Monitor inventories of products or materials.

Monitor inventories of products or materials. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 14 occupations and seen in 19 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Monitor resources or inventories. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 18 (95%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock. · Parts Salespersons · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Check stock levels and reorder merchandise as necessary. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers. · Logistics Analysts · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Track product flow from origin to final delivery. · Logistics Analysts · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Inventory stock and requisition new stock. · Retail Salespersons · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Check inventory records to determine availability of requested merchandise. · Order Clerks · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary. · Procurement Clerks · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments. · First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level. · First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Monitor or trace the location of goods. · Customs Brokers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Monitor inventory levels of products or materials in warehouses. · Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity. · Logistics Analysts · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished. · Stockers and Order Fillers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Study sales records and inventory levels of current stock to develop strategic purchasing programs that facilitate employee access to supplies. · Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Inventory stock and reorder when inventories drop to specified levels. · First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Maintain and review computerized or manual records of purchased items, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories. · Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and resolve problems related to undelivered goods. · Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Inventory and order materials, supplies, and services. · Office Clerks, General · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Monitor inventory levels and requisition or purchase supplies as needed. · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Parts Salespersons
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Logistics Analysts
• Retail Salespersons
• Procurement Clerks
• Order Clerks
• First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
• Customs Brokers
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
• Stockers and Order Fillers
• Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
• First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
• Office Clerks, General
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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