The numbers behind the stock call.
Everything needed is already in Business Central. This is what each piece tells me, and how it feeds the decision.
Item ledger entries
What actually sold and was consumed, item by item, and whether demand is speeding up or slowing down.
Planning settings
Reordering policy, reorder point, safety stock, lead time calculation, minimum order and order multiple. Most were set when you went live. These decide whether the planning worksheet can be trusted.
Days of cover
Stock on hand translated into time, so it can be compared directly with lead time.
Open purchase and transfer orders
Incoming stock changes the answer. An item that looks like a BUY becomes a HOLD when an order is already on its way.
Open sales orders
Committed customer orders, including back orders and forward orders from trade accounts, so the call reflects what's already promised.
Unit cost and margin
A BUY that ties up cash in a low-margin line isn't automatically worth it, and a clearance route is judged on the cash it actually recovers.
Dead and excess stock
Every line carrying far more than it will realistically sell, valued in dollars, with a clearance route ranked by cash recovered per hour of effort.
Stockout risk
Fast movers heading for a stockout while there's still time to reorder, not after a trade customer has gone elsewhere.
Days of Cover keeps those settings right and turns the numbers into decisions, every week.
See what the numbers turn into.
See what a weekly list looks like.