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title: "Negative Inventory Playbook"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Negative Inventory Playbook

What are we measuring: Items in your inventory with a negative quantity

Why are we measuring this: While the ability to go into the negative is a handy tool in the short term, we should not be ending months with negative inventory. These skew inventory value.

**Scoring:** 0-24, 35-49, 50+

**Recreate Metric:** *Advanced Search Link shows*: Purchasing Module – Inventory Tab; Status = Active.

For refined results:

- Choose inventory location – Select Allocation from sub header
- Filter: Quantity Less than 0

**Common Issues:**

- Not doing quantity on hand adjustments on a regular basis to keep inventory clean

**Practical:**

- Make sure you are doing hard counts for your inventory at least once a quarter and making quantity on hand adjustments

**Resources**

- [Inventory Location Screen](https://guide.youraspire.com/docs/inventory-location-screen)