Operations & Supply Chain
Selling on Amazon is, before anything else, a logistics business.
Inventory levels. Inbound shipments. Customs paperwork. Tariffs. Supplier reliability. And the year-end accounting that makes the whole thing legible to a CPA.
The Cove covers the operational scaffolding that keeps the wheels turning: cross-border record-keeping, year-end inventory the way an accountant actually wants it, the tariff and policy shifts that quietly move your unit economics, and the supplier-side decisions you make twice a year that determine whether the next twelve months feel like a business or a fire drill.
More on the way: 3PL vs FBA math, the supplier-audit cadence, and the inventory-forecasting tools that earn their keep.
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