Inventory systems know what is on the shelf. Sales systems know what is selling. Neither one, on its own, can tell you how many days of cover you have or which slow lines are quietly tying up cash. This template joins the two, so stock is always shown against the rate it sells.
Buyers in retail open it for the weekly order; planners in manufacturing use it for raw materials and finished goods; warehouses use it for fill rate and ageing. Each location sees its own stock; head office sees all locations and can move stock between them before ordering more.
Finance uses the same page for stock value and turnover, because inventory is usually the largest number on the balance sheet that nobody looks at weekly. See our note on data freshness for how often stock figures should refresh for each use.
- Buyers and merchandisers placing a weekly order who want cover and sell-through by line.
- Warehouse and store managers who need stock-outs and ageing lines for their own location.
- Finance leads who want stock value and turnover on the same page as the operational numbers.