In the Iron and Steel sector, efficiency isn’t just about cutting sheets with precision. It’s also about how inventory is measured, accounted, and reconciled at every stage of the value chain.
The client we described in Post 1 faced a common challenge:
(1) They procured raw materials in metric tonnes.
(2) They tracked work-in-progress as number of sheets (each varying in thickness and size).
(3) And they sold finished goods back in metric tonnes.
This alternating method of accounting across the production cycle created blind spots. Raw materials consumed didn’t reconcile easily with sheets cut. Wastage – unavoidable in cutting processes – was difficult to quantify in real time. And when sales were booked in tonnes again, the leadership lacked clarity on where losses were creeping in.
This is where Stockflow proved invaluable. By design, it is capable of handling multiple units of measure across a single production lifecycle. Stockflow mapped the client’s process end-to-end – tonnes at procurement, sheets at WIP, and tonnes again at dispatch – while transparently accounting for wastage at each stage.
The outcome was a system that didn’t just record stock but provided complete traceability of material flow. The management could finally see, in one connected view, how much material was procured, how much was converted, how much was lost, and how much was shipped.
For a business where margins are tight and volumes are massive, this kind of visibility is not a “good-to-have.” It is the difference between scaling profitably and bleeding silently.
That is why Stockflow is not just an inventory management system. It is the control tower that keeps manufacturing grounded in accuracy and aligned with growth.