Today's companies, who have to run their inventory in their business system, are paying more attention to them to make their company more competitive on the market. This paper describes various types of inventories and key fundamentals for inventory management. Special attention is devoted to supplies of food products and inventory management methods that are divided into traditional and contemporary inventory management systems, analysis and inventory systems. Finally, through the example of Vindija d.d., Metković's distribution center shows the use of certain methods on different food products.