See how long each product's stock will last, get a list of what to reorder and how many pieces, and read a plain reason for every line.
For a store running ads, a best seller that runs out mid-campaign wastes the ad money that created the demand, and the rushed order that follows ties up cash in stock that sells slowly.
Forecast keeps winners in stock and shows where cash is stuck, with a plain reason next to every quantity so a buyer can check it. It was built inside a live store and is used there every day.
Your best seller runs out while its ads are still spending. Orders keep coming for a product you cannot ship, and the fix is a rushed supplier order sized by feel.
That rushed order is often too big. Cash gets stuck in pieces that sell slowly, while your next winner waits for money you no longer have.
For every product you see how many days its stock will last. Choose how much stock you want to keep and you are warned when it runs low or when information is missing. Products you are clearing get a clear-by date instead.
Each weekday daily a reorder list is ready, with exact quantities in your suppliers' case sizes. You are warned if a suggested product is left out of the supplier order, and told the moment an order comes in for a product you do not have.
The stock value view shows what your stock is worth and which few products hold most of the money. It points to slow sellers and products that stopped selling, and a strength score shows which products deserve restocking.
Inside Inventory: days of stock left are on the stock page, the reorder list and the season plan are in Purchasing, and forecast accuracy is on Home.
AI checks every line of the reorder list with your profit and cash in mind, not only sales, and writes a short reason for each quantity. Your buyer reads the reason as well as the number, then decides what goes into the supplier order.
Each weekday daily your buyer finds a list in Purchasing of what to buy and exactly how many pieces of each product.
Your buyer starts the day with a ready list instead of a spreadsheet of sales and stock.
Every line on the list gets a priority, so your buyer sees what is urgent, what can wait and what needs a question first.
Buying money goes first to products that sell or are being advertised, and wasted ad money shows up on the same daily list.
AI looks over every line of the reorder list, sets how many pieces to buy and how urgent it is, and writes a short reason your buyer can read.
Quantities that make sense for your profit and your cash, with a reason your buyer can check.
Every product shows how many days its stock will last, and your team is warned when a product you advertise will run out before new stock can arrive.
A product you advertise that is running short is flagged while there is still time to reorder.
When a new order needs more pieces than you have, your team is told right away, with the order, what is missing and by how much, so it is sorted before shipping.
Oversold orders show up when they arrive, so you can reorder or contact the customer before the parcel is due.
Record each supplier's case sizes and delivery times once. Every order, alert and season plan uses them, and your buyer is warned when a supplier cannot deliver or charges more than planned.
Fewer orders with suppliers who cannot deliver, and no paying more without noticing.
See what your stock is worth and where the money sits: in products to reorder now, in stock that will take months to sell, and in products that stopped selling.
You see how much cash sits in slow stock before signing the next supplier order, and which few products to act on first.
Every product gets a simple strength score, so restocking money goes to products that make money and keep selling. The forecast still sets the quantity.
Restocking starts with products that make money and keep selling, with the evidence one click away.
Mark a product for liquidation and it stops showing up in reorder suggestions. Set a clear-by date and see how many pieces a day you need to sell to empty the shelf in time.
No new cash goes into products you are clearing, and you know the daily sales pace you need from day one.
Set a sales goal for the season, compare a careful, a normal and a bold plan, and see what to buy, when to order it and the cash each month needs. In beta.
You know the stock and cash a season needs well ahead, and you buy in stages.
Before your busy season, set the dates and a sales goal. The season planner suggests what to buy, test, watch or put off, when to order and the cash each month needs, and a manager approves it. In beta.
Pick a past period, like last November, and when each product will sell this year. Adjust demand per product if you expect more or less. You get how many pieces to buy, without buying what you already have. In beta.
Choose the best sellers to watch and who gets the alerts. When a product with ads running is about to run out before new stock can arrive, the alert says how many days are left and what is on the way.
Sell a starter kit, a pack of three and the single item from the same shelf. The forecast buys the real pieces you need, not listings.
A new product that starts strong is restocked at its launch pace, so early success does not end in an empty shelf.
Mark a product for liquidation and set a clear-by date. It stops appearing on reorder lists, and its page shows how many pieces a day must sell to empty the shelf in time, so you can adjust price or ads early.
Open today's order, choose suppliers and your message, and preview each message with product photos and quantities. Nothing is sent until you confirm.
| Task | By hand | With Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Working out what to reorder each day | Exporting sales, checking stock product by product and guessing quantities in a spreadsheet. | A ready list with how many to buy, how urgent it is and why, every weekday. |
| Checking which products will run out | Opening each product, comparing stock with recent sales and trying to remember which ones have ads running. | Days of stock left on every product, and an alert before an advertised product runs out. |
| Finding orders sold without stock | The gap shows up at packing, when the shelf is empty and the order is already promised. | You are told as soon as an order needs more than you have, with exactly what is missing. |
| Deciding which products deserve restocking | Comparing profit, ads and sales across separate reports to guess which products earn their next order. | A score on every product shows what to restock first. |
| Building a buying plan for next season | Pulling last year's sales, scaling them by feel, pricing the result and working out when each order must go out. | A ready season plan with what to buy, when to order and the cash each month needs, waiting for a manager's OK. In beta. |
| Finding cash frozen in stock | Sorting a stock export by value and sales to spot what has stopped moving. | Slow stock and stock that stopped selling shown on the stock page, with the few products holding most of your money. |
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Forecast is the PortantisAI module that tells you what to reorder today, how many pieces and why. For every product you see how many days its stock will last, you get a ready reorder list in your suppliers' case sizes, and you see which slow sellers hold your cash.
What to reorder today, exactly how many pieces, and a short reason for each line in plain words. It never asks you to buy what is already on its way to you.
No. It suggests and your buyer decides. Nothing goes to a supplier until someone checks it and says OK, and you are warned if a suggested product was left out.
Every quantity comes with a reason you can read. On Home you can see how close past forecasts came to what really happened, and you are warned when a supplier is out of stock or late. When information is missing, it tells you instead of guessing.
Yes, in beta. Set a sales goal for the season, start from last year's best sellers or any past period, and see what to buy, when to order it and the cash it needs. It is working and in use, and still being improved.
The frozen cash finder shows cash stuck in slow sellers and in products that stopped selling, and the strength score shows which products deserve restocking. Products you are clearing can get a clear-by date, and archived products leave buying and stock counts while keeping their history.
Winner intelligence is planned: one clear answer on which products will sell and which to back next. There are no public dates yet, and requests from founding members go to the front of the list.
Yes. Kits, bundles and multipacks are counted as the real pieces on your shelf, and renamed products keep their sales history, so the reorder list buys pieces, not listings.
Friday's list buys ahead for the weekend, so Monday does not start with empty shelves. In Purchasing settings you choose how many days each order covers, for a normal day and for Friday.
Yes. Record case sizes, minimum orders and delivery times once per supplier, and the suggestions and season plans respect them. You can also turn on a warning for orders that are too small.
It does not guess. If a stock count cannot be trusted, you are asked to count first. If information is missing or out of date, the page says so instead of showing a number, and you never receive a half-checked list.
Your buyer works the order in Purchasing. Pickers can open today's list on a phone and update lines, but cannot create orders or manage suppliers. If you turn on receipt approval, goods count as stock only after a manager or moderator approves them. Season plans always need a manager's OK.
Forecast is part of Portantis, now in closed beta. We set every founding store up by hand.
