Most supply chain leaders know their inventory accuracy isn’t perfect. Few know exactly what it’s costing them. We put real numbers on the problem — from excess safety stock and labor hours wasted on manual counts to lost sales from phantom inventory and stockouts. We walk through the true cost of inaccuracy across retail, logistics, and food & beverage, and explore what changes when operations run on continuous, automated intelligence rather than periodic snapshots. A provocative look at a hidden tax most organizations have accepted as a cost of doing business — and don’t have to anymore.