Recurrency offers two powerful inventory dashboards—Inventory Mission Control and Inventory Operations Health—complimentary information, but each built for distinct use cases and user needs. Here’s how they differ and when to use each:
Inventory Mission Control
Use Inventory Mission Control when you need a strategic overview of your inventory performance over time. This dashboard is ideal for inventory managers, planners, and supply chain leads who are focused on long-term optimization. With robust tools like inventory status explorers and 18 months of historical data, it enables data-driven planning decisions—such as evaluating stock health across locations. If your goal is to fine-tune replenishment strategies, track backorders, or analyze turns and GMROI trends, this is your go-to dashboard.
Inventory Operations Health
Use Inventory Operations Health when you want a real-time snapshot of how inventory is performing week over week. Tailored for leadership, analysts, and operations teams, this dashboard helps you monitor critical short-term trends like weekly inflow/outflow, inventory aging, and fill rate performance. It supports quick decision-making with flexible filters (by item, supplier, location, and more) and metrics that reflect how well your day-to-day operations are tracking against service goals.
Most teams will benefit from using both dashboards together: Mission Control for planning and optimization, Operations Health for monitoring and execution.
FAQs
Why are the backorder numbers different between the two dashboards?
The difference comes down to what each dashboard is measuring.
On the Inventory Performance dashboard, the Backorder History chart shows the monthly average dollar amount of all inventory in backorder status, including long-standing backorders that may span multiple months. In contrast, the Inventory Operations Health dashboard shows Weekly New Backorders — the value of items that entered backorder status during that specific week. This number is often lower because it reflects only the new activity, not the total backlog.