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Turn Stranded Inventory Back into Working Capital

Upstream is an inventory intelligence and decisioning platform. Pointed at overstock and stranded inventory, it identifies each unit, values it, and routes it to its best disposition. Capital and floor space that were locked in slow-moving stock come unstuck, one decision at a time.

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The Problem

Overstock is capital sitting on a rack

Excess finished goods, obsolete SKUs, discontinued lines, and surplus components do not just take up space. They tie up cash you have already spent and floor you could be using.

For an industrial manufacturer, stranded inventory is a balance-sheet problem first and a space problem second. Working capital is locked inside stock that is not moving, carrying cost accrues every month, and the longer it sits the less it is worth. The instinct is to clear it in a bulk lot to a liquidator, which is fast but recovers very little. The harder question — what is each unit actually worth and where would it sell best — is the one most operations have no tooling to answer at scale. So the overstock stays, and the capital stays trapped with it.

48%

of challenged goods resell at full price — surplus needs item-level decisioning, not a single write-down

20–30%

of value recovered by bulk liquidation — which is why writing the pile off feels like the only option

2–3x

slower throughput from manual inspection — so the cost of valuing each unit outruns the value it might return

How Upstream Solves It

A real disposition decision on every unit

The platform runs one framework across the overstock pile — Identify, Triage, Route, Monetize. No barcode required.

Identify

A single scan recognizes each unit, including aged stock with worn, missing, or obsolete labels.

Triage

Condition and current market value are assessed at intake, so you know what each unit is worth now, not at its original cost.

Route

Each unit gets a disposition by value — resell, refurbish, redeploy, liquidate, or recycle, instead of one blunt bulk lot.

Monetize

Stock moves toward its best recovery path, across your channels, the Vendidit buyer network, or both, so capital and floor space come back.

60–80%

Item-level disposition recovers 60% to 80% of MSRP, against 20% to 30% for bulk liquidation. On stranded inventory, that gap is working capital you can put back to work.

Built to Reclaim Working Capital.

Overstock Disposition

Make a per-unit decision on excess and surplus stock instead of clearing it blind in one lot.

Stranded SKU Recovery

Identify obsolete and orphaned SKUs from a scan and route them to where they still hold value.

Working Capital Release

Convert slow-moving stock into recovered cash, so capital stops sitting idle on the rack.

Floor Space Recovery

Clear aged inventory toward its best path and reclaim space for production and faster-moving stock.

Agentic Co-Workers

AI agents do the high-volume valuation, research, and listing work so your team handles exceptions.

500%

growth in recommerce sales for City Recyclers within the first 90 days, with no added labor, by deciding on each unit instead of dumping the lot

Excel3PL uses the platform to increase recovery value across the inventory it handles, and Amazon Return Centers run massive-scale volume on Upstream.

City Recyclers Excel3PL Amazon Return Centers

Who It's For

Built for the teams sitting on stranded stock.

Industrial Manufacturers

Manufacturers carrying overstock, obsolete SKUs, and surplus components who want capital and floor space back without giving the value away in a bulk lot.

3PL & Reverse Logistics

Operators holding client overstock and stranded inventory who want a decisioning and disposition layer that recovers more per unit.

See the Working Capital You Can Free

Put your stranded inventory against the recovery gap and see the number, then read how a recovery operation turned per-unit decisioning into a 500% lift in 90 days.