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Card class: Non-HeroCategory: Ecommerce Platform

At a glance

What it countsAlert when Dead Stock Value crosses workspace-configured threshold (default $25K).
Tax treatmentn/a.
CurrencyReporting Currency.
Time windowRT
Alert triggerdead stock crosses configured threshold
Rolesowner, finance, operations

Calculation

Calculated automatically from your Microsoft Dynamics 365 data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading.

Worked example

UK apparel: dead stock crossed £25K threshold three months ago, has grown to £284K. Each month over threshold drives the alert again until reduced.

Sibling cards merchants should reference together

CardWhy pair
Dead Stock ValueUnderlying.
Dead Stock with Active Ad SpendCross-channel kill-shot.
Inventory AgingAging context.

Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard

Where to look in Business Central:
See Dead Stock Value reconcile.
Why may differ:
ReasonDirectionWhy
ThresholdEitherDefault $25K; tunable
Cross-connector reconciliation: Dead Stock with Active Ad Spend is the actionable kill-shot.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Threshold tuning? $25K default; configurable per workspace. False positives from new launches? Card excludes Items < 180D old by default.

Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

Dead Stock Threshold Breach is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Microsoft Dynamics 365 and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. Start for free or book a demo to see this metric running on your own data.