Out-of-Stock along the Supply Chain is a frequent phenomenon with significant effects on sales and total profit in retail industry. Therefore, in this context, decision support information to identify the duration and extent of this Out-of-Stocks as well as about possible structures inside inventory and sales data, which are relevant for their appearance, is of major interest. A purpose-built analyzing tool based on specific retail store data is described, which is suitable to improve both, the administrative planning processes as well as the physical replenishment processes within a chain store retail company.

JEL-Classification : C1, C8, L8