How OptimInventory works

Product-level inventory review supported by simulation modeling.

OptimInventory helps companies review how stock and replenishment settings behave under realistic demand, lead-time, and service-level conditions.

The work answers practical questions: which items hold more stock than they need, which items may carry availability risk, and how different settings affect working capital, warehouse pressure, ordering activity, logistics, and cost.

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Step 1

Start with the data

OptimInventory begins with the product, demand, and replenishment data that a company already uses in everyday operations. The exact inputs depend on the scope of the review, but useful data are often already available in ERP, MRP, WMS, or planning systems.

Item, SKU, and product master data

Historical demand or consumption

Current stock levels and item value

Lead times and supplier conditions

Review periods and replenishment cycles

Current parameters and service targets

Step 2

Review items one by one

OptimInventory does not rely only on broad product groups or a single general safety-stock rule. Each item can be reviewed according to its own demand pattern, lead time, service requirement, and replenishment behavior.

This matters because inventory problems often sit below the level of averages. A product group may look stable overall, while some individual items hold more stock than needed and others are exposed to availability risk.

Product-level review helps separate items that protect service from items that create unnecessary financial, operational, or warehouse burden.

Step 3

Compare possible settings

The review can compare current parameters with alternative scenarios. This helps managers see what a change may mean before operational settings are changed in ERP, MRP, WMS, or planning systems.

Service targets

Compare different fill-rate or availability requirements where service expectations differ by item or product group.

Review periods

Understand how the timing of inventory review affects stock levels, order frequency, and operational workload.

Lead times

Evaluate how supplier lead-time conditions influence required inventory and availability exposure.

Reorder points

Test whether reorder parameters may be too high, too low, or misaligned with demand and lead-time behavior.

Order-up-to levels

Review how replenishment levels affect average inventory, stockout risk, and warehouse pressure.

Replenishment assumptions

Compare how order quantities, constraints, and replenishment logic influence practical inventory performance.

Step 4

Understand the trade-offs

Inventory decisions affect several business outcomes at the same time. OptimInventory helps show these connections before changes are made.

Average inventory and working capital

Service performance and stockout exposure

Order frequency and average order size

Warehouse and handling pressure

Logistics activity and cost indicators

Emissions-related indicators where relevant

Where relevant data are available, the review can also include emissions-related indicators connected with logistics activity and replenishment decisions.

Business systems

Work alongside ERP, MRP, and WMS systems

OptimInventory is not intended to replace ERP, MRP, or WMS systems. Those systems usually store and execute inventory parameters.

OptimInventory works alongside them by adding a separate analytical review. It helps companies understand whether current parameters are reasonable, where changes may be useful, and what trade-offs those changes may create.

The result is not another operating system, but a better basis for deciding which parameters, items, and processes deserve attention.

Practical use

Research-based methods for practical use

OptimInventory is supported by scientific work in inventory systems, simulation modeling, replenishment policies, logistics activity, costs, and environmental impact.

For companies, the important point is not the academic detail. The important point is that inventory decisions can be reviewed with structured modelling and tested inventory logic, rather than only with intuition, generic spreadsheet formulas, or product-category averages.

This gives managers a stronger basis for decisions about stock, service levels, replenishment, and operational improvement.