Purchase forecast

Order before you run out, not after

When content and creators push a product, demand jumps weeks before a container can arrive. SellerTiger turns real order data into a stock-out date and a reorder quantity per SKU, lays every purchase order on a timeline, and lets AI review the plan before you commit money.

Import timeline: production and transit bars per PO, a today line, late badges and the expected stock-out row.
Import timeline: production and transit bars per PO, a today line, late badges and the expected stock-out row.
Highlights

Know each SKU’s stock-out date and order in time — lead times, sale days and AI included.

01

Real sales rate, not a guess

Daily rate = half last 7 days + half last 30 days from actual orders (canceled and refunded excluded). When the shelf was nearly empty and the 90-day rate is clearly higher, sales were capped by stock — the rate is corrected from 90-day orders and marked.

02

Lead time per supplier

Each supplier carries its own production and transit days (sea, air, land, express); defaults are editable. Pipeline = production + transit, and every SKU shows “production Xd + transit Yd + safety Zd”.

03

Reorder point and stock-out date

Reorder point = daily rate × (pipeline + safety days); hero SKUs get a larger safety multiplier. Each SKU shows cover days, a “runs out” date and a suggested quantity rounded to your step and the supplier MOQ.

04

Six clear alert levels

Out · Critical (stock + on way + open POs run out before a new order can arrive) · Reorder (below reorder point) · OK · Overstock (more than N days of cover) · No sales. Clearance SKUs are never reordered.

05

Forecast that sees your marketing

Baseline demand = daily rate × trend (last 30 days vs the 30 before, damped) × KOL/content uplift (active creator deals and planned content linked to the SKU) × horizon, plus sale-day uplift and linked campaign days, minus stock, on-way and open POs.

06

Sale days built in

Upcoming double days (11.11 and 12.12 strongest), mid-month and payday windows add only the uplift above a normal month, and are listed on the forecast so the team sees why a number is higher.

07

AI reviews the baseline

One click sends the transparent baseline to a strong AI model: it returns its own quantity per SKU, a short reason and a risk tag (stock-out, overstock, data, spike), plus a summary that says whether anything needs air freight. Baseline and AI sit side by side; you choose.

08

Cart → PO → approval → arrival

Add alerts or forecast lines to a cart, create POs grouped by supplier, submit for approval. Approval books the committed cost in the ledger and creates a “send PO” task with a checklist; arrival books the actual cost, notifies the warehouse and opens a receive-and-count task.

09

Gantt timeline of every import

Each PO and import batch is a row: production bar to ETD, transit bar to ETA (ship or plane icon), estimated ETAs shown lighter, late POs flagged. A final row places every expected stock-out in the next 150 days on the same axis.

10

Alerts that reach people

Hourly: a hero SKU that turns critical or out notifies leaders the same hour. Daily: one digest of every critical / out SKU, so nothing silently stays red.

AI demand forecast: a transparent baseline formula, upcoming sale days and the AI summary of risks.
AI demand forecast: a transparent baseline formula, upcoming sale days and the AI summary of risks.
Purchase forecast

AI demand forecast: a transparent baseline formula, upcoming sale days and the AI summary of risks.

Purchase forecast

How it works

  1. 1Measure

    Orders give the daily rate, trend and stock-out correction per SKU.

  2. 2Plan

    Lead times, safety stock and cover target turn the rate into a reorder point, stock-out date and quantity.

  3. 3Forecast

    Sale days, campaigns, creator deals and planned content lift the baseline; AI reviews it and flags risks.

  4. 4Order

    Cart → supplier POs with landed cost → approval → ledger and tasks.

  5. 5Track

    The timeline follows production, shipping and arrival; receiving updates stock.

Purchase forecast

What each panel tells you

Cover days
Stock ÷ daily rate; cover incl. pipeline = (stock + on way + open POs) ÷ daily rate.
Suggested quantity
Daily rate × (pipeline + cover target) − position, rounded up to the step and MOQ.
Landed cost per piece
Goods in your currency (with FX) + freight + duty + other, spread over the PO quantity; air freight can be estimated from weight.
Expected stock-outs
SKUs that will run out with nothing ordered to cover them, sorted by date.

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