StockbeamThe sum behind every suggestion
- Sales per day: how fast the product sells, weighted towards the last 14 and 30 days, then 60 and 90. Days it was out of stock are left out, because an empty shelf is not the same as nobody wanting it.
- Lead time: from the product, else its supplier, else your default in Settings.
- Safety buffer: extra stock to cover how far Stockbeam's sales estimate has recently been off. A product Stockbeam predicts well gets little or none.
- Reorder point: what you will sell while you wait for a delivery, plus the buffer. When your stock plus what is already on order falls to this, it is time to reorder.
- Order quantity: enough to cover the wait plus your days of stock to order, less what you hold and what is on the way, rounded up to the supplier's minimum and case size.
Press Show the working on any row to read the whole sum in one paragraph.
Sales are counted by calendar day in your shop's own time zone, the one set in Shopify.
When a row shows a reason instead of a quantity
Some rows show a reason instead of an order quantity, for example a product with no sales yet, or one whose sales stopped some time ago. The row says which.
Some products are below their reorder point but deliberately not flagged. The row says which: At max stock (you set a maximum and have reached it) or Paused by your rule (a demand rule says nothing will sell before a delivery could arrive).
A product you have turned Forecasting off for (see the guide on demand rules and forecast edits) shows Not suggested on its page and stays off the reorder list.
More than one location
By default the sum is for the whole shop: stock at any location counts against sales at every location. If you have two or more locations, you can change this in Settings, then Buying, then Forecasting, under Stock at several locations. The choices are Whole shop: stock anywhere counts for every location (default) and Per location: each location covers its own sales. With Per location, stock a location holds beyond what it will sell over the order window (the lead time plus the days of stock you order) is not counted against the other locations.
To move stock to where it sells, see the guide on moving stock between locations.
Overdue orders
An order that is long past its expected date stops counting as stock on the way, so the product does not quietly drop off the list. The explanation names the order so you can chase it.