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Free Trapped Working Capital in Industrial Distribution: What It Looks Like
Last updated July 2026
Illustrative scenario based on typical industrial distribution operations and published industry benchmarks — not a specific customer.
To free working capital tied up in inventory, raise inventory turns and cut days sales of inventory (DSI) by removing excess and obsolete stock and right-sizing safety stock — without dropping fill rate. Maintained targets the exact SKUs holding cash hostage and protects service levels while it does.
The starting point
Multi-branch distributors carrying deep MRO and production-equipment catalogs, where imbalance and dead stock hide across dozens of locations. Inventory is usually the largest thing on the balance sheet, and finance pressures operations on turns and write-offs every quarter — but cutting stock risks stockouts.
What changes
Maintained gives one live view of what's held, what it's worth, and what to do with it. Raise inventory turns / cut DSI on the SKUs holding the most cash Remove excess and obsolete stock that never sells
The outcome
To free working capital tied up in inventory, raise inventory turns and cut days sales of inventory (DSI) by removing excess and obsolete stock and right-sizing safety stock — without dropping fill rate. Maintained targets the exact SKUs holding cash hostage and protects service levels while it does.
The economics
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