How-To Guides
Step-by-step workflows for the most common inventory management tasks in your Shopify store. Each guide walks you through the full process with multiple approaches when available.
Create a Purchase Order
Three ways to create purchase orders in Alfred — from a reusable plan, from forecast data, or manually. Learn which method fits your workflow.
3 approaches · 23 stepsIdentify Low-Performing & Slow-Moving Products
Use Alfred's product performance frameworks to find deadstock, slow movers, and underperformers in your Shopify store's inventory.
2 approaches · 12 stepsIdentify Products About to Stock Out
Two approaches to finding which Shopify products will run out of inventory soon — detailed forecasting or a quick snapshot view.
2 approaches · 11 stepsReceive Inventory & Update Shopify
Step-by-step guide to receiving a purchase order, running a stocktake, or making inventory adjustments — all synced directly to Shopify.
2 approaches · 16 stepsPlan for Seasonal Demand
Analyze sales trends, project seasonal demand with growth factors, and build purchase plans to prepare for peak periods.
1 approach · 8 stepsSet up Min/Max Thresholds
Configure per-variant minimum and target inventory levels at a location so Alfred can recommend reorders and inter-location rebalances by exception.
3 approaches · 17 stepsBalance Stock across Locations
Find transfer opportunities from locations with excess stock to locations below their minimum, then bulk-create draft transfers in one pass.
1 approach · 10 stepsCreate and Receive a Stock Transfer End-to-End
Walk a transfer from draft creation through final received shipment, including a multi-shipment example for transfers that ship in stages.
2 approaches · 15 stepsStocktake a Product at a New Location
Count and submit inventory at a location where Shopify shows the product as untracked. Alfred handles activation automatically.
1 approach · 6 stepsReplenish Stable Products by Exception
Use Purchase Thresholds plus the Min/Max Replenishment plan type to manage stable, predictable products on a 'reorder when below the trigger' rule.
1 approach · 9 steps