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Inventory Carrying Cost Calculator

Your stock is sitting still.What is it costing?

Inventory is the cheapest place to hide a planning problem. Enter your average stock and its carrying rate — cost of goods sold is optional, for turns and days on hand — and see what holding that stock costs you every year.

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Raw material, WIP and finished goods at cost, averaged over the year.

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Capital cost, storage, handling, insurance and obsolescence as a share of stock value.

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From the P&L, at cost — not sales value. Optional — powers the turns and days-on-hand figures below.

Discrete manufacturers with stable demand run 30–45 days of inventory. Above 90 days, planning is being done with stock instead of information.

Your stock is costing you to hold every year

₹44.4 L

Monthly carrying cost:₹3.7 LAbove lean

The figures behind it:

Inventory turns

4.97×

Days of inventory on hand

73.4 days

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How Gemba Cuts Carrying Cost

Know what arrived. Where it was stored. What’s available to pick. And what’s ready to leave.

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Goods Receiving & Put-away

Record incoming stock and assign it to the right location.

Inventory Visibility

Find items, check available quantities and see where they’re stored.

Picking & Order Fulfilment

Manage picking tasks and track orders through fulfilment.

Stock Counts & Adjustments

Count inventory and reconcile discrepancies.

Replenishment & Transfers

Track stock movements between locations.

Dispatch Management

Confirm outgoing stock and maintain movement records.

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Gemba combines warehouse process expertise with WMS technology.

We examine how goods move through your operation and identify what the system needs to support.

Your warehouse workflow comes first.

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From manufacturing to distribution, every industry faces unique warehouse challenges. Gemba WMS helps you improve stock accuracy, streamline warehouse operations and fulfil orders faster.

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  • Textile
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Frequently Asked Questions

Find Out What Your Inventory Is Really Costing You.

Talk to a Gemba consultant about your stock levels, your warehouse and where the working capital is tied up.

About Gemba

Gemba helps manufacturers build better-performing operations by bringing together industrial expertise, technology and hands-on implementation — from improving processes to deploying warehouse management systems.

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