Definition
Days of stock (days of cover)
Days of stock is how many days your current quantity will last at the item's recent rate of sale: units on hand divided by units sold per day.
It turns a raw count into a decision. Forty units of something that sells one a week is nearly a year of cover; forty units of something that sells eight a day is a problem by Friday.
The measure depends on a reliable sales rate, so it is only as good as the sales history behind it. New items need a few weeks of data before the number means anything.
In Inventory Now
Every item shows days of stock from its own sales rate, with 7, 30 and 90 day views and low confidence flagged for new items.
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