Inventory Data Foundation Audit & Alignment

Your Reports Look Fine, But They’re Leading You in the Wrong Direction.

Fix the few inventory data issues that cost you the most, so you stop overspending, prevent stockouts, protect real margins, and save hours every month.

Imagine, one misclassified item can tilt your view by $3,000. If hundreds of SKUs carry the same flaw, your reports can drift by $300,000 over a period. That number may not be a cash loss. It is a signal. Strategy, budgets, and purchase plans shift on that gap. Fix the structure. Get the facts right. Then set direction with confidence.

Watch another video here to see how SKU inconsistency impacts your finances, if you haven’t yet

You’re making decisions on broken data, and you don’t even know it.

You can have the best CFO, the most advanced dashboards, and track every KPI possible, but if the data underneath is wrong, everything else falls apart. A few months into a strategy, results stall. Profit margins shrink without explanation. Cash flow feels tighter than expected. Inventory reports stop matching reality. These are the silent leaks caused by disorganized, inconsistent, or incomplete product data. Misaligned costs, missing SKUs, duplicate records, and vendor name chaos all feed inaccurate reports that lead you in the wrong direction. Inventory Data Foundation Audit and Alignment is the starting point that gives you clarity. It pinpoints exactly where data breakdowns happen, so your financial strategies are built on facts, not guesswork. This is Phase 1 of a larger process that can later expand into deeper KPI tracking, forecasting, and operational refinement. Without this foundation, every other improvement rests on shaky ground.

Inventory Data Foundation Audit and Alignment ensures that your product information is accurate, consistent, and structured in a way that supports confident decision-making. When product data is disorganized, duplicated, or incomplete, reporting and analysis become unreliable. This can lead to costly errors in purchasing, inaccurate profitability calculations, and confusion across teams. By aligning and standardizing your inventory data, we create a reliable foundation that improves operational efficiency, strengthens financial insights, and positions your business to respond quickly to market opportunities.

What you Can Expect from the Audit

Cash preserved (winners stocked, slow movers de-funded)
Margin protected (old costs don’t slip through)
Time back (review a short, ranked fix list)
Scale-ready (clean roll-ups, clean ABC, clean reorders)

Make a Smart Move Before the Data Cost You

A one-time investment here can prevent thousands in lost profit, dead stock, and reporting errors later.

Pricing

$ 1500

Up to 50 SKUs
Range from 51 SKUs to 2000 SKUs
Estimated time frame 1 to 2 weeks*

$ 50

/per 50 SKUs increment

$1500 based fee
Range from 51 SKUs to 2000 SKUs
Estimated time frame 2 to 3 weeks*

$ Custom Quote

$1500 based fee
2001 SKUs and more
Complex catalogs
Estimated time to be determined*

$ 300

/Quarter

Automated Alignment Refresh
email notification
Duplicate Detection & Merge
Clean Data Delivery

* The pace of the project depends on how quickly we can exchange and confirm information.

Why This Audit Pays Off for You

benefit 1

Identify the hidden data issues that quietly drain profit and distort performance metrics.

benefit 2

Regain confident in your numbers so you can make decisions without second-guessing.

benefit 3

Stop wasting cash on overbuying, stockouts, or mispriced products caused by inaccurate data.

benefit 4

Free up mental space by knowing your reports reflect reality.

benefit 5

Build a solid base now, so when you scale into new sales channels, systems, or strategies, you are ready without redoing everything later.

benefit 6

Make better decisions with clear and accurate reports.

benefit 7

Protect profit margins by spotting data inconsistencies early. Save time with streamlined vendor lists, SKU naming, and product classifications.

benefit 8

Avoid confusion during product launches or busy seasons because inventory data is organized and consistent.

How It Works

Export product, vendor, and cost data.
We surface the few high-impact fixes (duplicates, naming drift, missing attributes, stale costs); ranked by cash impact.
You approve in small batches (50–100 SKUs). We deliver a before/after master list + update checklist.
Our process combines financial expertise with AI-powered validation, so duplicate SKUs, naming inconsistencies, and hidden errors are surfaced automatically.”

Outcome: hours saved, fewer meetings, reports you can trust.

FAQ

Do I need to change my entire catalog at once?

No. We can start with one product line or category and expand later.

How is pricing calculated?

Base fee + a small increment per 50 SKUs; we confirm scope on the call.

Is this going to prepare me for an ERP migration?

Not directly, but it will make the ERP cleanup faster and more cost-effective if you choose to implement one later.

Important: Not ERP Implementation Cleanup

This service is not ERP migration or implementation cleanup. ERP cleanup focuses on formatting and mapping data so it can be imported into a new system without errors. Inventory Data Foundation Audit and Alignment focuses on making your current data strategically useful for decision-making and profitability analysis.

Aspect	This Service	ERP Implementation Cleanup
Goal	Business-ready, accurate data for reporting and strategy	ERP-compatible data for migration
Scope	SKU standardization, cost and vendor gap highlighting, classification	Field mapping, data formatting, test uploads
Output	Insight-ready master lists with an update checklist	Files formatted for ERP import

Do I Need to Change My Workflow?

A simple answer is, no. Even the best strategies will fail if the foundation is unstable. Inventory Data Foundation Audit and Alignment is the first step in creating that stability. We focus on reviewing and analyzing your product, cost, and vendor data to identify where it is inaccurate, inconsistent, or incomplete. This is not about changing your systems or workflow. It is about giving you a clear picture of where the problems are so you can make informed decisions about the next steps.

Once this foundation is in place, you can move into later phases such as KPI tracking, purchasing optimization, and forecasting with confidence. Without this diagnostic step, any future improvements risk being undermined by bad data.

Will This Change My Life System Immediately?

No Everything is from exports; you control updates.

What You Get

- Clean master list (duplicate SKUs merged, inactives archived, names aligned)
- Fix file + update checklist (apply changes fast; change-log included)
- Cost integrity review (old/missing costs flagged so margin calls are real)
- Attribute completeness (size/pack/scent standardized → fewer returns)
- Updated ABC/labels (buying and planning match true demand)

Ready to Grow Without Guesswork?

Why this matters

$3,000 from one item.
$300,000 at scale.
Not a certain loss.
A clear signal to correct course.
Align the catalog.
Set direction with facts.

Let’s start with the foundation.