sku-rationalization-advisor

Evaluate SKU performance and recommend keep, delist, consolidate, or replace actions.

6|5|Updated Feb 4, 2026
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Skill: sku-rationalization-advisor
Source: https://github.com/writer/skills/tree/main/skills/sku-rationalization-advisor
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/writer/skills --skill sku-rationalization-advisor-writer

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

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What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps businesses reduce SKU count, identify underperforming items, and streamline their product assortment to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Performance Evaluation: Scores SKUs based on revenue, profitability, velocity, and trend.
  • Strategic Role Assessment: Identifies SKUs that are traffic drivers, basket builders, or strategically important, even if low-performing.
  • Redundancy Analysis: Detects overlapping SKUs and recommends consolidation.
  • Actionable Recommendations: Provides clear keep, delist, consolidate, or replace actions with simulated impact.
  • Use Case: A CPG retailer wants to reduce its SKU count by 15% to free up shelf space. This Skill analyzes sales, margin, and inventory data to identify the least productive SKUs and recommends which ones to delist or consolidate, while ensuring strategically important items are retained.

Quick Start

Use the sku-rationalization-advisor skill to evaluate my current SKU list and recommend delisting candidates.

Frequently Asked Questions about sku-rationalization-advisor

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I identify underperforming SKUs to delist from my retail assortment?

Identify underperforming SKUs by evaluating sales, inventory, and margin data to score items based on revenue, profitability, and velocity. This process detects low-productivity items and provides actionable delisting or consolidation recommendations to streamline your product portfolio.

What data do I need for SKU rationalization and assortment optimization?

SKU rationalization requires SKU master data, sales, inventory, and margin data for comprehensive analysis. Providing these inputs enables the evaluation of product performance, redundancy detection, and strategic role assessment to optimize assortment efficiency and reduce complexity costs.

How can I reduce SKU count without removing strategically important products?

Reduce SKU count while protecting strategic items by assessing each product's role as a traffic driver or basket builder. Assortment optimization scores items by performance and trend, ensuring strategically important products are retained even if they show low direct profitability.

What is the best way to find overlapping SKUs for portfolio consolidation?

Find overlapping SKUs for consolidation through redundancy analysis, which detects product overlaps within your portfolio. This optimization process recommends specific consolidation actions and simulates their impact to improve inventory productivity and free up shelf space.

Can I simulate the impact of delisting candidates before pruning my product assortment?

Simulate the impact of delisting candidates by analyzing your SKU list against sales and margin data. The rationalization process provides clear keep, delist, consolidate, or replace actions with simulated impact to ensure assortment pruning improves efficiency without unintended revenue loss.