Aging inventory needs action paths such as clearance, bundling, supplier return, or liquidation instead of sitting in one vague bucket. This version is written for teams putting the process in place for the first time in a live warehouse environment.
How to set it up cleanly
Start with a small, repeatable operating standard, assign ownership clearly, and resist over-designing the first rollout.
When a team is still learning the flow, clean field usage, clear approvals, and visible exception handling matter more than clever complexity.
Operational checkpoints
- Review dead stock by value and by space occupancy, not just quantity.
- Assign one action owner for every aged SKU cluster.
- Track whether actioned stock actually moved after the decision was recorded.
Once the process feels stable, convert the working habit into a short SOP and train every shift against the same version.
That is how accuracy improves without making the warehouse slower or more confused.
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