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Operations 12 May 2026 · 4 min read

The four hidden costs of running stock through Cin7 Core alone

Cin7 Core records what your stock is doing. It doesn't tell you what to do about it. After 18 months operating in Cin7 full-time at Personalised Favours, here are the four costs we kept paying — and why we eventually built our own layer on top.

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The four hidden costs
1 · Reorder is reactive
2 · Seasonality is invisible
3 · Slow-movers pile up silently
4 · Margin is a guess

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