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InventoryReorder points without spreadsheets
A simple, repeatable way to know when to reorder and how much — without a spreadsheet you’re scared to touch.
Our articles are currently available in English only.
InventoryA simple, repeatable way to know when to reorder and how much — without a spreadsheet you’re scared to touch.
Most brands reorder from a spreadsheet that one person truly understands. It works — until that person is on holiday, a formula gets overwritten, or the sales data stops getting pasted in every Monday. Then the reorder that should have gone out quietly doesn't, and a few weeks later a listing goes out of stock.
Strip away the complexity and a reorder point answers one question: if I don't order now, will I run out before the next shipment arrives? When the honest answer starts to become "maybe", it's time.
A reorder system you have to remember to check isn't a system.
You don't need an equation to understand what goes into a sound decision. It comes down to four things:
Get those four right and the timing takes care of itself. Get any one wrong and even a careful spreadsheet reorders too late.
It's easy to blur the two. When is about timing — making sure new stock lands before the old runs out. How much is about covering you until the order after that, within real-world limits:
Order in full cartons, at or above the MOQ. The savings from a "perfect" number rarely beat a clean one.
Spreadsheets fail in predictable ways: sales data pasted in by hand and often out of date, lead times that were accurate a year ago, formulas quietly copied to the wrong row, and — above all — no alert. A spreadsheet can tell you a reorder is due. It can't tell you that you forgot to open it.
A proper reorder system watches every SKU continuously, notices when one is approaching its reorder point, drafts the order at a sensible quantity, and puts it in front of you to approve. You stay in control of the decision; you just stop being the only thing standing between a product and a stockout.
The goal isn't a cleverer spreadsheet. It's not needing one — so the right reorder goes out on time, every time, even in the week nobody's looking.
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