Slow Moving Inventory

Project Description

Inventory that sits on the shelf costs incurs carrying costs that erode profits. Products that sit too long eventually become so expensive that they can never turn a profit. This app provides the working capital and profit profiles of different strategies, assisting managers in making an informed decision on when to discount, when to keep, and when to discard product.

Use it as a stand alone app or connect it to your ERP system (like Dynamics) to work with live data.

Use Cases

  • Compare discounting versus run-out-inventory strategies
  • See effects on profits and working capital
  • Create a durable record to hold sales accountable to forecasts

Insights

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Working Capital, Profits, and Cash Flows

How are we going to get rid of this inventory? Should we discount it? Should we hang on to it?

A graphical review will show the effects of different strategies on cash flow, profits, and inventory.

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Flexible Inputs

What are our anticipted sales? What would our sales look like with a heavy discount? When do inventory carry costs overcome the ability to sell this at a profit or a breakeven point?

Data entry for each of these scenarios is easy. Flexible data entry tables take any number of dates, and automatically pivots it for use in the calculations

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Usability

  • Export tables to Excel
  • Reactive, exportable graphs
  • Can be integrated into your ERP system
  • Open multiple instances to see results side-by-side
  • Can run on Azure or on private servers