Cycle counting means checking stock continuously—not once a year Most warehouses pick a counting method early on and never revisit it. The operation grows, SKU count doubles, and they're still running the same full physical they ran when they had a single dock door and twelve employees. That mismatch is where shrink hides. A full physical count stops the building. Everything freezes — receiving, shipping, picks — while your team walks every slot and reconciles every discrepan