Just-in-time logic

Just-in-time logic helps reduce unnecessary stock holding by placing replenishment actions only when they are needed to meet demand. The system uses the forecasted date to decide when replenishment should be prepared.

The forecasted date is the earliest possible date that the product can be available if the replenishment process starts immediately. This date is calculated using the lead times related to the replenishment process, such as supplier lead time, purchase delay, or manufacturing lead time.

Important considerations:

• If this timing feels risky, add buffer time through lead time configuration.
• Reordering rules can still work without advanced lead time setup, but lead times provide better timing control.

Forecasted date and To Order quantity

To view forecasted replenishment information, open the replenishment screen and use the information option on the required line. The system displays the forecasted date and lead time details used for planning.

The To Order quantity represents the quantity that must be replenished based on the forecasted stock and demand within the planning window.

Common confusion about forecasted quantities

Demands due after the forecasted date may not appear in the immediate forecast quantity on the reordering rule. However, they can still be visible in the longer-term forecast report.

This means a product can show no immediate quantity to order even though future demand exists. The system shows the replenishment need only when it falls within the correct planning window.

Visibility days

Visibility days allow the system to look ahead for additional demand when a replenishment need is already due. This helps combine immediate and near-future requirements into a single replenishment action.

Visibility days are useful when consolidating replenishment can reduce transport costs, improve supplier ordering efficiency, or avoid repeated orders for the same product.

To use visibility days, show the Visibility Days field on the replenishment or reordering rule screen and enter the number of days the system should look ahead.

Example where visibility days is triggered

A product has a combined lead time of 30 days.

• November 4: Current date. The forecasted date is December 4.
• Sales Order 1: Requires the product by December 4.
• Sales Order 2: Requires the product by December 19.
• Sales Order 3: Requires the product by December 25.

If Visibility Days is set to 20, the system looks ahead from December 4 to December 24. Sales Order 2 can be included with Sales Order 1 in the same replenishment action. Sales Order 3 is outside the visibility window and is not included.

Example where visibility days is not triggered

Using the same product, if there is no demand on the forecasted date, visibility days do not create an early replenishment need by themselves.

• November 4: Current date. The forecasted date is December 4.
• No demand exists on December 4.
• Sales Order 2: Requires the product by December 19.

In this case, the system waits until the normal planning logic determines that replenishment is required. Visibility days only extend an existing replenishment need; they do not force an earlier one.

Auto Set Min/Max

The Auto Set Min/Max option is available on the warehouse setup. When enabled, the system can automatically create missing reordering rules for products transferred into that warehouse.

To use this option:

1. Navigate to Inventory → Configuration → Warehouses.
2. Open the required warehouse.
3. Enable Auto Set Min/Max.
4. Save the warehouse.
5. Process an internal transfer into that warehouse.

Warehouse-based replenishment access

Warehouse-based access can restrict users to the warehouses assigned to them. This helps warehouse teams work only with the replenishment and reordering records relevant to their responsibility.

Users with warehouse restrictions see and process only the allowed warehouse records. Users without these restrictions continue to work according to their normal access rights.