Creating an inventory from scratch, i will need the necessary information to determine what type of inventory, database fields and what application to create it on. It can be a simple or complex as Excel or Access or Visual basic. but it will depend on the preference of the client.
Also the need to understand if any reports are expected to be printed out, if there any, i would need to know the details, format and etc to ensure that the information is correct. Any samples or design in mind that can be provided will be very helpful