Cross-Location Balancer
Identify inventory transfer opportunities across locations before buying more
Purpose
Dealer groups routinely buy at auction to fill a perceived gap at one location while a nearly identical unit sits aging at another. Without a cross-location view, buying and wholesaling decisions are made in isolation, destroying value that already exists in the group's portfolio.
Cross-Location Balancer identifies situations where a unit that is slow or oversupplied at one location would have higher velocity and better margin at another — then quantifies the transfer opportunity in estimated days-to-sell improvement and margin preservation.
How It Works
Execution flow. MCP tool calls are shown inline on each step.
↔ Parallel Execution
get_sold_summaryPull active supply and sold velocity per segment per location to build a gap map: where is each segment undersupplied vs. oversupplied across the group.
search_active_carsIdentify units at each location that are stale (DOM > threshold) or in an oversupplied segment — flag as transfer candidates.
For each transfer candidate, compare sold velocity in the current location's market vs. the receiving location's market for the same YMMT.
Produce a ranked list of transfer recommendations with estimated days-to-sell improvement and margin preservation per unit.
MCP Tool Calls
| Tool | Calls | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
get_sold_summary | 2 per location | Segment velocity per market |
search_active_cars | 1 per location | Active supply and stale unit identification |
Example Output
CROSS-LOCATION BALANCER — Sunrise Auto Group | March 2026 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED: 3 Unit: 2022 Honda CR-V EX | Stock #OS-3318 | Orlando South | DOM: 48 days Current Market Velocity: 38-day avg DOM (slow for this location) Tampa West Velocity: 19-day avg DOM (same YMMT moves faster there) Recommendation: TRANSFER to Tampa West Estimated Benefit: -19 days to sell | Margin preservation: ~$800 vs. price drop needed Unit: 2021 Toyota RAV4 XLE | Stock #ON-2291 | Orlando North | DOM: 55 days Current Market Velocity: 42-day avg DOM (oversupplied segment) Tampa West Velocity: 21-day avg DOM Recommendation: TRANSFER to Tampa West Estimated Benefit: -21 days to sell | Margin preservation: ~$1,100
Cost Estimate
8 balancing analyses/month ≈ $1–3
Limitations
- Transfer logistics (transport cost, title transfer, reconditioning at receiving store) are not calculated.
- Analysis assumes units can physically be transferred — franchise restrictions may apply.
- Does not access DMS — stale unit identification requires active listing data, not internal lot records.
- US market only.