Your Inventory Control Tower Shouldn't Just Report — It Should Decide
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
When supply chain teams talk about "visibility," they usually mean dashboards. But dashboards that only show you what's happening aren't enough — not when $24.7M in inventory is on the line.
This is the gap a decisional control tower closes.
Here's a Inventory Control Tower — built to flag, prioritize, and trigger action in real time.
Most planning tools give you a rear-view mirror. PlanVida's Control Tower is a live cockpit — updating in real time, surfacing excess before it becomes a write-off.
What the Numbers Are Telling You
In this snapshot, here's what the control tower surfaced:
$24.7M total inventory value — up 3.2% vs. prior week
$11.3M in projected 4-week sales, driven by consensus forecast
61 days average inventory on hand against a 45-day target — that gap is cash tied up in warehouses
94.2% service level (ATP) — close to the 95% goal, but not there yet
12 SKUs out of stock — immediate replenishment required
28 SKUs below coverage threshold — less than 2 weeks of demand remaining
17 SKUs in excess — coverage exceeds 8 weeks; those orders need a second look
Days on Hand by Category: Where the Real Insight Lives
Aggregate KPIs are a starting point — category-level drill-down is where a control tower earns its value. In this snapshot:
Beverages and Frozen — within target
Snacks and Condiments — critical, sitting above 80 days on hand, well beyond the 45-day goal
That's not just a reporting flag. That's a margin problem in the making. Write-off risk climbs with every additional week of excess. The control tower identifies this early, before finance has to absorb the impact.
Why Real-Time Decisional Visibility Changes the Game
PlanVida's Control Tower updates in real time and is built to act — not just report. Key capabilities:
Auto-trigger replenishment workflows for at-risk SKUs
Catch excess inventory early and avoid costly write-offs
Connect downstream to WMS and TMS for execution
This is part of an integrated planning platform that connects Sales to Demand Planning to Inventory to WMS to TMS. The next layer: an LLM-driven planning assistant that monitors exceptions and guides planners to the right action — without the manual triage.
The question isn't whether your team needs this visibility. It's whether your current tools can act on it.
What's Next: LLM-Driven End-to-End Planning
Valtitude is actively developing an LLM-powered chatbot layer that will oversee the entire planning process end to end — surfacing exceptions, recommending actions, and closing the loop from demand signal to warehouse execution.
If your organization is evaluating LLM-driven planning tools, we'd welcome the conversation.
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