> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.spherecast.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Expiration risk

> Inventory at risk of expiring unsold, and the quantity actually expiring

> **Note:** "Expiration" may be renamed to match your company's terminology, so this row and its label may read differently in your workspace. The meaning is the same.

## What it tells you

Expiration risk covers two related metrics on the [Supply planning](/guide/supply-planning/overview) grid:

* **Expiration risk** — the quantity (or value) of inventory at risk of expiring unsold in the period. This is stock projected to pass its sell-by or expiry date before it can be consumed.
* **Expiration** — the quantity actually expiring in the period.

Expiration risk is the early warning; Expiration is what has already been lost if nothing changes. Together they tell you where perishable or dated stock is piling up faster than you can move it.

## How to read it

Any value above zero is highlighted **yellow**, so at-risk stock is easy to spot as you scan the grid. Products that carry expiration risk also show an orange **"Expiration risk"** pill on the grid, flagging them even before you look at the individual cells.

| Highlight    | What it means                                                                      |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Yellow cell  | A quantity (or value) of stock is at risk of expiring, or is expiring, this period |
| No highlight | No expiration risk that period                                                     |

## What to do about it

The goal is to move at-risk stock before it expires, and to stop adding more on top of it:

* **Push the stock out** — run promotions, transfer it to higher-demand locations, or pick using First-Expiry-First-Out (FEFO, sending the oldest stock out first).
* **Reduce or defer incoming supply** so you are not piling more inventory onto stock that is already at risk.

## Example

A product shows an **Expiration risk** value highlighted yellow and carries the orange **"Expiration risk"** pill. You expect demand at another location to be stronger, so you transfer some of the at-risk stock there, and you defer an incoming order so fresh supply does not stack up behind inventory that may not sell in time.

> **Tip:** Check the [Available](/available) row to see where the at-risk inventory sits, and use the [Supply](/supply) row to defer or reduce incoming orders that would add to the pile.