Warehouse dashboard: stock, turnover and supply
A warehouse dashboard helps keep inventory in balance: enough stock for sales without cash sitting on the shelves. One screen shows stock levels, turnover, supplier lead times and on-time shipments.
Warehouse dashboard example
A real dashboard on demo data — hover over the charts:
Warehouse dashboard metrics
| Metric | Why |
|---|---|
| Stock by product group and warehouse | How much cash is in inventory and where there is too much |
| Inventory turnover and DIO | How fast inventory turns into sales |
| Slow-moving and dead stock | What does not sell and needs clearing |
| Shortages and stock-out risk | What to order so as not to lose sales |
| Lead time and purchase order cycle | Are suppliers on time? |
| On-time delivery (OTD) | Do we ship to customers on time? |
| Short and over shipments | Order fulfilment accuracy |
| Inventory record accuracy | Do the books match what is on the shelves? |
| Logistics cost to revenue | What delivering each unit of sales costs |
How to use a warehouse dashboard
- Daily — shortages and overdue shipments.
- Weekly — stock and turnover by group, purchasing decisions.
- Monthly — dead stock, record accuracy, supplier terms.
How to build a warehouse dashboard
- Take data from the accounting or warehouse system (via its web service), a Google Sheet or an Excel export.
- Prepare turnover and days-of-inventory calculations in the source — the dashboard shows the ready values.
- Connect the source in Dashboard, set up widgets and a filter by warehouse or product group.
- Give access to the warehouse, purchasing and management.
Questions and answers
What is a warehouse dashboard?
A screen with the key warehouse and supply metrics — stock levels, inventory turnover, shortages, lead times and on-time shipments — that refreshes automatically.
How does a warehouse calculate turnover for its dashboard?
Turnover = cost of goods sold for the period / average inventory for the same period. Days of inventory (DIO) = average inventory / cost of goods sold × days in the period.
Which warehouse metrics matter most?
Stock value, turnover or days of inventory, the share of dead stock, shortages, on-time shipments and record accuracy.