BEFORE Manual Process AFTER FITH Inventory Tool — Automated VS YES NO Wait until next week START New week begins MANUAL Check Shopify admin for recent orders MANUAL Pull inventory levels from Shopify / spreadsheet MANUAL Estimate sell-through rate gut feel / Excel DECISION Is stock getting low? MANUAL Calculate reorder quantity manually MANUAL Email or call 3PL warehouse in Texas WAIT 3PL confirms & updates inventory (days of delay) MANUAL Update spreadsheet manually RISK Stockout risk — no early warning system END Reactive ordering complete TRIGGER Shopify webhook fires AUTO Ingest order data in real-time AUTO Velocity = units sold ÷ days in stock (not total) AUTO Weighted velocity 60% / 30% / 10% tiers AUTO Detect suppressed demand flag OOS > 7 days in 30d AUTO Calculate reorder point (lead time × velocity) + safety AUTO Generate suggested order qty (coverage × vel.) − stock − transit ALERT Email alert sent stock at reorder threshold DASHBOARD Team reviews dashboard replenishment recommendations ACTION Admin approves order with 1 click END Proactive ordering complete ⚠ Hours per week ⚠ Error-prone ⚠ No demand history ⚠ No suppressed demand ⚠ Missed sales — stockouts ✦ Real-time ✦ Demand-adjusted ✦ Suppressed demand detection ✦ Stockout prevention ✦ Minutes, not hours REACTIVE — HOURS OF MANUAL WORK — STOCKOUT RISK AUTOMATED — REAL-TIME — PROACTIVE REPLENISHMENT
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MANUAL step
DECISION
WAIT state
RISK node
TRIGGER / END
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ALERT (glowing)
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Loop / decision arrow