As a manufacturer be leary of holding any inventory.  Get the habit of producing “Just in Time,” never “Just in Case.”  The last thing you want to show on your balance sheets to a potential or current investor is a truckload full of inventory you’re “trying,” to sell.

The more nimble you can be in adjusting your product to current trends and your customers needs the better off you’ll be as a company.  Your working capital should be used for working on this and not being tied up in goods that could or more importantly could not sell.

Once you start selling you should definitely take notice of your rate of sale and put in place an infrastructure for a quick reaction to a specific product.  You may want to have your materials on order or quickly accessible.

Keeping inventory may seem logical once you start noticing a clear rate of sale.