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Use case

Dead stock reduction

Surface slow movers early and reallocate before margin erodes across the network.

Decision question

Which inventory is tying up cash, where is it stuck, and what should happen next?

Decision layer

Dead stock exposure view

Decision view

The operating view connects source systems, shared definitions, and the decision output the team needs.

ERP
WMS
POS
Finance
Planning
AI
Shared operating layer

Inputs

systems, entities, constraints

Layer

shared definitions and lineage

Action

decision output for the team

What breaks today

  • Aging inventory is visible as units but not always as margin or cash exposure.
  • Slow movers are reviewed after they become write-off conversations.
  • Disposition ownership is unclear across operations, finance, and merchandising.

Signals required

  • Inventory age by SKU, location, and channel
  • Unit exposure and dollar exposure side by side
  • Sell-through, margin, and discount history
  • Transfer, markdown, bundle, return, or exit paths

Aethrix approach

  • Tie stock aging to policy and financial exposure.
  • Rank action paths by location, margin, and operational constraint.
  • Create a review loop that assigns ownership before the report goes stale.
Expected outcomes

Better decisions before heavier automation

The first implementation should make the operating decision cleaner, faster, and easier to defend. Hard ROI belongs in customer-approved case studies, not invented claims.

Earlier visibility into slow-moving stock

Cleaner tradeoffs between margin, cash, and service level

Less dead inventory hiding in disconnected reports

Want to map this decision against your current systems?

Bring the operating question, the systems involved, and where trust breaks. We will help you see whether Aethrix is the right foundation.