Inventory Software ROI

If you can't measure the ROI in 90 days, you bought the wrong software. Here's the framework.

The four buckets

Stock loss reduction. Baseline your shrinkage today. Target 50% cut in 90 days.

Compliance time saved. Hours per month on GST, going from typical 20+ to under 4.

Collection speed. DSO (days sales outstanding) on credit accounts. Target 30% improvement.

Decision velocity. How fresh is the data you decide on? Should go from monthly to live.

A ₹3 crore distributor:

Shrinkage at 2% = ₹6 lakh/year. Cut to 1% = ₹3 lakh saved.

Compliance: 20 hrs/month × ₹500/hr = ₹1.2 lakh/year. Saved: ₹1 lakh.

DSO from 45 to 30 days on ₹50 lakh receivables = ₹2 lakh working capital freed.

Total annual benefit: ~₹6 lakh. Software cost: well under ₹1 lakh/year. Payback: under 2 months.

Take a clean baseline in week one. Re-measure at days 30, 60 and 90. Share the numbers with your team — the visibility itself drives adoption.

We give you the baseline templates, run the calculations from your own data, and review ROI with you at the 90-day mark.