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Estimated cost of holding aged inventory. Joined with commerce sell-through to flag dead stock with cash impact.

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At a glance

Estimated monthly cost of holding inventory: capital cost + warehousing + insurance + obsolescence accrual. Typically 1.5-2.5% of inventory value per month.
What it countsInventory_Value × monthly_carrying_rate (default 2%). Configurable rate.
CurrencyReporting ledger.
Time window30D
Rolesowner, finance

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Calculation

Calculated automatically from your Oracle ERP Cloud data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading.

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Worked example

277Minventory×2277M inventory × 2% / month = **5.54M / month carrying cost**, ~66M / year. Significant P&L hit; reducing aged stock by 20% saves 13M / year.

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Sibling cards merchants should reference together

CardWhy pair
Total Inventory ValueBase.
Inventory AgingAged stock costs more.
Dead Stock ValuePure waste subset.

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Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard

Where to look: Vortex IQ-derived analytic; no native Oracle equivalent.

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Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Carrying rate by industry? Apparel 25-35% / yr, electronics 20-25%, industrial 15-20%, grocery 30-40% (perishability). Configurable rate? Yes per workspace.

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Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

Inventory Carrying Cost is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Oracle ERP Cloud 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.