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Power BI for supply chain
Inventory, on-time in full, and supplier numbers belong in the same model as finance. Otherwise operations and the controller manage working capital from last Friday’s extract.
When inventory is cash and the report is a week late
Mid-market supply chain teams rarely lack spreadsheets. They lack on-hand, turns, aging, and fill rate in one semantic model finance will defend. The COO feels lag as service. The CFO feels it as cash. Warehouses stay full while customers wait—because the pack still waits on Excel.
Alluvium helps supply chain, ops, and finance put inventory and OTIF on the same definitions as the P&L. Not a second set of books. Not invented client logos. Practical Power BI that matches how US mid-market teams already run the meeting.
- On-hand, turns, and dead stock refresh from the sources you already run.
- On-time delivery and fill rate are tied to the customer, not only to a warehouse tile.
- Supplier and inventory views that share measures with finance and, for plants, manufacturing.
- Training is on the certified measures, so the skill stays with the team.
What we do for supply chain teams
Inventory as working capital
On-hand, turns, and aging as cash questions—not a week of files after the extract. Background: inventory is cash; slow stock reporting is a working-capital problem.
Throughput and inventory, both honest
Ops units and finance dollars without collapsing them into one ignored tile. See throughput, inventory, and the report nobody trusts.
The same model as finance
Shared definitions so Monday’s cash talk and the warehouse meeting stop being two companies. Related: Power BI for finance.
ERP-aware extracts
We use practical patterns for the systems you already run, without a long program before the first useful pack.
On-time delivery that leadership opens
Fill rate and OTIF tied to service and cash—not chart theater nobody brings upstairs.
One painful report first
Inventory visibility, on-time delivery, or a supplier scorecard is rebuilt as a pack that refreshes. The measures are named so operations and finance can reuse them.
Start with one supply-chain report
The Power BI Quickstart rebuilds one supply-chain report in two weeks. That might be inventory visibility, on-time delivery, aging, or a supplier scorecard. Discovery, the automated report, training, and one week of support are included. Later add-ons can cover another report, model work, or workspace setup.
See Power BI Quickstart Book a Session
Plant-side grain and OEE live on Power BI for manufacturing. When the model itself is the risk, try the optional Power BI model health score.
Supply chain Power BI FAQs
Can inventory live in the same model as the P&L?
Yes—and it should. On-hand, turns, and fill rate need shared definitions with finance so Monday’s cash talk and the warehouse meeting are not two companies.
Do you build a separate supply-chain warehouse first?
No. We start with one painful report—inventory visibility, OTIF, or supplier scorecard—on the sources you already run, then name measures for reuse.
How does this relate to manufacturing Power BI?
Throughput and inventory are different clocks. We keep plant grain for the huddle and working-capital views for cash—linked where natural, not collapsed into one dishonest tile.
What does the Quickstart cost?
It is a flat fee for one supply-chain report rebuilt in two weeks. The amount is on the Quickstart page.
Next step
Put inventory and finance on one model
Book a Session and name the supply-chain report that slows service or cash.