What this page is for
The Cockpit is your home dashboard — the first thing you see when you sign in. Across the top sit three KPI (key performance indicator) cards. Think of them as the pulse of your operation: a quick, at-a-glance read on how healthy your inventory is right now, before you dig into the details. When the page loads, each number counts up from zero to its current value. That is just a visual flourish — the figure it lands on is the real one. These cards are refreshed periodically in the background, so they reflect a recent snapshot rather than a live, second-by-second feed.What you see
The Cockpit shows exactly three cards. (You will not see an “Inventory turnover” figure here — that is not part of this view.)| Card | What it measures | Clickable? |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | A percentage: the share of your active product–warehouse combinations that are currently in stock. A high-level in-stock health score. | Yes — opens an availability history view. |
| Inventory value | The total value, in currency, of all the inventory you are holding right now. | No. |
| Overstock value | The currency value of inventory you are holding above the healthy level — the money tied up in excess stock. | Yes — opens an overstock products list. Hidden entirely when it is zero. |
How to read it
Availability answers “how much of what I sell is actually on the shelf?” A single product stocked in three warehouses counts as three combinations. If it is out of stock in one of them, that one drags the percentage down. Higher is better; a falling number is your cue that stockouts are creeping in. Inventory value answers “how much money is sitting in my inventory?” It rises when you build stock and falls as you sell or draw it down. Overstock value answers “how much of that money is stuck in stock I do not need?” Only the portion above the healthy or excess threshold counts. When you have no overstock, this card disappears completely, so seeing it at all is a signal worth a look.Step by step: check your in-stock health over time
- On the Cockpit, click the Availability card.
- An availability history view opens with these columns:
- Period — the week or month.
- Availability — the in-stock percentage for that period.
- Stockouts — the number of product–warehouse combinations that were out of stock.
- Switch the granularity between weekly and monthly to zoom in or out.
- Use the months-back selector to choose how far back the history reaches.
- Scan for periods where availability dips and stockouts spike — those are the weeks worth investigating.
Step by step: find your worst overstock
- On the Cockpit, click the Overstock value card. (If the card is not there, you currently have no overstock.)
- An overstock products list opens with these columns:
- Product and SKU — which item this is. (SKU means Stock Keeping Unit, the unique code for a product.)
- Stock Value — the total value of the stock you hold.
- Overstock Value — the value of just the excess portion.
- Overstock Ratio — how heavily overstocked it is, relative to what is healthy.
- Sort or scan by Overstock Value to see which products are tying up the most cash.
Example
Your Cockpit shows Availability 96.2%, Inventory value 310K. Availability looks strong, but you click it and switch to weekly. Last week dipped to 92% with 14 stockouts, up from a usual 3 or 4. Something changed recently. You then click Overstock value and find one SKU accounting for 310K excess — a clear place to slow down replenishment.Tip: The KPI cards tell you that something is off; the Exceptions tab below them tells you which specific products need action and lets you do something about it.
Note: Because the cards refresh on a schedule, a number may lag a change you just made by a short while. If a figure looks stale right after a big update, give it a moment.