The purpose of this graduate paper is to get acquainted with the types and roles of inventories in the company and the various inventory management models. Manufacturing firms apply various techniques in the management of their inventories. The practices adopted have a significant impact on returns, profitability and volume of sales. Manufacturing firms that efficiently apply these practices have an excellent financial performance. The inventory management system plays a vital role in a companies. The companies mostly try out keeping a minimum stock of products which will help in tracking business easily. In order for printing companies to remain competitive, they must be modernized, technologically superior to other similar institutions, keep up with industry trends and use current cost cutting measures, one of which concerns stock management strategies. Stocks play a key role in the business of any manufacturing or service company and represent a certain amount of raw materials, materials or finished products whose role is to maintain the continuity of production and supply of end-consumers. In order to reduce the costs of their holding and to enable unprofessional production and sales of finished products, it is necessary to effectively manage inventory. For this purpose, several modes have been developed that allow monitoring and control of the inventory level, determination of the volume and size of orders for their renewal and foreseeing future market demands. The primary goal of inventory management, therefore, is to have the right amount of materials available to meet customer needs, while minimizing the cost of keeping them. The graduate paper will describe the term and the type of inventory and their significance for business as well as traditional and modern models of their management. Then, on the example of the printing company Slobodna Dalmacija Print d.o.o., will be presented the process of introducing some of the inventory management models. The usefulness of introducing an organization model will be determined. The basic assumption is that inventory tracking and7 management through the use of the model will contribute to reducing the cost of the company and reduce the potential accumulation or lack of inventory, which may have a negative impact on production.