Days of Supply Calculator MCP for AI. Know your stock risk before it hits the warehouse floor.
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Days of Supply Calculator analyzes your entire stockroom's health in one place. It instantly tells you if specific items are running low, how much cash is tied up in excess inventory, and which product groups need attention.
Stop guessing about risk—get calculated coverage metrics for every SKU.
What your AI can do
Get category health summary
Provides an aggregated performance view of inventory health for a specified group of items.
Calculate financial exposure by tier
Calculates the total monetary value of inventory based on different coverage levels (e.g., overstock, critical).
Get sku supply metrics
Calculates the specific supply duration and risk status for a single product number (SKU).
Calculate the exact number of days an individual product can sell before running out.
View aggregated inventory health metrics across a defined group or category of products.
Determine the total monetary value of your stock that is considered overstocked, stable, or critical.
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Days of Supply Calculator with 3 Tools
Use these tools to calculate stock coverage metrics for specific items, summarize overall category health, or assess the total monetary value tied up in your inventory.
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Start using Days of Supply Calculator on VinkiusGet Category Health Summary
Provides an aggregated performance view of inventory health for a specified group of items.
Calculate Financial Exposure By Tier
Calculates the total monetary value of inventory based on different coverage levels...
Get Sku Supply Metrics
Calculates the specific supply duration and risk status for a single product number...
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
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The Endless Spreadsheets of Inventory Risk
Today, assessing inventory health means opening a dozen tabs. You pull raw sales data into one sheet, the current stock counts go into another, and then you cross-reference them against cost sheets. You spend half your morning just merging data points—days of supply here, dollar value there—just to figure out if you're flush with cash or about to run dry.
With this MCP, that manual mashup disappears. Instead of wrestling with spreadsheets, you ask the agent a question like 'Show me all items in Category X.' You get back an immediate summary showing which products are critically low and which ones are tying up too much capital.
Using `get_category_health_summary` for Group Visibility
The old way meant checking the 'Electronics' dashboard, then switching to the 'Apparel' report, and then running a separate group query just for 'Home Goods.' You were always looking at groups in isolation.
Now you can ask for an aggregate view. `get_category_health_summary` gives you a single score card across all defined product groups, instantly showing where the biggest cluster of risk—whether stockout or overstock—resides.
What your AI can actually do with this
Inventory planning used to mean juggling five different systems: the sales dashboard, the warehouse management tool, the financial ledger, and three separate spreadsheets just to get a single picture of health. Now, you don't have to do that anymore. This MCP gives your agent the visibility needed to manage risk across your entire product catalog.
Instead of manually checking every category performance chart or running separate reports for overstock versus understock, this tool aggregates all that data into immediate, actionable insights. You can immediately check a single item's precise supply duration, review overall group health, and calculate the true financial cost of carrying too much stock.
It’s like having a full-time inventory auditor on call, accessible through Vinkius, letting you make decisions based on hard math, not gut feelings.
019ed63f-16ec-72b4-82f8-8e74bce9c3de Here's how it actually works
The bottom line is you get a single source of truth about physical stock levels and financial risk simultaneously.
Start by defining what you need to analyze: a single product number, an entire category group, or a financial risk assessment.
Your agent calls the appropriate tool using your inventory data and current demand figures.
You get back concrete metrics, including remaining days of supply for specific items or total dollar values tied up in excess stock.
Who is this actually for?
Supply Chain Managers, Inventory Planners, Merchandising Directors, and Finance Analysts. If your job involves reconciling what you have versus what you need, this is for you. Stop spending hours jumping between ERP systems just to answer 'Are we okay?'
Uses the tool daily to predict stockout dates and determines optimal reorder points by checking individual supply metrics.
Reviews category summaries to spot which product lines are disproportionately struggling or performing too well across a group of items.
Runs the financial exposure calculation to advise leadership on how much cash is being trapped in slow-moving, overstocked inventory.
What Changes When You Connect
Stop guessing about cash flow. By using calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier, you instantly know the dollar value trapped in overstock, allowing finance to make better capital decisions.
Never panic about a single SKU again. The get_sku_supply_metrics tool calculates precise supply duration and flags risk status for every product number you check.
Skip dashboard hopping. If you need an overview of how 'Electronics' or 'Apparel' are doing, get_category_health_summary gives a single health report instead of dozens of individual metrics.
Speed up planning cycles. Instead of pulling data from four different sheets, running these tools gives you the necessary inventory status in seconds.
Improve purchasing decisions. Seeing category-wide performance via get_category_health_summary helps buyers balance risk across multiple product lines simultaneously.
See it in action
A buyer needs to know which products to pull from the next shipment.
The buyer asks their agent, 'Which 10 SKUs are most at risk of stockout?' The agent runs get_sku_supply_metrics on a list of candidates and returns only those items with low days of supply, prioritizing immediate action.
The CFO needs to know the cash impact of slow-moving goods.
Instead of reviewing general sales reports, the agent runs calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier. The result immediately shows the total dollar amount tied up in overstock inventory that needs clearance.
The Category Manager needs a quick status check on an entire department.
They prompt, 'Summarize the health of our Accessories category.' The agent uses get_category_health_summary and reports back: 8 items are at risk, 4 are overstocked.
The Operations Manager needs to adjust staffing based on potential supply chain issues.
They ask the system to analyze inventory for three major product lines. The combined view from get_category_health_summary shows a critical dip in certain groups, allowing them to preemptively shift labor.
The honest tradeoffs
Only checking current sales velocity
Relying solely on historical daily demand figures and assuming inventory is fine. This ignores the total value or group performance.
Don't just look at the number; run get_sku_supply_metrics to get days of supply, then use calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier to understand the monetary weight behind that risk.
Manually aggregating category reports
Opening 20 different dashboards—one for each product line—and manually pulling data into a master spreadsheet. This process takes hours and is prone to copy-paste errors.
Use get_category_health_summary to pull the aggregated health view instantly, giving you group performance metrics without leaving your chat window.
Confusing low stock with financial risk
Seeing a SKU is low (a physical problem) but not knowing if that shortage actually impacts quarterly earnings or just day-to-day operations.
Run get_sku_supply_metrics for the physical count, and then run calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier to quantify the financial risk of that same SKU.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this MCP if your core question is 'How long do we have, or how much money does it cost us?' This tool excels at translating physical inventory numbers into time-based and dollar-value risks. Don't use it if you are building a predictive demand forecast (you need specialized forecasting tools) or if you only care about transactional data like sales volume for the last hour. For pure historical reporting, stick to basic BI dashboards; this MCP adds the critical layer of supply chain risk assessment that combines time and money.
Questions you might have
How do I use get_sku_supply_metrics to check one item? +
You provide the agent with a specific SKU number. The tool returns how many days that single product can sell at current demand rates, giving you immediate risk status.
What does calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier tell me? +
It calculates the total cash value of your entire stock and breaks it down into tiers: how much is overstocked, stable, or at critical levels. This helps finance know where to cut losses.
Is get_category_health_summary better than looking at individual SKUs? +
It's better for high-level planning. While get_sku_supply_metrics gives depth on one item, this tool aggregates that data to show systemic problems across a whole group of items.
Can I combine get_category_health_summary and calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier? +
Yes. You can first use the summary function to identify an area of concern, and then feed that category data into the financial exposure tool for a deeper monetary dive.
If I run `get_sku_supply_metrics` with an incorrect SKU, what response should I expect? +
The tool sends a clear validation error. It specifies exactly which part of the input data failed, helping you pinpoint and fix your feed issues quickly without manual checks.
For `calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier`, does it require specific cost basis information for inventory items? +
Yes. The financial exposure calculation needs an associated unit cost or current market value. You must include this monetary metric in your input data to get accurate total values.
What are the performance limitations when running `get_category_health_summary` on massive item groups? +
The tool handles thousands of items, but extremely large categories might require batch processing. We recommend dividing massive lists into smaller segments for optimal speed and reliability.
What is the proper format for providing daily demand when I use `get_sku_supply_metrics`? +
Daily demand must be provided as a single, positive numerical value. If your source data varies in format, make sure it's standardized to an integer or float number before running the tool.
What is the purpose of this MCP? +
It calculates how many days your current stock will last based on daily demand, helping you prevent stockouts and reduce overstock.
How does it identify stockout risks? +
The tool flags any item where the calculated supply duration is less than 7 days as a critical risk.
Can I analyze financial impact? +
Yes, using calculate_financial_exposure_by_tier, you can see the monetary value of inventory held in different coverage tiers.
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