- Predict FBA sales and profits → Access additional inventory-level metrics (like revenue, cost, profit, etc.)
- Monitor inbound inventory → Keep tabs on units on their way to an Amazon fulfillment center
- Avoid Amazon storage fees → Master FBA supply and demand so you don’t order stock too early or more than necessary.
- Prevent stockouts → Make sure you order enough stock — and order it on time — to avoid running out of stock.
Using Inventory Manager
⚠️ In order to use Inventory Manager, first, you need to link your Jungle Scout and Seller Central accounts. If you need step by step instructions on how to complete this process, make sure you read the next article:
📘 Adding and Syncing your Amazon Seller Central & Jungle Scout Accounts
After completing this process you’ll gain access to Inventory Manager plus all other additional seller features. The next step is to activate your products. Since we pull all information directly from your Seller Central account, you can actually see an overview of *all* your products in the My Products → Product Settings section. You can manage product activation from within this option. For a complete set of instructions on this feature plus learning how to toggle your products from active to inactive and vice versa, please read:
📘 Product Settings → Feature Overview
I’ve Synced my Amazon and Jungle Scout Accounts and Activated my Products. What’s Next?
Great! You are ready to start using Inventory Manager. You can access this feature from the left-hand navigation panel:
Inventory Manager uses advanced demand forecasting technology to help you run the back end of your Amazon FBA business. It marks each of your products as Reorder Now, Reorder Soon, Overstock, and In Stock, and calculates the date and quantity you should order, as well as estimated costs and profits. Here’s a quick overview of the information and metrics that you’ll see in this tool:
Sales History: Use the drop-down to select a timeframe
Columns: There are 10 columns selected by default but you can customize these options and select more
Make sure to enter your costs, lead times, and re-order days of supply to get an accurate summary of your inventory performance. You can do this from the Product Costs and the Product Settings menu. Alternatively, you can click on the Add Unit Cost link under the Reorder Cost column directly from Inventory Manager to access the Add Cost pop-up.
Once you've entered the costs, lead times, and re-order days of supply for your products, you'll see the Summary Section:
And the information for each column you selected:
The Summary Section gives you a quick snapshot of the value of your current inventory, total reorder cost, and total reorder profit. This will help you know how much you'll need for your entire inventory purchase and not just for single items!
This covers the basics of Inventory Manager. For a complete explanation of metrics and usability, please read the following Help Center articles: