Demand signal quality
Forecasts that miss at item level push planners to hold cover the business never needed.
Measure: Demand Forecast Accuracy %Oracle Fusion Inventory
Increase inventory turnover. Release the cash tied up in stock.
Estimate the working capital locked in slow-moving stock, then see where demand signals, replenishment rules and excess cover are holding inventory inside your Oracle Fusion supply chain.
82+outcomes delivered for Orbrick clients
500K+life-hours saved
Inventory turnover ROI calculator
What is faster inventory turnover worth?
Model the working capital released by turning stock more often, and the annual carrying cost that comes back with it.
$
Annual COGS for the inventory in scope.
turns
Cost of goods sold divided by average inventory value.
turns
A realistic target for the product mix in scope.
%
Storage, insurance, obsolescence, shrinkage and cost of capital.
Where inventory value gets stuck
Stock does not sit still by accident.
Forecast error, safety-stock defaults and supplier variability each add cover. The aggregate cost stays hidden when inventory is reviewed only as a total value.
Replenishment rules
Safety stock, reorder points and lot sizes set once at go-live rarely match current demand.
Measure: Inventory Turnover RatioExcess and obsolete
Slow movers and end-of-life stock hold cash while write-off decisions are deferred.
Measure: Dead Stock %Supply variability
Unreliable lead times get absorbed as extra cover instead of being managed at the supplier.
Measure: Supplier OTIF (On-Time-In-Full) %Further reading
More on Oracle Fusion Inventory
-
Dead Stock Is a Decision, Not Bad Luck
Dead stock is a decision, not bad luck: who owns the call to clear it.
Read the article -
When Planners Override Oracle Forecasts, Who Measures the Value Lost?
When planners override Oracle forecasts, who measures the value lost?
Read the article -
What Does Your Oracle Fusion Supplier Scorecard Miss When It Only Measures Price?
What a price-only supplier scorecard misses, and the lead-time cover it costs you.
Read the article
Watch
From Orbrick’s YouTube channel
-
Strengthen Inventory Data Accuracy & Traceability in Oracle Fusion using Orbrick's SEER Framework 6 min
-
Working Capital Optimisation: From Metrics to Measurable Business Outcomes 19 min
Next step
Turn shelf stock back into working capital.
A Value Discovery measures turnover in your own Oracle Inventory data and separates the cover that protects service from the cover nobody is managing.