The Inventory Illusion:
Turning Inventory Accuracy into Confident Grocery Execution
Across grocery retail, systems report high accuracy rates. Yet on the ground, teams still face stockouts, substitutions, and missed fulfillment.
At the same time, expectations are shifting. Every digital touchpoint, from e-commerce to retail media, depends on knowing what products are actually available in real time. This makes the gap between system accuracy and real-world execution more visible and more costly than ever.
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Accuracy isn’t the problem. Reality is.
This report unpacks that gap, why it’s impacting sales, margin, and customer trust, and how leading retailers are closing that gap by feeding real-time store execution signals into planning, forecasting, and fulfillment decisions.
Key Insights
Why “in stock” doesn’t always mean sellable, findable, or fulfillable.
How execution gaps can drive stockouts and substitutions.
Where forecasting falls short without real-time operational signals.
How aligning planning with execution improves performance.
Why inventory must reflect real-time conditions to support accurate fulfillment.
Download the report to see what it takes to close the gap between inventory accuracy and real-world execution.
Meet the Contributors
Aidan Mittra
Co-Founder at OrderGrid & Top Retail Expert
Aidan is the co-founder of OrderGrid, where he leads the design of real-time systems for grocery and food retail fulfillment. He has worked closely with enterprise and mid-market retailers to build systems that coordinate inventory, replenishment, and fulfillment across stores, warehouses, and micro-fulfillment environments—bringing real-time visibility into inventory that is usable, sellable, and fulfillable in the moment, while helping teams operate with greater accuracy, reduce waste, and deliver more reliable customer experiences.