FAQ
- 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?
- My other system has a reorder point too. Which value should I use - that, or StockTrim’s?
- Can StockTrim update my data automatically?
- When should I use StockTrim?
- How do I know how much to order?
- How can I use StockTrim to save money with my inventory costs?