FAQ
- The forecasts don’t look right – why is that?
- My other system has a reorder point too. Which value should I use - that, or StockTrim’s?
- Can StockTrim update my data automatically?
- How often should I use StockTrim?
- Does StockTrim consider out of stock days historically?
- How does StockTrim forecast growth in retail orders and wholesale orders separately?
- Process of adding future ad-hoc order in to scenario plan potential order andother impacts on stock availability in that region. If there are shipping delays or stock constraints, how can these be accounted for in the forecast
- StockTrim is showing data load errors. What is causing it?
- Often we have to order from our suppliers with MOQ of 1000 with pre-scheduled drop qty and dates, can I put this information in StockTrim?
- What is buffer stock?
- How do I set the Minimum Order Quantity?
- Does StrockTrim know when we ran out of stock in a given period, and therefore considers that in the forecasting?
- StockTrim is telling me I have excess stock of an item with little to none on hand. Why is that?
- Do new items need to have any sales history before they appear in StockTrim
- What if I have a new product with no sales – how do I forecast that?
- How can I exclude obsolete or discontinued products from the analysis?
- Does StockTrim account for finished goods on the shelf when suggesting the order quantities for components?
- When manufacturing items, how does StockTrim deal with sub-assemblies?
- When manufacturing items, how does StockTrim calculate the required order quantities for components and finished goods?
- I have different locations – how do I know how much to stock at each place?
- Does StockTrim respond to increasing sales, seasonal trends, and new trends?
- I’ve updated my settings but the numbers like lead times or forecasts aren’t updating – why is that?
- The forecasts don’t look right – why is that?
- If I manually set my lead time, will this be overwritten the next time I reload my data?
- What if I want to order in increments – eg: if the lead time is 90 days but I want to review and order every 30 days
- What’s the difference between lead time and forecast period?
- I have different suppliers with different lead times – how can I deal with that?
- StockTrim won’t let me overwrite the lead time. It keeps going back to the default. Why is that?
- How should I set my lead time?
- Where does the lead time come from?