Start with a 5 to 10 working-day Inventory Health Snapshot. Send four standard exports. Get a human-reviewed decision pack: what to buy, what not to buy, which SKUs are at stockout risk, where cash is trapped, and which data issues make planning unreliable.
Cash is tied up in slow movers while critical SKUs still go unavailable. Purchasing sees one number, finance sees another, and operations is left explaining why the item that matters is not on the shelf.
Most companies do not need another dashboard first. They need a ranked decision list: what to buy, what not to buy, what to transfer, and which data problems are making the plan unreliable.
Slow movers keep getting replenished because old rules, minimum quantities, or stale forecasts say they should.
High-priority items run short because nobody has a clean weekly view of risk by SKU and location.
Hours disappear into exports, lookup repairs, supplier checks, and exception chasing while the decision window closes.
Lead times, MOQs, pack sizes, duplicate SKUs, and open purchase quantities can be wrong enough to make automation dangerous.
The snapshot is a paid diagnostic on your current ERP exports. It is built for inventory-heavy companies that want evidence before they buy planning software, hire more planning capacity, or start a larger transformation.
You do not grant ERP access. You send four exports. We clean, map, check, and review the data, then return a clear decision pack.
No confidential files are needed for the first call. This is exactly what a snapshot involves.
Each line is written for a purchasing or operations review: action, SKU, quantity where relevant, reason, and any data warning. Every important recommendation carries a plain-English reason code.
| Action | SKU | Recommendation | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | SKU-20481 | Recommended buy qty 380 | Projected stockout before lead time |
| 2 | Hold | SKU-77120 | No additional quantity | 31 weeks cover, demand declining |
| 3 | Move | SKU-11844 | Transfer 120 units WH-2 to WH-1 | Excess in WH-2, risk in WH-1 |
| 4 | Check | SKU-39012 | Confirm lead time | ERP 14d vs receipts avg 47d |
Sales history, current stock, open purchase orders, and item master data as CSV or Excel. No ERP login for the snapshot.
Files are cleaned and checked for lead-time conflicts, missing MOQs, duplicate SKUs, and suspicious stock movements.
Stockout risk, excess stock, do-not-buy items, data-quality issues, and 10 recommended actions.
If the snapshot shows a clear opportunity, continue into the weekly desk. If not, you stop there.
The hard part is not producing a forecast. It is clean enough data, trusted recommendations, and a weekly decision loop people actually use.
Planners hesitate when they cannot defend the recommendation.
We give reason codes and visible input warnings.
Lead times, MOQs, pack sizes, and item status are often wrong.
The data-quality queue is a core deliverable.
Months can pass before management sees one useful decision.
A practical snapshot in 5 to 10 working days.
A forecast does not say what to buy, hold, transfer, or fix this week.
The output is a ranked weekly action file.
The pragmatic middle path for companies that need better decisions before a full planning-system rollout.
| Decision area | Planning software rollout | Hiring another planner | Inventory Decision Desk |
|---|---|---|---|
| First result | Configuration and workshops before decisions improve | After hiring, onboarding, and process learning | Snapshot in 5 to 10 working days |
| ERP access | Often required | Internal access required | No ERP login for the snapshot |
| Data problems | Often discovered after commitment | Found manually if there is time | Exposed directly in the data-quality queue |
| Weekly output | Dashboards, alerts, planning screens | Spreadsheet work and meetings | Ranked action file |
| Control | New process before adoption is proven | Depends on one person's experience | Your team keeps final purchasing authority |
After the snapshot, companies with a clear opportunity can move into the Weekly Inventory Decision Desk. Each week, you send updated exports or set up a repeatable file handoff. We review the data, run the decision logic, check exceptions, and send back a practical action file for your team to approve.
This is not ERP control. We do not place purchase orders, change master data, or take over purchasing authority. From €3.5k / month, offered only when the snapshot shows a clear opportunity.
Précis Flux is a founder-led service built by Gunnar Johansson, with a background in applied mathematics and optimization and experience as a C-level operator in solar distribution.
Inventory planning is not only a math problem. It is a weekly operating rhythm, a data-quality problem, a purchasing-control problem, and a trust problem.
That is why the first conversation is a fit and data-scope call. No confidential files are needed before the file handoff and confidentiality terms are agreed.
Fixed-scope diagnostic from four ERP exports. Delivered in 5 to 10 working days.
Request a fit call firstWeekly managed decision file with monthly impact reporting.
See the snapshotAutomation around the proven workflow once the decision loop is trusted.
Ask laterIf the snapshot does not show a clear opportunity, we will not recommend the recurring service. You keep the findings and stop there.
Request a 20-minute fit and data-scope call. If the data shows no clear opportunity, the project stops after the snapshot.
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