Dead stock optimization
tabacco industry
Core pain
The warehouse was choked with old, useless stock we didn't need, freezing our cash while we kept buying new raw materials.
Final results
We cut dead warehouse stock by 30%, sold off the extras to other plants, and lowered our monthly purchasing costs by 15–20%.
Key stages
Four weeks total: one week sorting stock, two weeks syncing inventory data across departments, and one week tagging dead items to fix purchasing.
Resources used
We formed a joint team right from the floor: the warehouse crew, production line workers, the maintenance guys, and the purchasing department.
Made on
Tilda