A 4-week diagnostic. Your existing data. No new software. A ₹-quantified action plan at the end — not a slide deck.
Illustrative — for a ₹500 Cr inventory-heavy operation.
The excess isn't visible at the surface. It's spread across specific SKUs, categories, suppliers, and locations — and it compounds quietly over time.
The data sits in your ERP. What's missing is the cross-sectional read across categories, suppliers, locations, and sales velocity — the analysis most internal teams don't have the time or distance to do. The diagnostic exists to do exactly that, fast and bounded.
For a ₹500 Cr operation, this typically means ₹15–20 Cr of working capital trapped in stock the business doesn't actually need — recoverable in 90 days.
The cash is sitting on shelves. The diagnostic tells you exactly where, why, and what to do about it.
The hard guardrail: every excess-reduction action is evaluated against sales-weighted availability before it lands in the plan. Cash unlocked, top-line protected.
The output is a ₹-quantified action plan focused exclusively on releasing excess inventory — not a tool to license, not a six-month engagement, not a list of generic recommendations.
DOH and inventory value broken down by category, location, supplier, and sales velocity — the cross-sections most companies don't analyse together. Specific segments where working capital is locked.
Root cause analysis across supplier MOQs, replenishment frequency, order quantity logic, overforecasting, safety stock calibration, order compliance, network design, and dead stock. The specific levers behind each pool of excess.
Prioritised action plan with ₹ impact per action. Example: right-sizing safety stock in low-CV categories can reduce DOH by X days and unlock ₹Y Cr in working capital.
Scope note: this diagnostic is focused on excess inventory release. Where stockouts exist in client data they are surfaced as context, but stockout root-cause analysis and recovery actions are not part of the engagement.
A prioritised action plan — what to fix, in what order, with the ₹ impact of each action on working capital release.
Root-cause understanding — why the excess exists, not just where it is. Eight named drivers, not a generic list.
Segment-level visibility — exactly where capital is blocked, by SKU, category, supplier, and location.
Delivered as a structured diagnostic report and a final readout with your team.
The full sample diagnostic for a ₹850 Cr FMCG distribution company. Eight categories, eight named root causes, ₹18.3 Cr unlock identified in 90 days from ₹29 Cr of excess, eight prioritised actions with owners and timelines.
All numbers are illustrative — built to show the shape of the output, not a past client.
Supply Chain Diagnostics is an independent advisory practice founded by Shreyas Divan.
7+ years working in supply chain systems across multiple markets and domains — demand forecasting, replenishment, and supply diagnostics, with a data and product lens. Built and run these systems inside operating companies, not just advised on them.
The practice focuses on mid-sized, inventory-heavy businesses (₹300–₹5,000 Cr) across FMCG, retail, pharma, and manufacturing.
Why this practice exists: most companies in this band have the data they need but no one with the time, distance, and pattern recognition to interpret it. Internal teams are too close. The diagnostic exists to fill that gap — bounded, fast, and quantified, with a single sharp focus on excess inventory release.
The best way to start is a short email or a 20-minute intro call.
Email: shreyas@scdiagnostics.in
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