A manufacturing inventory dashboard that shows what your stock is really doing
Plants carry money in three places at once: raw material waiting to be used, work in progress between steps and finished goods waiting to ship. Brilliqs builds the dashboard that shows how much sits in each, how old it is and how fast it moves, so you hold the stock you need and stop paying for the stock you do not.
- Raw material, WIP and finished goods in one view
- Stock levels against minimum and maximum limits
- Ageing and turnover for every item and category
- Years in delivery
- 20+Years in delivery
- Enterprise clients
- 135+Enterprise clients
- Data projects
- 500+Data projects
- Of stock in one view
- 3 stagesOf stock in one view
Know what you hold, how old it is and how fast it moves
Most plants can tell you their stock value at month end. Far fewer can tell you, on a Tuesday afternoon, which raw materials are about to run short, which semi finished parts have sat between operations for three weeks or which finished goods have not moved since last quarter. The numbers exist, but they sit in the ERP, the warehouse system and a few planners' spreadsheets that never agree.
A manufacturing inventory dashboard brings those numbers together. It shows the quantity and value of stock at each stage, compares it against the limits you set, ages it by how long it has been held and measures how quickly it turns. When a level drifts too low or too high, the dashboard says so before it becomes a stopped line or a write off.
Brilliqs builds this around your own item master, locations and stock rules. We agree what counts as raw material, work in progress and finished goods with your team, then connect the dashboard to the systems that already hold the data. It sits within our wider set of manufacturing dashboards. Planners check material readiness against the schedule on the production planning dashboard, finance follows material spend on the manufacturing cost dashboard and leaders see inventory turns as one tile on the manufacturing KPI dashboard.
Why inventory is so hard to see clearly
Plants rarely lack stock records. They lack one honest view of them. These are the gaps a manufacturing inventory dashboard closes.
Every system shows a different number
The ERP, the warehouse system and the planners' spreadsheet each hold a stock figure. When they disagree, people trust the one they built themselves.
Shortages show up at the line
A raw material runs out and the first sign is an idle machine. Nobody saw the level falling because nobody was looking at it daily.
Old stock stays out of sight
Slow moving and obsolete items sit on shelves for months. Without ageing buckets, they only surface at the annual count or the write off.
WIP is a number nobody owns
Work in progress builds up between operations, but its quantity and value rarely appear in any report, so the cash it ties up goes unnoticed.
What your manufacturing inventory dashboard does
Each view answers one question about your stock. Here is what sits at the heart of the inventory dashboard Brilliqs builds.
Stock levels against your limits
The dashboard works as a stock level dashboard for every item and location. It compares current quantity against the minimum, maximum and reorder point you set, then flags anything heading for a shortage or an overstock.
- On hand quantity and value by item, location and category
- Minimum, maximum and reorder point lines on every item
- Shortage and overstock alerts before they bite
- Days of cover based on recent consumption
Raw material, WIP and finished goods side by side
Inventory in a plant lives in three stages. The dashboard serves as your raw material inventory dashboard, your WIP inventory dashboard and your finished goods view at once, so you can see where the stock and the money actually sit.
- Raw material quantity and value by supplier and grade
- WIP quantity and value held between operations
- Finished goods stock against open customer orders
- Stage totals rolled up to plant and group
Ageing and turnover in one place
The dashboard groups stock into ageing buckets and measures how often each item turns. It acts as both an inventory ageing dashboard and an inventory turnover dashboard, so slow and obsolete stock stands out long before the year end count.
- Ageing buckets such as 0 to 30, 31 to 90 and over 90 days
- Inventory turnover and days of inventory on hand
- Slow moving and non moving items listed by value
- Trend of turns by category over months
Features that keep stock under control
Practical capabilities that make the inventory dashboard part of the daily routine, not a month end report.
Live stock position
Quantity and value on hand for every item and location, refreshed from your systems through the day.
Shortage and overstock alerts
A signal on screen or by email when an item drops below its minimum or climbs above its maximum.
Ageing buckets
Stock grouped by how long it has been held, so old and slow moving items cannot hide in a total.
Turnover tracking
Inventory turns and days on hand by item, category and stage, with the trend over time.
Stage breakdown
Raw material, work in progress and finished goods shown apart, with value at each stage.
Drill to the item
Click from a plant total to a category, then to a single item and its recent receipts and issues.
What a clear inventory view changes
The goal is not lower stock at any cost. It is the right stock, in the right stage, held for the right length of time.
Line stoppages for material
Low levels are flagged while there is still time to order or expedite, so lines do not wait for parts.
Cash tied up in stock
Overstock and slow movers are visible by value, so buyers and planners can cut what is not needed.
Action on old stock
Ageing buckets surface obsolete items months before a write off, while they can still be used or sold.
Stock everyone agrees on
Planning, purchasing, production and finance read the same figures, so meetings start from facts.
How Brilliqs sets up your inventory dashboard
A clear path from the first conversation to a stock view your team trusts. No new ERP and no long project.
Agree the rules
We define stages, locations, valuation method, ageing buckets and minimum and maximum limits with your planners and finance team.
Connect the data
We pull item, stock, receipt and issue data from your ERP, warehouse system and production records, then reconcile the differences.
Build the views
We design the stock level, stage, ageing and turnover views around how your buyers, planners and managers actually work.
Roll out and refine
We start with one plant or category, tune the limits and alerts with your team, then extend across the rest of your stock.
The inventory measures your dashboard tracks
An inventory view is only as useful as the measures behind it. These are the ones we surface most often for plants.
Stock levels
- On hand quantity and value by item and location
- Items below minimum or reorder point
- Items above maximum stock level
- Days of cover from recent consumption
Stages of stock
- Raw material value by category and supplier
- WIP value held between operations
- Finished goods against open orders
- Share of total value at each stage
Ageing and turnover
- Stock value by ageing bucket
- Inventory turnover by item and category
- Days of inventory on hand
- Slow moving and non moving items by value
Where a manufacturing inventory dashboard earns its keep
The same stock data supports very different jobs across the plant. A few of the ways teams put it to work.
Preventing material shortages
Buyers open the dashboard each morning, see which raw materials are below reorder point and how many days of cover remain, and place or expedite orders before a line runs dry.
- Items below reorder point listed first
- Days of cover set against lead time
- Open purchase orders shown beside each shortage
Cutting slow moving stock
Planners and finance review the ageing view each month, pick the highest value items over 90 days and decide whether to use, rework, return or sell them.
- Old stock ranked by value, not count
- Owner assigned to each action
- Ageing trend shows whether the pile is shrinking
Reducing WIP between operations
Production managers see where work in progress builds up between steps and how much cash it holds. Large WIP ahead of one operation often points to a bottleneck worth fixing.
- WIP value by operation and work center
- Build up flagged against a normal level
- Changes tracked after each improvement
Setting smarter stock limits
Using turnover and consumption history, planners reset minimum and maximum levels item by item, so fast movers are protected and slow movers stop being over ordered.
- Turnover compared across similar items
- Limits reviewed against real usage
- Overstock value tracked after each reset
Spreadsheet stock reports versus an inventory dashboard
The difference is not only speed. It changes whether people trust the stock figure enough to act on it.
| Stock reports today | With a manufacturing inventory dashboard | |
|---|---|---|
| When stock is visible | At month end or after a manual export | Through the day, refreshed from your systems |
| Shortages | Found when a machine waits for material | Flagged at reorder point with days of cover |
| Old stock | Discovered at the annual count | Shown in ageing buckets every day |
| Work in progress | Rarely counted or valued | Quantity and value shown by operation |
| Agreement | Each team has its own number | One reconciled figure for every role |
Built on the systems that already hold your stock
You do not need a new ERP to see your inventory clearly. Brilliqs reads item, stock, receipt and issue data from the systems you already run and reconciles them, so the figure on the dashboard matches what finance reports and what the warehouse holds.
Because our roots are in data engineering, the pipeline behind your dashboard keeps stock positions accurate as you add items, locations and sites. Where WIP is only recorded at the start and end of a route, we add simple confirmation points so the value between operations is counted rather than guessed. Tracking where an individual job physically sits on the floor belongs to shop floor visibility, while this dashboard focuses on the quantity, value and age of the stock itself.
A healthy stock total hiding two problems
A short example of how the same stock reads with and without a proper breakdown.
Say a plant reports total inventory close to budget at month end. On a spreadsheet that looks fine, and nobody asks further questions. Yet the same week a line stops for half a shift because one coil grade ran out, and the warehouse is short of space.
On the manufacturing inventory dashboard the same total splits open. The raw material view shows the coil grade sitting below its reorder point for nine days with no open order. The ageing view shows a large block of finished goods for a discontinued product sitting in the over 90 day bucket, taking up space and cash.
The total was never the problem. One item was too low and another was far too high, and the two cancelled out in a single number. With the breakdown in front of them, the buyer places the coil order the same day and the sales team gets a list of old stock to clear.
Why manufacturers choose Brilliqs for inventory visibility
Many tools list stock. We build a view that matches how your plant holds, values and uses it.
Your rules, not a template
We set stages, ageing buckets, limits and valuation with your team, so the dashboard reflects your plant rather than a generic default.
Reconciled data
Our background is data engineering, so ERP, warehouse and production figures are matched before they reach the screen.
Vendor neutral
We read the systems you already own and stay independent of any single ERP or warehouse software brand.
Support that stays
We help your team keep limits and buckets current as products, suppliers and demand change over time.
Made for the people who answer for the stock
A manufacturing inventory dashboard gives each role the view they need, from the storeroom to the finance office.
Supply Chain Managers
See stock across stages and sites in one place and balance service levels against the cash tied up in inventory.
Materials and Purchasing Managers
Watch raw material levels against reorder points and act on shortages before they reach the line.
Production Planners
Check that material is on hand for upcoming orders and see where WIP is building up between operations.
Warehouse Managers
Find slow moving and obsolete stock by location and free up space for items that actually move.
Plant Controllers and Finance
Track inventory value by stage and ageing bucket and spot write off risk long before the year end count.
Operations Heads
Follow inventory turns over time and hold every site to the same clear measures for stock.
Manufacturing inventory dashboard questions
Straight answers to what plants ask before they put their stock on one screen.
What is a manufacturing inventory dashboard?
It is a single view of the stock a plant holds across raw material, work in progress and finished goods. It shows quantity and value against the limits you set, how long stock has been held and how quickly it turns, so teams can keep enough to run without holding stock that does not move.
What should an inventory dashboard track?
Most plants start with on hand quantity and value, items below minimum or reorder point, items above maximum, days of cover, stock value by ageing bucket and inventory turnover. Splitting each of these by raw material, WIP and finished goods shows where the stock and the money actually sit.
How is inventory turnover calculated?
Inventory turnover is usually the cost of goods used or sold over a period divided by the average inventory value for that period. Days of inventory on hand is the same idea expressed in days. The dashboard calculates both by item, category and stage using your own valuation rules.
How does inventory ageing work on the dashboard?
Each unit of stock is dated from when it was received or produced, then grouped into buckets such as 0 to 30 days, 31 to 90 days and over 90 days. The dashboard shows value in each bucket and lists the oldest, highest value items first so action goes where it matters.
How is this different from shop floor visibility?
Shop floor visibility follows where each job and batch physically sits as it moves through the plant. A manufacturing inventory dashboard looks at the stock itself: how much you hold at each stage, what it is worth, how old it is and how fast it turns. One answers where a job is; the other answers whether your stock is healthy.
Do we need a new ERP or warehouse system?
No. Brilliqs reads stock, receipt and issue data from the ERP and warehouse systems you already run and reconciles them. Where WIP is not recorded between operations, we add simple confirmation points rather than replacing your systems.
How long does it take to go live?
Most plants see a first view of stock levels and ageing within a few weeks. We start with one plant or one category of stock, tune the limits with your team, then extend to the rest at a pace that suits you.
More planning and stock solutions
Explore the rest of the Brilliqs manufacturing suite and the services behind it.
Production planning dashboard
Check material readiness and capacity against the schedule before orders are released.
Manufacturing cost dashboard
Follow material, labour and overhead cost per unit and see where variance comes from.
Shop floor visibility
Track where every job, batch and material sits as it moves across the floor.
Data management services
See how we keep item, stock and master data clean and consistent across systems.
See your stock clearly, stage by stage
Book a short demo and we will show you a manufacturing inventory dashboard built around a sample of your own items, with stock levels, ageing and turnover in one view.