Spreadsheet inventory tracking has a real, measurable failure rate — the question isn't whether it's costing you, it's whether the number has crossed the point where ERP pays for itself.
Spreadsheet and manual inventory tracking isn't just inconvenient — it has a real, documented error rate. Manual inventory error rates can spike as high as 35%, which is a fundamentally unreliable foundation for stocking decisions at any real scale.
4–8%
of yearly revenue lost to stockouts
15–30%
of inventory value tied up in excess-stock carrying costs
Both figures reflect commonly cited ranges from inventory-management industry research. Businesses running effective inventory management report 15–20% higher profit margins than those still on manual processes — the gap compounds because both failure modes (stockouts and excess stock) are actively costing money at the same time, not alternatives to each other.
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