Inventory Flow Console

Why this exists

This case study uses synthetic inventory and service-level signals to show how Dedolytics would frame a replenishment control room for an SMB or multi-site operator.

The Challenge

Planning teams needed a single operating view of service level, weeks of supply, inbound risk, and shortage exposure. Existing ERP exports could answer one question at a time, but not the real one: where does the network need intervention before customers feel it?

                Key Business Questions
                Which nodes are drifting below target service level?
Where are we long on stock, and where are we exposed?
Which supplier lanes are creating recurring shortage pressure?
What should replenishment leaders fix this week, not next month?

            

The Solution

We built a synthetic inventory flow console that keeps the signal plain: service level at the top, risk in the middle, and the next move at the bottom. The point is not more charts. It is faster, calmer decision-making.

Network health

Top-line service level, stock balance, inbound pressure, and shortage cost in one frame.

Service trend lane

Weekly service-level movement with fast visibility into breaks and recoveries.

DC pressure view

An anonymized look at which nodes are overstocked, understocked, or carrying unstable supply.

Action queue

The handful of supplier and category moves most likely to protect service next.

Buildable product preview

Control Room Preview

This concept shifts away from generic charts and into a network-first control room with service-level signal, node balance, and supplier pressure all in one operating view.

In stock96.8%

Inventory tied up$88.9M

Locations watched14

Need action now3

Store + DC balance

What is full / what is thin / where the next transfer belongs

East DC

Core items are covered and service is holding at 98.4%.

West DC

Two fast categories are drifting thin ahead of the weekend cycle.

Inbound lane B

Late receipts are compressing cover on the west side of the network before the next store push.

This week

Shift fast-moving beverage SKUs from node 03 before the Thursday rush.

One transfer protects shelf availability faster than a blanket reorder.

5-week stock drift

What to do first

Simple action queue for owners and operators

Move now Rebalance node 03 into west cover.

Fastest way to protect the next selling cycle without overbuying.

Today

Watch next Inbound lane B is late and shrinking cover.

Escalate the receipt date if the trailer slips again tomorrow.

Risk

Trim Seasonal mix is long in two slower locations.

Pause the next replenishment push before more cash gets stuck.

This week

What this means

Plain-language readout

Shelf read

Customers should feel this in 3 locations first, not across the whole chain.

That is why the first move is transfer plus targeted reorder, not a broad buy.

Shortage cost

$324K

Modeled exposure if nothing moves this week.

Best move

Rebalance

Shift cover before placing a wider order.

Technical Frame

Data model

Synthetic inventory, inbound, and shortage facts are modeled at node, category, and weekly grain so the control room feels real without borrowing live operations data.

Key metrics

Customer service level
Weeks of supply
Inbound cover
Shortage cost

Workflow output

Weekly replenishment brief
Supplier risk queue
Node rebalance watchlist
Service recovery priorities

Delivery mode

Designed to translate cleanly into a client warehouse and planning cadence once the operating stack is connected.

The Result

96.8%Service level

$88.9MInventory modeled

18.7Weeks of supply

14Modeled nodes

It reads like the control room we wish we already had. The exposure is obvious, and the next move is obvious too.
Anonymous Supply Chain Director

Anonymous review

4.8/5

Calm and operational

Strong enough for an exec review, but still useful for the planners who would actually run it.

Anonymous operating review