What you get

Practical inventory review for better stock decisions.

OptimInventory provides product-level inventory review for companies that want to understand where stock may be higher than needed, where availability risk may exist, and how replenishment decisions affect everyday business performance.

The work can start with a focused review and continue only where the data and results show that further analysis is useful.

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Service path

A simple path from first review to continued support

OptimInventory services are structured as a practical path. A company can begin with a focused preliminary review, proceed to inventory diagnostics, and then move into scenario analysis or periodic support if the results warrant it.

This keeps the first step simple, avoids unnecessary commitment, and lets the work grow only where the data show a useful business reason to continue.

First step

Preliminary inventory review

A preliminary review is a simple first step. It helps determine whether the available data and current inventory situation are suitable for a more detailed OptimInventory analysis.

This first step can focus on a selected product group, a sample of items, or a specific business problem, such as high stock value, low availability, warehouse pressure, or unclear replenishment settings.

Purpose

Understand whether there is enough improvement potential to continue with structured inventory diagnostics.

Scope

Start with selected items, product groups, or a specific inventory problem before expanding the work.

Outcome

Create a better view of whether further OptimInventory analysis can provide practical business value.

Service 1

Inventory Diagnostics

Inventory Diagnostics is a one-time product-level review of inventory health, availability exposure, and improvement potential. It is useful for companies that suspect they hold more stock than needed, experience stockouts, or cannot clearly see which items create the greatest operational and financial burden.

Stock above expected need

Identify items that may carry more stock than their demand, value, lead time, or service role can justify.

Availability exposure

Find items where current stock or replenishment settings may create availability risk that is easy to miss.

Unusual behaviour

Highlight products with irregular demand, atypical replenishment behavior, or patterns that deserve separate attention.

Working capital exposure

Show where inventory value may be tied in stock and where management attention may be needed.

Warehouse pressure

Connect stock levels with storage space, handling effort, and operational burden inside the warehouse.

Parameter mismatch

Detect possible mismatches between demand, lead time, service expectations, and current inventory parameters.

Typical deliverable: a diagnostic report with key findings, priority items, and recommended areas for action. The report helps managers see where inventory decisions deserve attention and where scenario analysis may be useful.

Service 2

Inventory Scenario Analysis

Inventory Scenario Analysis compares alternative inventory and replenishment decisions before they are changed in operational systems. It is useful when a company wants to review different service targets, review periods, reorder points, order-up-to levels, lead-time assumptions, or replenishment settings.

Current versus alternative settings

Compare current settings with alternative inventory scenarios before changes are made in ERP, MRP, WMS, or planning systems.

Service targets and stockout risk

Estimate inventory levels needed for selected service targets and understand the related stockout exposure.

Average inventory and working capital

Estimate how different replenishment settings may affect average inventory levels and capital tied in stock.

Order frequency and order size

Compare how review periods, reorder points, and order-up-to levels influence ordering workload and replenishment behaviour.

Warehouse and handling effects

Understand how scenario changes may affect storage pressure, handling effort, and operational capacity.

Logistics, cost, and emissions indicators

Where relevant data are available, compare logistics activity, cost indicators, and emissions-related effects.

Typical deliverable: a scenario report that shows trade-offs between inventory, service level, replenishment behavior, cost, logistics activity, and emissions where relevant. The purpose is to support better decisions before parameters are changed.

Service 3

Ongoing Analytical Support

Ongoing Analytical Support is suitable for companies that want periodic inventory review as demand, lead times, suppliers, or operating conditions change.

This is not presented as a full enterprise platform. It is a way for planners and managers to revisit inventory decisions with stronger evidence over time.

Periodic product-level review

Revisit selected items or product groups as demand patterns and operating conditions change.

Updated parameter recommendations

Support periodic review of inventory parameters where the data justify closer attention.

Inventory and service indicators

Monitor selected indicators connected with inventory levels, service performance, and risk exposure.

Scenario comparison updates

Compare current and alternative scenarios as business priorities, suppliers, or service targets change.

Management discussion support

Provide better evidence for discussions about cash, service level, warehouse pressure, and replenishment trade-offs.

Follow-up priorities

Identify which items, groups, or decisions should be reviewed again as new demand, supplier, or operating data become available.

Typical deliverable: a recurring analytical summary with updated findings, priority items, and recommended areas for action.

Starting data

What data helps us start

The more complete the data, the more detailed the review can be. However, a first discussion does not require perfect data.

Number of active items or SKUs

Historical demand or consumption

Current stock levels

Lead times and replenishment parameters

Service targets or availability expectations

Item values, costs, and known priorities