Forecasts, reorder points and purchase orders, next to your channels.
Planning work is forecasting what will sell, deciding when to reorder, raising purchase orders and knowing what is where. If you are thinking of hiring someone to do it, start with what the work actually is, and whether it can sit in the same place as your orders and stock.
The planning work, in four parts
Most planning roles come down to the same four jobs. Here is how each one works in OmniOrders.
One
Forecasts
The forecasting engine blends 90-day velocity, lead time by supplier, seasonality curves, and current in-transit quantities to recommend reorder quantities and timing.
Two
Reorder points
Reorder-point rules trigger replenishment drafts long before a bestseller hits zero on your highest-margin channel. Threshold breaches fire Slack or email alerts to the right owner.
Three
Purchase orders
Approve a draft PO in one click, or let the automation engine cut POs directly to vendors when a SKU crosses its calculated reorder point. Import POs in bulk via CSV and track each shipment from creation through receiving.
Four
Inventory across locations
Track stock at the location level across in-house warehouses, 3PL nodes, retail backrooms, and Amazon FBA. Allocation rules decide which nodes feed which channels.
Why it belongs next to your channels
A forecast is only as good as the stock picture under it. In-transit stock, open POs and warehouse transfers roll into a single availability view, tied directly to reorder recommendations, and counts push to Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Etsy every 5–15 minutes or instantly with webhooks, with per-channel safety buffers applied automatically.
The Forecast tab on each SKU shows predicted stock needs, recommended reorder points and sales trends and patterns. Reorder points are calculated from lead time, safety stock and historical sales velocity, and forecasting frees the operations manager from weekly spreadsheet work.
Purchase orders, inter-warehouse transfers and demand forecasting are listed on the Standard plan. See pricing for the current plans. For the full picture of stock sync and allocation, read inventory management.
What changes when planning sits next to your orders and stock
Planning in spreadsheets
- Forecasts live in a spreadsheet that someone rebuilds every week
- In-transit units, open POs and 3PL transfers sit in separate files nobody trusts
- Reorder decisions depend on whoever has time to open the supplier tab
- Low-stock surprises surface after a bestseller is already out on your highest-margin channel
- Each warehouse and channel has its own number
Planning in one place
- Forecasts built from velocity, lead time, seasonality and in-transit quantities
- In-transit stock, open POs and warehouse transfers in a single availability view
- Reorder points drive replenishment drafts, with one-click approval
- Threshold alerts go to the right owner before a SKU runs out
- One stock ledger across locations, feeding every connected channel
Questions about inventory planning in OmniOrders
OmniOrders is software for the planning work itself: forecasts, reorder points, purchase orders and stock across locations. The forecasting engine blends 90-day velocity, lead time by supplier, seasonality curves and current in-transit quantities to recommend reorder quantities and timing, and you approve the draft POs or let the automation engine cut them.
Purchase orders, inter-warehouse transfers and demand forecasting are listed on the Standard plan. See the pricing page for the current plans.
Yes. In-transit stock, open POs and warehouse transfers roll into a single availability view, tied directly to reorder recommendations, and counts push to Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Etsy every 5–15 minutes or instantly with webhooks.
Start a free trial, or talk to sales if you want to walk through your own planning setup first. Shopify syncing works in the trial as long as your store is on a paid Shopify plan.
See it with your own channels connected
Start a free trial and connect the channels you already sell on, or talk to sales about your planning setup.
Or go straight to inventory management.