02 / DATA & SQL
Inventory Insight
Verify the numbers first, then turn sales, returns, and inventory into an actionable exception list.

- Challenge
- Distributed sources and untraceable totals
- Solution
- SQL reconciliation and exception lists
- Evidence
- Reconciliation PASS · inventory exceptions
01 / PROBLEM
A polished dashboard can still support the wrong decision if totals are not reconciled.
When transactions, returns, and stock live in different tables, report totals must trace back to source data. This case verifies net sales before discussing inventory exceptions.
02 / DATA FLOW
From synthetic transactions to explainable decision output.
- 01Synthetic data
- 02Read-only SQL
- 03Python checks
- 04Dashboard
03 / DECISIONS
Turn query output into prompts for action.
Source reconciliation
Gross sales minus returns must equal SQL report net sales.
Net-sales logic
Subtract returns from sales so decisions do not rely on shipment totals alone.
High stock
Flag items whose stock is high relative to period demand.
No demand
Find items with on-hand units but no net sales in the period.
04 / OUTPUT
Dashboard and traceable data flow

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