Connect retailer demand, production releases, and inbound ETAs before committing promotional stock.
Where this helps
A promotion forecast may be fully covered in aggregate while one distribution center runs short. Supply teams need to account for location, quality release, and arrival date rather than total stock alone.
What Rectangle connects
Join retailer orders and promotional forecasts with ERP allocations, warehouse available inventory, production release dates, and transport ETAs. Treat forecast demand separately from firm orders to avoid double counting. Test transfer and expedite options against the retailer’s receiving windows.
Check DC coverage Total requirement: 2,400 cases, including existing firm orders
- 1,300 released and available · 800 inbound by Friday
- Projected available: 2,100 · gap: 300 cases.
- Unreleased production is excluded from available supply.
A closer look
Connect retailer demand, production releases, and inbound ETAs before committing promotional stock.
Find a recovery option A 300-case transfer from Central DC closes the promotion gap.
- Required stock: 2,400 cases, including existing firm orders.
- Available and inbound by Friday: 2,100 cases.
- Proposed transfer: 300 cases at an estimated $240 freight.
Central has 600 cases above protected demand, so it retains 300 after the transfer. Friday pickup and Sunday delivery need confirmation.
From answer to action
The assistant highlights the DCs with a time-phased shortage and the actions that could close it. Supply planners can review a transfer, split shipment, or revised allocation while sales sees the commitments that still depend on release or transit milestones.
Prepare the allocation East DC coverage: 2,100 + 300 = 2,400 cases
- Draft transfer linked to the promotion.
- Receiving slot and origin release need confirmation.
- Sales brief distinguishes confirmed supply from the proposed transfer.
Make promotional commitments against inventory that can actually reach the right DC on time.
