5.3 The Inventory cockpit at a glance

The Inventory cockpit is the first item in Inventory Management; the pattern is Chapter 2's (2.4). Four tiles: Stock value (what the shelves are worth, at cost), Turnover (how many times that value turns over in a year), Below-reorder count (how many product-and-warehouse pairs have fallen below their reorder point) and Dead-stock value (what is tied up in stock that has stopped moving). The charts show stock value by segment — warehouse, category or ABC class — and the aging bands: how much of the stock is fresh, and how much has been sitting for ninety days or more. The grid beneath them is the Stock Enquiry list, filtered by whatever you click above it. The findings banner watches for the troubles this module exists to catch early: stockouts against open demand, stock that can no longer cover what is committed to customers, and dead stock quietly growing.