Not enough of what sells
- Fast movers run out because their reorder point was set for last year's volume
- Imported lines need ordering weeks before anyone notices they're low
- Trade customers who can't get it from you order it from someone else
Outsourced inventory planning for Business Central
Losing sales on what sells. Cash stuck in what doesn't.
In 14 days I'll find at least A$100,000 of excess stock tying up your cash, or you pay nothing. Then I fix the settings behind it, so what sells stops running out.
Free 20-minute call. No data access, nothing to prepare. The 14 days start when your exports arrive. Taking on my first clients, so places are limited.
This week's decisionsWeek 12 · 2026
Item
Cover
Lead
On order
Value
Action
PV-2250Ball Valve, PVC 50mm
18d
35d
0
$12.4k
BUY
FE-2201Filter Element 10 micron
71d
30d
200
$6.3k
HOLD
PP-9030Hi-Vis Vest, superseded colour
400d+
21d
0
$4.2k
CLEAR
SE-2040Silicone Sealant, clear
44d
21d
0
$3.1k
WATCH
Sound familiar?
You're flat out running the business. Nobody's planning the stock.
It usually isn't a sales problem. Most reorder points were set when you went live on Business Central and haven't been touched since. Business Central plans well, but only if that setup is kept right, and keeping it right is nobody's job. So the planning worksheet suggests hundreds of lines, most of them noise, and your buyer goes back to a spreadsheet and gut feel. Whoever could fix it is busy with stocktakes, receiving and getting orders out the door.
Too much of what's slow
- Slow and superseded lines build up while supplier invoices come due
- Nobody can say, in dollars, which items are dead and what they're still worth
- The answer arrives at stocktake as a write-down
The service
I run the planning. You make the calls.
Software doesn't remove the planning job. A consultant designs the process, then leaves. I do the planning job, every week, without a full-time hire and without replacing anyone.
I do
The analysis and the recommendation.
Keep reorder points and safety stock current, check every item each week, and send the short list that needs a decision, with the reasoning.
You do
The approval and the orders.
Your team approves the calls, places every order, loads the settings you agree to and keeps every supplier relationship.
Every week
About 30 minutes to action.
A plain-text email, a decision board with the reasoning, and an import worksheet for any settings that need correcting.
What lands each week
6,200 items checked. 8 need a decision.
Most of your catalogue needs nothing this week. That's the point. You get the items that need a call, ranked by urgency, and nothing else.
Sample weekly decisionsRidgeway Industrial · Fictional
Item
Cover
Lead
On order
Value
Action
SS-0816Hex Bolt M16 Stainless, box 50
3d
28d
0
$0.6k
BUY
PP-1120Nitrile Gloves L, carton
12d
14d
0
$5.8k
BUY
PU-5100Diaphragm Pump 1in
143d
60d
0
$10.8k
HOLD
TP-5200Transfer Pump 2in
184d
60d
0
$23.4k
CLEAR
GC-7702Galvanised Pipe Clamp 100mm
212d
30d
0
$18.9k
CLEAR
LC-6612Lifting Chain 10mm, per m
58d
42d
0
$14.0k
WATCH
What changes
What it looks like once it's running.
Every week
- Your buyer works down one short list in about 30 minutes
- The planning worksheet makes sense again, so it gets used
- Fast movers are reordered before anyone has to chase them
Stocktake
- No surprise write-down: slow lines were cleared while they were still worth something
- Less cash sitting on shelves, more in the bank
- Your inventory controller gets back to accuracy, not firefighting
Who it's for
Is this your business?
If you're flat out running the business and nobody's planning the stock, you're probably a fit. The rest are rough guides.
The right environment
- Distributor or wholesaler on Business Central, holding stock
- Nobody maintaining reorder points or safety stock
- Best sellers that keep running out while slow stock piles up
- Buying from the planning worksheet, a spreadsheet or gut feel
- Imported lines or long supplier lead times
- Enough stock that it shows up in your cash position, typically A$750k or more
- Usually 1,000 or more active items
Not a fit
- A dedicated planner already doing this work
- Manufacturing with component and production planning
- Wanting someone to place orders or sell your stock
- Wanting software rather than a service
How it works and what it costs
Start free. Fix the stock. Keep it fixed.
Stale settings have usually left excess stock behind. The Sprint clears it and corrects the cause, so the weekly planning starts from a clean position.
1 Free stock review
2 Cash Release Sprint
3 Weekly Planning Desk
Step 1 · 20 minutes
Free stock review
Free
An honest read on whether your planning setup is worth fixing. No data access, nothing to prepare. If you like, we'll check five planning fields on three of your own items together, on your screen.
You walk away withA clear yes or no, with no obligation.
Step 2 · 14 days
Cash Release Sprint
A$5,500
Every dead, slow and excess line valued in dollars, the best way out for each, and the planning settings corrected. Nothing upfront. On day 14 you see the number, and you pay A$5,500 only if it's A$100,000 or more.
You walk away withThe real number, a plan to release the cash, and corrected settings so what sells stops running out.
Find it or it's free
If it finds less than A$100,000 of excess stock, you pay nothing.
Step 3 · The service
Weekly Planning Desk
A$2,750 / month
Starts when the Sprint ends. Every week, the items that need a call with the reasoning behind each, planning settings kept current, and a monthly decision meeting.
You walk away withNew excess stops arriving and fast movers are reordered before they run out, in about 30 minutes a week.
6-month term, then month to month
Larger operations? Planning Desk Plus is A$4,500 / month, priced on catalogue complexity, for multiple locations, larger catalogues, or many suppliers and currencies. Full pricing, terms and the guarantee →
I work in Business Central every day.
I manage inventory for a business on Business Central, across more than 15,000 items. I'm not a software vendor and I don't sell licences. I run the planning.
Before that I built and ran my own retail business for nine years, to A$2.4m in revenue, so I know what it's like when the money on the line is your own. I'm taking on my first clients, and I check every weekly list myself, so places are limited.
15,000+Items managed in Business Central, day to day
9 yearsRunning my own retail business
Questions
Before you book.
Do you need access to Business Central?
No. Four standard exports are enough: your item list with planning fields, item ledger entries, open purchase lines and open sales lines. Read-only access works too. I never write to your system.
We already have Netstock or another planning tool.
Keep it. A tool doesn't remove the planning job. Someone still has to maintain the settings and act on the output, and that's the service.
Will this replace our inventory controller or buyer?
No. It's the planning work they never get time to do. They stay in charge of stock accuracy, suppliers and every order.
Do we have to start with the Sprint?
Almost always. Weekly planning on top of stale settings and a warehouse full of excess would be planning from the wrong starting point. A$2,750 of the Sprint fee is credited against your first month.
We're migrating from NAV. Is that a problem?
It's a good time to start. Clearing excess and fixing settings before you migrate means you don't carry either into the new system.
Not ready to talk yet? Open any fast mover's item card. When did someone last change the reorder point?
The free checklist covers that field and the four others that decide whether Business Central planning works,
with a quick test for each. Ten minutes, no email needed.
Open the checklist →
Open the checklist →
Start here
20 minutes. Is your planning costing you cash?
I'll ask how your planning settings are maintained, how purchasing actually decides what to buy, and roughly what's sitting on the shelves. If you like, we'll also check five planning fields on three of your own items together, on your screen. Then I'll tell you honestly whether it's worth fixing.
Book the free stock review.
A short conversation about your stock, your planning setup and whether there's a problem worth paying to solve.
Book the free stock review →Free · No obligation · 20 minutes