The Plan screen's replenishment and order suggestions feature helps you to maintain optimal inventory levels by providing automated recommendations based on stock levels, lead times, and demand.
This tool analyzes inventory data to suggest restock quantities, ensuring that you have the right amount of stock on hand to meet customer demand without overstocking. It streamlines the purchasing process, saves time, and helps in maintaining efficient inventory control.
Automated and intelligent suggestions
Replenishment features help to simplify the process of restocking inventory by providing automated suggestions for when and how much to reorder.
Within the Plan screen's Replenishment tab you'll find:
Sorted by date - clearly highlights items that need reordering, prioritized based on urgency.
Reorder Suggestions - utilizes historical data to recommend reorder quantities in order to maintain optimal inventory levels.
Supplier parameters - makes it possible to include variant lead time and minimum order quantity in the replenishment process.
Replenishment orders
Using existing purchase or manufacturing orders, calculations are made based on demand if you're running out of stock. Katana then combines a prioritized list of items by order date and suggests the next orders to avoid any stockouts.
Replenishment tab columns
Item
Shows the item's unique identifiers (SKU or Stock Keeping Unit) followed by its name and variant.Supplier
The name of the supplier or the source from where the item is purchased or acquired.Stockout date
Shows the predicted date of when an item is expected to run out. This prediction is based on current stock levels and sales velocity (or actual sales and manufacturing orders).Missing stock
Shows the anticipated stock level based on a future date, expressed in quantity (pcs, meters, etc.).Suggested order qty
Based on the forecasted stock, this column suggests the quantity that should be ordered to prevent a stockout. Takes into account the minimum order quantity (MOQ).Purchase cost
How much purchasing the suggested order quantity from a supplier will cost.Suggested order by
A date by which the order should be placed to avoid a stockout. Takes into account SKU based lead time.Buy/Make buttons
These allow you to quickly create a purchase or a manufacturing order. Once you've identify an item to replenish, you can create a new order for the item right here.
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