Hey there, Inventoro users!

We're excited to announce a subtle yet powerful improvement to our replenishment part that's sure to enhance your user experience.

Introducing the upgraded Replenishment table with purchase order recommendations - now fully customizable to your preferences!

🔧 Column Resizing: Adjust column widths to suit your needs and optimize your view. Check out this gif for a quick tutorial:

📌 Column Reordering: Want to rearrange the columns? No problem! Simply use the small pin icon to pick your preferred order. Here's a quick guide to get you started: 

These improvements are designed to make your replenishment process smoother, more efficient, and tailored to your unique workflow. We believe that a better-organized table means better decision-making and happier users.

As always, we're committed to continually enhancing your Inventoro experience. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via chat in the app.

Happy replenishing!

Tomas

Dear Customers,

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our latest big feature, merging multiple data sources!

Merge connections is designed to connect different data sources to your Inventoro account. For example, you can add a Shopify store (e-commerce platform) and then combine it with your CIN7 account (IMS). You can just take sales history from the online shop and enhance this data with inventory attributes from IMS like on-hand inventory, purchase orders in transit, list of suppliers, etc.

Or you can have as many data sources as you want and aggregate them into one single company-level view. As you can see in the image below. 

The main idea behind this feature is that you can merge data from multiple sources.

#1 Create a new merge

If you have more than one connection you will find this feature in the User profile > API Settings. You will start the process by clicking on the blue button called Merge.

#2 Choose a data connection for merging

Once you have several data connections you can choose which one you want to add to merge by selecting the one and clicking Add to merge.

#3 Choosing the right logic for data merging

You can edit the name for every connection to distinguish which one is which. You have to choose one primary data source which will be the main source for a list of products etc. And the rest of the connection will be merged using this main/primary data source.

You can enable or disable the following attributes for every single data source.

STOCK

By this, you’ll allow Inventoro to take on hand inventory from this data connection.

SALES

Here you can give Inventoro instructions to take the whole sales history. For example, if you are combining data from an e-commerce platform you can choose that only sales transactions will be handled from this connection.

PRODUCTS

You can enable/disable product merging. 

FUTURE DELIVERY

Permission to take purchase orders in transit. 

You can also create a name for this new merge level. You have to choose which one of your warehouse locations is the central warehouse.

You can easily choose the main currency.

And then we have two very important choices. 

Only aggregated data

You can choose if you want to create just a centralized level. So, you can’t see sales forecasts per different data sources in this variation. You will see just aggregated level for example for the whole company without any drill down to original data.

Order from merged warehouse

By this choice, you can let Inventoro propose automatically purchase order recommendations for this new virtual warehouse. 

By leaving both of the boxes untagged you will create the merged warehouse, but the original data sources will still be there and the new warehouse will not be used for replenishment. 

If you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our dedicated support team via the chat in the app.

Have a great day!

Hi Inventoro users,

we have some news! You ask, we deliver! Many of you requested the possibility to filter purchase order recommendations for 24 months or with the custom filter.

You can find this at the bottom of the Time filter in the Replenishment. See the image below.

You can easily pick a date from and date till. Inventoro automatically filters just PO recommendations withing this time interval.

Click here to try this feature immediately!

Have a great day!

At the beginning of the new week, we have some minor improvements in our product. 

Data integration is a challenging task, you know. It’s a communication machine to machine and literally, this can be zillions of small jobs. So we’ve prepared a status of your data integration, see the image below. 

Here you can find a short description of all statuses:

Examples of different statuses.

The second improvement is an option to create your own name for the data integration.

For example here you can see how to rename the connection after click on the edit button.

In the case you have many different connections, for example, 6 Shopify stores for 6 different countries and several connections with your logistics partners (fulfillment, 3PL) you can create your own names to every single connection to have everything under control.

Have a nice week!

Tomas

Our team has been working on designing a brand-new version of the Forecast adjustment for a while.

From now on, you will see a number of different adjustments right on the main screen of the Forecast.

See here:

On the detail, you will see all your current adjustments across the whole company on different levels like warehouses, sales categories, or even products.

This version of the forecast adjustment gives you greater control and flexibility in managing your business. We believe this will be a valuable addition to our platform and we are confident it will help you achieve your goals. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to your feedback.

Have a nice day!

Tomas

Hey Inventoro users,

another day another new feature. This one is super important especially these days of the lack of availability of products on the side of suppliers, continuously increasing variability in lead times and ongoing delaying in delivery, etc. You probably know these situations better than us.

You can filter your portfolio of Winners&Loser for a specific supplier. 

What are the benefits of this feature?

• as a product manager, you can deeper understand your portfolio
• you can compare suppliers
• you can use this profiling in negotiating with the supplier about new prices and conditions
• you can optimize your portfolio based on the top results 

We hope this will be helpful for you.

Have a nice day!

Hey Inventoro users,

we have a new feature here. As you probably know we are very focused on real benefits. With the first touch with your data, we can calculate the actual availability of your products, potential increase in monthly revenue, and decrease in working capital by optimization. You can find these KPIs by clicking on the golden bricks in the top right corner.

We just added a possibility to track these KPIs during the time. 

1.Current availability of products

This number shows your current availability of products and the percentage of those products available for sale, which also indicates how much of your products are not for sale. . The lower the number is the bigger problem you have. The difference between 100% and this value represents lost opportunity. 100% means that everything your customers need to buy is available in your inventory.

2. Lost monthly revenue

The second line translates current product availability into value, showing you how much money you're losing in lost revenue each month.

Monthly lost sales is a valuation or potential of your current stock unavailability. It is the potential you could achieve in addition if you had the right structure and amount of inventory. Basically, this is the potential that Inventoro can help you with and is its goal. 

3. Inventory reduction potential

The last part shows you how much money you have in Overstock. It shows you the opportunity to reduce your inventory in value. Remember that this is calculated based on your own data, so once you improve those numbers, you‘ll see the progress in the app. You can watch as the value of your deadstock decreases over time.

Hope you'll enjoy this feature a lot.

Have a nice day!

Hey Inventoro users,

We are introducing Custom data exports. A new, exciting way to leverage data from Inventoro.

Everything you can see in our app and even more can be considered as a piece of information that can be automatically exported every single day. Now we give you the solution to download these reports and even use them for your automation processes.

What data set can I use for automatic exports?

The best part is that you can export anything you want. Simply give us the criteria and we will prepare the export for you. There are many reasons why you would need to prepare an export report, but we have highlighted a few to spark your inspiration.

• See a historical report of sales for each SKU in sales as well as quantity.
• See your inventory forecast in quantity as well as stock value and understand if you will ever face inventory space struggles in the near future.
• See what has been your excess inventory over time and really understand what is standing in the way of your business.
• See your maximum inventory value in quantity as well as value over time.
• See how your forecast accuracy changes over time.
• Identify SKUs with sporadic demand across your entire portfolio

And we could go on and on. The possibilities are endless. The best part is that all these exports can be done on the level of SKUs, products, sales categories, suppliers, or warehouses. It is only up to you.

Is this service paid?

Yes, it is. It will cost you 25 USD/month for which you will get up to 3 reports generated on a daily basis. We can send you these reports in a CSV file, or directly via an API. Any other report above the limit of three will cost 15 USD/month.

How do I order this?

Right now, this is a request-only service. If you are interested in advanced reporting, simply send us an email to help@inventoro.com explaining what exactly you need. We will set it up in the back end and you’ll be set to go.

Hey Inventoro fans,

this is a kind of small but handy feature. All of you probably know the Replenishment where you can easily see the list of items proposed to purchase from your suppliers. We have a quite robust optimization engine that is able to calculate the optimum quantity needed in time for every SKU in your portfolio.

We just added a small green icon for every row in this table. If you click on this icon you’ll see the complete overview of historical sales, sales and inventory forecast, and level of safety stock. So basically you can quickly validate the optimum quantity for purchase. 

See you soon.

Hey Inventoro users 💙 ,

We have something special for you today and it’s is a pretty big announcement. Last month we worked on the Edit Arena and launched it in the app. So what is the Edit Arena?

The Edit Arena is a new part of Inventoro, where you can manage pretty much any product attribute inside of Inventoro. Things like MOQ, specific lead times, and packaging can now be set per SKU (see the complete list below). You can even set product predecessors or take out products from everyday recommendations altogether. 

Where you can find Edit arena? In Strategy Settings > Edit arena. Or just click here.

The Edit Arena is a tool designed for advanced inventory management. You can change parameters on any SKU or do bulk changes on groups of products. We have prepared some pretty advanced filters for you to set your product groups anyhow you need. By warehouse, by supplier, brand, collection, or much more. 

There are so many use cases for this:

• 💪 Exclude drop shipping products from order proposals
• 💪 Adjust order proposals to specific cubic meters to fit containers or other spaces
• 💪 Set expiration dates for fresh and super fresh products
• 💪 Set predecessors for new products, which replace older models
• 💪 And we could continue like this for the rest of the day. The possibilities are endless. 

And now finally. Here is the full list of settings you can do on any SKU or a group of SKUs defined by your filter.

1. You can edit suppliers or even create new ones and select which part of the portfolio you would like to purchase from them.
2. You can set different Minimum order quantities per SKU. 
3. You can set different Packing per SKU and Inventoro will automatically round purchase order proposal to this specific number. For example, you are ordering wine from a wine producer and they are enabling you to order just multiple six because in packing you have to have 6 bottles of wine.
4. The “Order” attribute represents if you would like to let Inventoro propose you optimum quantity to purchase or not. Anyway if you would like to stop ordering just set Order to No.
5. Attribute Visible represents your choice for total excluding these items from Inventoro. They won’t be a part of lists, reports, forecasts, purchase order proposals and so on.
6. Is your case that you would like to hold at least 1 piece for the item you are buying from one supplier? This is sometimes a part of the deal if you would like to achieve a better price. So you can easily set the Minimum inventory to 1. Inventoro will keep an eye on this and will look after that you have at least 1 piece no matter what.
7. Expirations in days are perfect for companies who have to deal with short expirations. For example dairy, grocery, pharma, brewery, etc. A good example is a simple yogurt where expiration dates are in just a few days. Inventoro will optimize inventory to cover just this specific expiration date and will eliminate write-offs because of expiration.
8. We have prepared specific settings for the Purchase order period and lead time for SKUs. For example, the lead time for the whole supplier could be 40 days but for a specific part of their portfolio the lead time will be 80 days. 
9. You can set weight in kilograms and volume in m3 per SKU. This is a preparation for our new feature where Inventoro can create a purchase order with automatic utilization of for example one 20” feet container, 40” or even 40” high cube container.
10. Last but not least is support for predecessors. Imagine that you’ve just added completely new products to your portfolio. With zero sales data, zero information. If you link these new products to current (existing) items, Inventoro will automatically utilize sales history from these predecessors and be able to create consistent forecasts from day 1.

How to work with the available filters?

We have prepared a bunch of different filter you can use for choosing the right part of your portfolio.

Direct pick from a list:

Fulltext in product name, sales category, supplier etc.:

Mathematical operations:

Yes/no attribute:

Bulk edit

If you want to change for example Minimum order quantity for all SKUs in the filter you can use the input in the first row as below

And then confirm the change to all selected SKUs.

Have a great day!