FITH Activewear — Internal Operations
Inventory Management:
Before vs. After
Manual reactive ordering → Automated proactive replenishment
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
START / END
MANUAL step
DECISION
WAIT state
RISK node
TRIGGER / END
AUTO step
ALERT (glowing)
Auto flow arrow
Loop / decision arrow