Inventory: The Biggest Beginning of the Year Lever

Why Inventory Is Front and Center:

• Largest balance-sheet investment
• Impacts cash, service levels, and margin
• Early-year decisions echo all year

Key Inventory Reporting Themes:

• Inventory value by branch
• Slow-moving and dead stock
• Usage trends
• Inventory analysis by product group

Advanced Insight Reporting:

• GMROI (Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment)
• Not just “what sells” but “what earns its keep”
• Using reporting to evaluate:
• Where dollars should be deployed
• What inventory should be reduced or rebalanced