Your dormant inventory is not an asset. It is dead weight that you pay for twice: once in tied-up cash, and once in hidden costs.
In a real case (anonymized), we released €1.8 million in working capital by reallocating finished products — obsolete stock sold off, ultra-slow items shifted to Make-to-Order. The loss was already there; we just chose to acknowledge it..
Recognizing an accounting loss to sustainably ease your cash flow: the real question is not if, but when.