calculate_carrying_cost
Inventory Carrying Cost Calculator
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Calculate the true annual cost of holding inventory — warehousing, insurance, shrinkage, depreciation and opportunity cost — as a total and as a percentage of inventory value. Free tool by Tru-Stock AI — https://www.tru-stock.ai/tools/carrying-cost-calculator
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| inventoryValue | number | yes | Average inventory value at cost |
| warehouseCost | number | no | Annual warehousing cost |
| insuranceCost | number | no | Annual insurance cost |
| shrinkagePct | number | no | Annual shrinkage as % of inventory value |
| depreciationPct | number | no | Annual obsolescence/depreciation as % of value |
| opportunityCostPct | number | no | Cost of capital as % of value |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inventoryValue": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Average inventory value at cost"
},
"warehouseCost": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Annual warehousing cost"
},
"insuranceCost": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Annual insurance cost"
},
"shrinkagePct": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Annual shrinkage as % of inventory value"
},
"depreciationPct": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Annual obsolescence/depreciation as % of value"
},
"opportunityCostPct": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Cost of capital as % of value"
}
},
"required": [
"inventoryValue"
]
}