Planning
See stockouts before they happen.
Project stock from current inventory, customer demand, incoming purchase and manufacturing orders, safety stock and optional forecast demand. Then create the purchase or production work needed to close the gap.
What it helps you do
What your team can do in Olonka.
See when the gap begins
Find the first stockout date and the lowest projected stock in the selected period.
See the quantity still missing
Read the shortfall after current stock, confirmed demand and expected supply are applied.
Create the order you need
Use buy or make suggestions to create draft purchase or manufacturing orders.
Projection
Read the stock position across the period that matters.
Planning starts with recorded stock, subtracts customer demand and adds confirmed incoming supply on the dates it is expected. View the result by day, week, or month.
- See the first date projected stock falls below the required level.
- Review the minimum projected stock and the quantity missing at that point.
- Change the date range and grouping to move from near-term action to a wider view.
Planning inputs
Keep confirmed work separate from assumptions.
Open sales orders, purchase orders and manufacturing orders provide dated demand and supply. Safety stock and a manual forecast can add the extra demand your team wants the plan to protect against.
- Use safety stock as the minimum quantity you want to preserve.
- Add manual forecast demand when known future demand is not yet an order.
- Keep incoming purchase and production quantities on their expected dates.
Replenishment
Create the next purchase or production order from the shortage.
A suggestion states what to replenish, how much is needed and when the supply needs to arrive or the work needs to start. The planner chooses whether to act on it.
- Use buy suggestions for products or materials supplied by a vendor.
- Use make suggestions for products your team produces.
- Create a draft purchase order (PO) or manufacturing order (MO) for review.
Planning workflow
From projected shortage to reviewed draft order.
The planner can see the inputs behind a shortage before choosing the next action.
Choose the view
Select the location, date range and daily, weekly, or monthly grouping.
Review the projection
Check first stockout, minimum projected stock and the dated demand and supply behind them.
Inspect the suggestion
Confirm the proposed quantity and the date the purchase or production work is needed.
Create a draft
Send the suggestion to a draft purchase or manufacturing order, then review it before release.
Start with the item that runs short first
Make the next shortage visible while there is time to act.
Bring together stock, dated demand and incoming supply, then review the first replenishment suggestion.