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Inventory Planning and Reordering Excel Model

Excel financial model for inventory management and reordering across 25 SKUs (can be extended)

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€‎49.00

User-friendly financial model for inventory planning for up to 25 stock keeping units (SKUs – can be extended if required) calculating:

  • Reordering level, quantity and period;

  • Inventory balances and valuation;

  • Projected purchases and sales; and

  • Projected cash flow movements.

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The model calculates the above across a 3-year period, referencing historic inventory movements and expectations for the forecast period. The model is an excellent resource for managing stock levels and optimising reorders for a particular stock group / brand. Outputs are presented in an intuitive dashboard format in both table and chart format.

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The model follows good practice financial modelling principles and includes instructions, line-item explanations, checks and input validations.

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Reorder amounts, dates and quantities;

  • Inventory quantity and value balance by SKU both in table and chart format;

  • Projected sales, cost of sales, inventory opening and closing balances and purchases both in table and chart format;

  • Expected receipts and payments and net movement in cash flow by month;

  • Breakdown of inventory balance, safety stock, sales quantities and stock deliveries by SKU;

  • Full breakdown of projected stock balance movements.

KEY INPUTS

  • Name of Inventory group or brand

  • Currency

  • Latest month end

  • SKU naming, delivery lead time, months covered per order, safety stock levels

  • Latest stock balance and pending deliveries by SKU at latest month end

  • Cost price and selling price per unit and per SKU

  • Past sales volumes across previous 12 months

  • Payment terms for customer receipts and supplier payments

  • Opening receivables and payables balances and expected settlement of these balances

MODEL STRUCTURE

The model comprises of 5 tabs split into input ('i_'), calculation ('c_'), output ('o_’) and system tabs. The tab to be populated by the user is the ‘i_Inputs’ tab. The calculation tab uses the user-defined inputs to calculate and produce the projection outputs which are presented in 'o_Results’.

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System tabs include:

  • A 'Front Sheet' containing a disclaimer, instructions and contents;

  • A checks dashboard containing a summary of checks by tab.

KEY FEATURES

  • The model follows good practice financial modelling guidelines and includes instructions, checks and input validations to help ensure input fields are populated accurately;

  • The model includes a 4 year timeline on a monthly basis, consisting of 1 year of actuals and 3 years of forecast.

  • The model includes the possibility to model up to 25 SKUs which can be extended if required.

  • The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;

  • The model is reviewed using specialised model audit software to help reduce risk of formula inconsistencies;

  • Stock group and SKU naming, currency, starting projection period are fully customisable;

  • The model includes instructions, line-item explanations, checks and input validations to help ensure input fields are populated accurately;

  • The model includes a checks dashboard which summarises all the checks included in the various tabs making it easier to identify any errors.

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