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Owners feel it as 'no cash' but can't name the items.\n\n**What this does:** weekly, it reads 90 days of sales and finds every SKU with **zero movement** — then tells you exactly how much money is frozen and what to do with each item.\n\n**Setup:** `Sales` sheet with SKU, Item, QtySold, Date, Cost, Price\n\n**Output:** frozen capital per item + a clear/discontinue/bundle call\n\nBuilt by **Maui Tech Hub** · mauitechhub.com/workflows", "height": 440, "width": 400, "color": 7 }, "id": "e01e8798-c6cf-4f53-95b3-67db09469952", "name": "NOTE", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ -420, -60 ] }, { "parameters": { "rule": { "interval": [ { "field": "cronExpression", "expression": "0 8 * * 1" } ] } }, "id": "6e8ab5e1-fab9-40b8-9006-7a0174b6c727", "name": "Weekly Mon 8am", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger", "typeVersion": 1.2, "position": [ 0, 80 ] }, { "parameters": { "documentId": { "__rl": true, "value": "YOUR_SHEET_ID", "mode": "id" }, "sheetName": { "__rl": true, "value": "Sales", "mode": "name" }, "options": {} }, "id": "dbdd733a-61e2-430a-9fc9-938c466292a5", "name": "Read Sales", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ 240, 80 ] }, { "parameters": { "mode": "runOnceForAllItems", "jsCode": "// Aggregate sales per SKU over the window and flag non-movers.\nconst WINDOW_DAYS = 90; // <- tune this\nconst now = new Date(); now.setHours(0,0,0,0);\nconst cut = new Date(now.getTime() - WINDOW_DAYS*86400000);\nconst agg = {};\nfor (const item of $input.all()) {\n const r = item.json;\n const sku = String(r.SKU ?? r.sku ?? '').trim();\n if (!sku) continue;\n const d = new Date(r.Date ?? r.date ?? now);\n if (!isNaN(d) && d < cut) continue;\n const a = agg[sku] ||= { sku, item: r.Item ?? r.item ?? '',\n sold: 0, cost: Number(r.Cost ?? 0), price: Number(r.Price ?? 0),\n last_sale: null };\n a.sold += Number(r.QtySold ?? r.qty ?? 0);\n if (!isNaN(d) && (!a.last_sale || d > a.last_sale)) a.last_sale = d;\n}\nconst out = [];\nfor (const a of Object.values(agg)) {\n // only flag genuinely dead or near-dead lines\n if (a.sold > 2) continue;\n const onHand = Number(a.stock ?? 0);\n const frozen = +(onHand * a.cost).toFixed(3);\n const days = a.last_sale ? 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