Reorder points and quantities calculated for every SKU
Planster calculates reorder points and quantities per SKU from its forecast and the safety stock you set, in days of cover. Lead times, MOQs and container quantities are applied to the timing, and the list is sorted by what has to be ordered this week.
Safety stock that follows the forecast
You set safety stock in days of cover for each SKU at each warehouse. Planster turns those days into units from the forecast for the weeks ahead, so fourteen days of cover means more units going into a seasonal peak and fewer coming out of it. Not sure how many days a SKU needs? Ask the agent and it will help you calculate it.
Lead times, MOQs and container quantities in the timing
Lead times, minimum order quantities, and container quantities are applied to when and how much, not bolted on afterwards. Change a lead time from six weeks to nine and every order date that depends on it moves.
Inventory position: on hand, on order, committed
On hand, plus on order, minus what is already committed. The number people usually plan against is the first of those three, which is how a brand with 40,000 units in a warehouse runs out.
Overstock and slow movers flagged
Slow movers and overstock get surfaced the same way shortfalls do. Carrying cost runs 20–35% a year, so the SKU quietly sitting on eleven months of cover is a decision too.
What the agent does with reorder recommendations
Every night
The agent re-runs this every night and ranks what it finds by due date, so the top of your morning list is what has to be ordered this week rather than what is merely low.
What it can’t do
It cannot place an order, approve one, or send anything to a supplier. It brings you the list and the arithmetic behind it.
Example: a 400-row export, four real decisions
Take a purchasing review run from a 400-row export, sorted by whatever seems urgent and worked top-down until time runs out. Ranked by due date against real lead times, the list that needs a decision this week might be four items long, and Planster shows why the rest can wait.
How it fits together
Every capability runs on the same demand forecast, so each one makes the others more useful.
See this week’s purchasing decisions
Connect your data and get the ranked list against your own lead times and MOQs.