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Overstock

Overstock costs less visibly than shortage: there are no complaints and no lost sales, only frozen capital and occupied space. This report identifies it.

Stockly → Dashboard → Overstock.

  • Overstocked Products — how many products exceed their maximum threshold.
  • Overstock Value — how much money is tied up in it.
  • Avg. Days of Supply — how many days the current stock will last.
  • Overstock Share — what share of total stock is excess.
  • Top Overstocked by Value — where the most is frozen.
  • Overstock by Manufacturer and Overstock by Category — who and what is responsible.
  • Slowest Movers — the slowest-turning lines.
  • Stock vs Sales Ratio — stock against sales.

Overstock is measured against the maximum threshold, so the report is only as good as the thresholds are. Before any discount, check whether the threshold predates a season in which the product sold differently. → Min/max thresholds

  • Move it where it sells — overstock in one building is often a shortage in another. → Replenishment suggestions
  • Stop reordering — check that reorder suggestions are not proposing to top up a line that is already sitting.
  • Check whether it is actually dead — if the goods do not sell at all, the right report is Dead Stock.