AI Supply Chain Editorial Team

The cash-to-cash cycle, also called the cash conversion cycle, measures how many days cash is tied up between paying suppliers and collecting…

Inventory carrying cost is what it costs to hold stock for a year, shown as a percentage of the inventory’s value. It combines the cost…

A stockout costs more than the sales you cannot make while a product is unavailable. Some customers wait, others buy elsewhere, and recovering…

Importing into Canada adds customs duty, GST or HST and brokerage fees to the price you pay the supplier. This calculator estimates those…

Forecast accuracy shows how close your demand forecasts are to what actually sold. Enter actual and forecast values for the same periods and…

The reorder point is the stock level at which a new order should be placed so that stock arrives before you run out. It equals the demand…

Economic order quantity (EOQ) is the order size that minimises the combined yearly cost of placing orders and holding stock. The classic model…

Safety stock is the extra inventory held to cover uncertainty in demand and supplier lead time. This calculator uses the common statistical…

Inventory turnover shows how many times a business sells and replaces its stock in a period. Divide cost of goods sold by average inventory to…