Demand forecasting and reordering is the process of predicting future sales demand and calculating how much inventory to order from suppliers each month. Manual forecasting relies on guesswork and historical spreadsheets, consuming hours of analysis and delaying reorders by days.
Automation analyzes sales patterns statistically, calculates optimal reorder quantities automatically, and sends supplier emails in minutes. The result is faster reorders, fewer stockouts, and more accurate inventory levels.
The full workflow, from trigger to completion.
Automation runs on a schedule every Monday morning to pull fresh sales data and evaluate stock levels.
Automation pulls the last 90 days of sales by SKU API and stores it in a structured format.
Automation queries to fetch on-hand quantities, pending orders, and supplier lead times for each SKU.
The automation analyzes sales trends, applies statistical forecasting, and calculates predicted demand for the next 30 days per SKU.
Automation computes safety stock, reorder points, and final order quantities based on forecast, lead time, and current inventory.
Automation composes and sends reorder emails to suppliers with quantities, delivery dates, and payment terms.
Automation records the reorder and sends a notification to the operations team with a summary.
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