Identify Products About to Stock Out
Stockouts cost revenue and damage customer trust. Alfred gives you two ways to see what's about to run out: a detailed forecast with configurable velocity and growth, or a quick snapshot sorted by weeks of supply. Use the forecast for planning and the snapshot for a daily pulse check.
Option 1: Detailed forecast with velocity & growth controls
RecommendedGo to Inventory Forecasting from the left navigation.
Set the Forecast period to match your planning horizon (e.g., 'Next 30 days' or 'Next 60 days').
Set the Velocity window to control how sales velocity is calculated (e.g., 'Last 30 days' for recent trends).
Optionally set an 'Est. Growth' percentage if you expect demand to increase (e.g., 10% for upcoming promotion).
Sort the table by 'Est. Stockout' date ascending — products stocking out soonest appear at the top.
Review the 'Stockout Lost Sales' column to see the financial impact of each potential stockout.
Select at-risk products and click 'Start Purchase Order' to begin reordering immediately.
Option 2: Quick snapshot by Weeks of Supply
Go to Product Planner → Inventory Snapshot tab.
Sort the table by 'WOS' (Weeks of Supply) ascending.
Products with 0-2 weeks of supply need immediate attention.
Check the 'Vel/Day' column to confirm the product is actually selling (low WOS with 0 velocity means it's already stocked out, not about to be).
Pro Tips
- 💡The Dashboard's 'Est. Revenue at Risk' card gives you a daily summary without navigating to Forecasting.
- 💡Set up Inventory Alerts to receive automatic email notifications when products drop below your reorder threshold.
- 💡If a product was recently out of stock, its velocity may be understated — the forecasting engine normalizes by in-stock days to account for this.
- 💡Check 'Inbound' column in Forecasting to see if a PO is already on the way before placing a new order.