Stock is set by last year plus a feeling
Stock levels are set from last year and instinct.
Working capital sits in the wrong lines
ProductParts X
Parts Planner
Forecast parts demand, control stock levels and sell more of what matters.
Parts Planner exists to move one number: Improve Margin. Price to the market and stop the leaks you cannot currently see. Every AF-X product names the outcome it is there to move before it lists anything it does, and reports against that number once it is live.
Where stock and demand stop matching.
Three problems, in the words the buyer uses.
Fast lines run out while slow lines age on the shelf
Demand and stock are not matched line by line.
Lost sales on fast lines, cash tied up in slow ones
Nobody sees a demand change until the sales have gone
Changes show up only once sales have moved.
Reaction comes after the opportunity has passed
WHAT IT DOES
7 things it does.
Set stock levels from forecast demand rather than last year plus a feeling. Cash moves from slow lines to the ones that sell.
Demand forecast per line, per locationDemand projected line by line for each location.
Recommended min/max and reorder pointsReorder points calculated rather than guessed.
New-line and end-of-life handlingNew and dying lines planned differently from steady ones.
Stock redistribution between branchesSurplus at one branch covers a shortage at another.
Obsolescence risk scoringFlags stock at risk of never selling.
Service-level target against stock investmentShows what a given availability level costs to hold.
Forecast accuracy tracked against what happenedCompares the forecast against what actually sold.
Lower stock investment
Better availability
Less obsolescence
“Built for stock that earns its space.”
HOW IT FITS WHAT YOU ALREADY RUN
Bolts onto the system you run the business on.
Keep your core systems in charge.
Forecasts from the sales and stock history already in your system and writes recommended reorder points back per line and per location, so planning sits where buying happens.
Parts Planner reads from and writes back to:
- The stock system you run on
- Sales and demand history
- Branch stock and reordering
Connected systemsConnected
PRODUCTParts PlannerWorks with what you already run
The stock system you run on
Sales and demand history
Branch stock and reordering
