INVENTORY

Inventory as a
Competitive Advantage

Inventory turns stock from a cost center into your sharpest commercial weapon. AI-driven demand forecasting, margin-optimized allocation, and strategic positioning, so you build the right batches before the market moves, capture the best margin on every order, and never overpromise on something you can't deliver.

Instant
Margin-Optimized Allocation
30-Day
Demand Anticipation
Continuous
Working-Capital Optimization

What it takes off your desk.

The Inventory forecasting screen, showing how many products are tracked and their red, amber and green cover split, open purchase orders and total inbound value, above a table giving each product a cover band, a supply mix bar, thirty day demand, days of cover, average lead time and open purchase orders

What Runs Out First01 / 09

Problem

Nobody can say what runs out first without building a spreadsheet

The Inventory solution

Every product's cover, its inbound supply and its recent demand, on one screen that is already current.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory products screen, showing total stock in metric tons and total value at weighted-average cost above a list of products with stock on hand, quantity available, batch count, average age and the warehouses each one sits in

Stock On Hand02 / 09

Problem

Stock visibility arrives end of day, at best

The Inventory solution

Every product, every site and what it is worth, live rather than at close of business.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory batches screen, showing ten lots and their total value above a list of received lots with lot number, product, supplier SKU, warehouse, quantity in metric tons, cost per metric ton, currency and receipt date, one of them on hold with a release action

Lot Traceability03 / 09

Problem

When a customer asks which lot shipped, it is a phone call and a spreadsheet

The Inventory solution

Every received lot tracked from supplier receipt to shipment, at its own actual cost.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

A new Inventory purchase order, showing the supplier, currency, payment terms drawn from the tenant's ERP mapping, the Incoterm and its named place, freight and supplier discount, handling instructions, and one order line with its supplier SKU, tonnage, unit price and running subtotal

Purchase Orders04 / 09

Problem

Raising a purchase order means three systems and a rekey

The Inventory solution

Supplier, terms, Incoterms and line cost on one order your ERP already agrees with.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory procurement suggestions screen, showing how many products will run out before a re-order can land, and two critical recommendations each naming days of cover against the supplier lead time, quantity available and inbound, the reorder point and target, the projected shortfall, the preferred supplier and its terms, and a draft purchase order action

Demand Cover05 / 09

Problem

Stockouts are discovered after the order is committed

The Inventory solution

Cover measured against the supplier's real lead time, with the reorder already drafted.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory reconciliation screen, showing nine differences between ERP on-hand quantities and the platform's own, each named by its cause as a goods issue, goods receipt, count adjustment or transfer, against the lot and location it happened to, with the drift to three decimals and a review action

ERP Reconciliation06 / 09

Problem

Finance finds the difference at month end

The Inventory solution

Every drift between your ERP and what actually moved, named by cause the day it happens.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory sales orders screen, listing customers with their ship-to destination, item count, allocation status, order date and order reference

Order Intake07 / 09

Problem

Nobody can say which orders are waiting on stock without asking three people

The Inventory solution

Every order that has landed, with the ones still waiting on stock named on the list.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory allocations screen, showing each sales order matched to a specific batch number and warehouse with the allocated tonnage, its status and the strategy that chose the lot

Allocation08 / 09

Problem

Which lot goes to which customer lives in somebody's spreadsheet

The Inventory solution

Each order matched to the actual lot that will ship against it, by the rule you set.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

The Inventory deliveries screen, showing orders whose allocations are committed with an issue release action, above a list of deliveries with their sales order, requested date, carrier, line count and status

Release09 / 09

Problem

The warehouse hears about a shipment when the paperwork reaches it

The Inventory solution

Committed orders released to the carrier, with the delivery written back to your ERP.

Real screenshots of Inventory in the product, not mockups. The tenant data is a seeded demo.

How Inventory fits in our
AI-Native Infrastructure

One stock position. Every team aligned.See what Inventory shares with the applications around it.

Inventory in the platform

Explore a connection

Hover an app to see what connects it to Inventory. Click an app to explore its connections.

Focus to read the handoff. Press Enter to explore the app.
Inventory

One stock position. Every team aligned.

How Inventory fits in our AI-Native Infrastructure

InventoryPipeline

Backed promises

Pipeline quotes from live stock, so no order promises product you do not have.

Tap an app name to explore its connections.

  • Pipeline quotes from live stock, so no order promises product you do not have.

    Go to Pipeline
  • Every lot points to its Catalog product and shows that product's SKU detail.

    Go to Catalog
  • A mention on a sales order reaches your Workspace notifications.

    Go to Workspace
  • Batches and movements connect to ERP, finance, and stock consumers.

    Go to Nexus
  • Canopy decides the custom fields and records each person sees.

    Go to Canopy
  • Ask for lead time or stock by site and get it from the warehouse record.

    Go to Assistant

Elsewhere in the platform

TradePassStorefronts

Anticipate Demand Before It Hits

Build the right batches before the market moves.

Days of cover are measured against each supplier's real lead time, and the reorder is drafted before the gap opens, so you buy ahead of the shortfall instead of after it.

Demand ForecastingSupplier Lead TimeSmart Re-orderingWorking Capital

Capture Margin On Every Order

Highest-margin batch. Every time.

When a deal closes in Pipeline, Inventory picks the batch that maximizes margin. FIFO, Highest Margin, Quickest Arrival, or a rep's override, executed in under a second and anchored to an auditable snapshot.

Highest MarginFIFOQuickest ArrivalAuditable Allocation
THE EXECUTION CORE

Inventory that compounds.

Every batch, every allocation, every supplier outcome becomes structured data the platform learns from, turning inventory judgment into a compounding edge.

Supplier Scorecard

Every supplier rated on delivery reliability, cost variance, and product quality, based on the actual history of POs and receipts, not anecdote.

Multi-Warehouse Cross-Balance

Surface the rebalance moves that reduce overall carrying cost. Aged batches in one warehouse get matched to live demand in another.

Continuous Cost-Basis Accruals

Every received batch posts an accrual entry tied to supplier, PO, and actual cost.

The Outcome

A sales team that wins on margin, not just price. And a finance team that closes books continuously instead of at month-end.

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The way inventory used to be a cost center.

There's a new way to manage inventory.

Then
stock was counted, reconciled, and argued about after the fact.
Now
one position instead of three, with imbalances flagged before they cost margin.