The inventory performance index is Amazon's score measuring how efficiently FBA inventory is managed. Excess inventory ratio, sellable but unsold inventory, stockout rate and sales volume are its components; if the score falls below the threshold, warehouse shipment capacity is restricted.
The penalty attached to the score stops growth directly: when the number of boxes you can send is capped, you cannot load stock ahead of a season. The fastest improvement lever is removing long-unsold inventory from the warehouse through markdowns or a disposal or removal request. The second lever is not running out of stock on items that sell, because a stockout costs both sales and score. The score is reviewed by period rather than weekly; since the penalty is applied at the end of the period, intervening in the final week is usually too late.
The penalty attached to the score stops growth directly: when the number of boxes you can send is capped, you cannot load stock ahead of a season. The fastest improvement lever is removing long-unsold inventory from the warehouse through markdowns or a disposal or removal request. The second lever is not running out of stock on items that sell, because a stockout costs both sales and score. The score is reviewed by period rather than weekly; since the penalty is applied at the end of the period, intervening in the final week is usually too late.
The penalty attached to the score stops growth directly: when the number of boxes you can send is capped, you cannot load stock ahead of a season. The fastest improvement lever is removing long-unsold inventory from the warehouse through markdowns or a disposal or removal request. The second lever is not running out of…
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