Dead Stock and Inventory Carrying Costs

$1,000-$5,000 annually in lost daily fee sales due to poor inventory mix; missed cross-selling • $1,000-$6,000 annually in untracked junior inventory; unclear program profitability affecting funding decisions • $1,000-$8,000 annually in uncleared outing-specific inventory (branded merchandise, tournament souvenirs); opportunity cost of not leveraging outings as a sales channel for dead stock

Accounts Receivable staff and pro shop staff piece together inventory status and aging using manual exports from the POS, Excel spreadsheets, paper count sheets, and their own memory of what has or hasn’t moved, instead of having an automated, SKU-level aging and sell-through view. • Manual inventory spreadsheets; FIFO/Weighted Average calculations done by hand or in Excel; delayed financial statements; estimated carrying costs rather than actual tracking • Manual inventory walkthroughs; handwritten notes on slow movers; verbal feedback to general manager; trial-and-error discounting strategy; storing excess inventory in back room