View Excess Inventory
Spot products that are overstocked relative to demand so you can slow reorders, run promotions, or move stock out of FBA before storage fees stack up.
Excess inventory is the silent killer of cash flow. It ties up working capital, eats into margins through long-term storage fees, and forces you to discount to clear it. This walkthrough shows you how to use the Inventory Overview to find products that are sitting on too much stock and decide what to do about them.
What "excess" means in Profit Hawk
A product is excess when its current inventory plus inbound is well above the max days of stock target you set in Product Settings. Profit Hawk does not flag excess inventory with a single badge. Instead, you use the filtering tools on the Inventory Overview to define excess on your own terms (90 days of supply, 120, 180, etc.) and pull up the list.
Step-by-step
Open the Inventory Overview
Click Inventory Overview in the left navigation. Stay on the All tab.
Filter by Days of Supply
Click Filter in the toolbar and pick Days of Supply under the Inventory Health group. Set the operator to is greater than and pick a threshold that defines "too much" for your business (commonly 90, 120, or 180 days).
The threshold depends on your category. Fast-moving consumables might be excess at 60 days. Slow-moving seasonal products are not excess at 120.
Sort by Total Inventory Value
Sort by an inventory value column to put your most expensive overstocked products at the top. The dashboard's Total Inventory Value by Product chart is the same data viewed differently and is great for confirming which excess products are eating the most cash.
Cross-reference with sales velocity
Add a second filter on Velocity (less than your category average) or Units (less than X over 30 days) to focus on products that are not just overstocked but also slowing down. These are the most urgent to act on.
Velocity that is dropping is the early signal. A product with 90 days of supply that used to have 30 days of supply two months ago is the one to act on, not the one that has been at 90 for a year.
Investigate per product
Click into top offenders and review:
- Sales velocity over time -- is demand declining or just seasonal?
- Forecast charts -- does the forecast still call for the current stock level?
- Open replenishment recommendations -- is more inventory still on the way?
Decide on actions
Common moves once you have the list:
- Slow or pause future orders. Lower the max days of stock for the product so the next reorder recommendation is delayed or smaller.
- Run a promotion. Drop the price or run a coupon on Amazon to accelerate sell-through.
- Pause a reorder in flight. If a draft restock plan still includes the excess product, remove it from the plan.
- Plan a removal or liquidation. For deep excess (say, 12+ months of supply), it may be cheaper to remove from FBA than continue paying long-term storage.
Excess vs slow-moving
Excess and slow-moving are related but not identical:
- Excess is about the ratio of inventory to demand. A product can be excess and still selling well.
- Slow-moving is about absolute velocity. A product can be slow without being excess if you barely keep any stock.
Filter on Days of Supply to find excess. Filter on Velocity or Units 30D to find slow movers. Combine both to find the worst offenders.
Tracking improvements
Once you have made changes (lowered targets, paused reorders, run a promotion), revisit the same filtered view in two to four weeks. Days of Supply should be coming down on the products you acted on. If they are not, sales velocity may have dropped further or you may need a steeper discount.
Common questions
Days of Supply includes inbound inventory that has not yet arrived in FBA. If you place a large order and it lands all at once, your Days of Supply spikes for a while. That is expected, but worth knowing so you do not panic. Recheck after a few weeks once velocity has caught up.
The Days of Supply filter is independent of your settings. It is a raw number you can use to define excess on your own terms regardless of what the replenishment math currently targets.
Yes, that is the right lever. Max days of stock is the ceiling Profit Hawk targets when sizing reorders. Lowering it produces smaller, more frequent orders. The trade-off is more shipments and potentially higher per-unit shipping costs, so balance it against your supply chain.
What to do next
Total Inventory Value
Per-product breakdown of where your inventory cash is sitting right now.
Product Settings
Adjust min and max days of stock to change reorder sizing.
Filtering & Searching
Combine multiple filters to narrow on excess + slow-moving + high-value.
Identify Reorders
The flip side: products that need more inventory, not less.
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