Order Cadence

Order on Your Schedule, Not Your Inventory's

Most inventory tools tell you what to reorder as if every supplier can take an order every day. ReplenishRadar also tracks when you actually buy. Every Monday, the 1st and 15th, quarterly for overseas suppliers, or a rhythm inferred from your purchase order history. We calculate what you need to last until the next real order window.

How It Works

1. Set or confirm each supplier rhythm. Weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, or a suggested cadence inferred from prior POs.
2. Review the right window. Quantities are calculated to carry you through the next order window, grouped by supplier, with lead time and cutoff awareness.
3. Approve and send. ReplenishRadar prepares the draft and nudges you when demand is outrunning the schedule. You still control the send.

If you are trending to run out before your next scheduled window, you get an alert. If not, your picklist is just ready when you are.

Why This Matters

Different suppliers have different rhythms. Your domestic supplier takes weekly orders. Your factory in China ships quarterly. Your 3PL restocks FBA on the 1st and 15th.

Without Order Cadence, you are either checking inventory constantly or ordering reactively after something stocks out. With Order Cadence, you review the vendors that matter this week, send the draft when it is right, and move on.

What Gets Calculated

For each order window, ReplenishRadar factors in:

• Sales velocity since your last order
• Current stock levels across all locations
• Lead time for this supplier
• Safety stock based on demand variability
• Minimum order quantities and case pack constraints
• In-transit inventory that has not arrived yet
• Approval timing so late-day or outside-window sends are called out before they become stockout risk

The result: exactly how many units to order from each supplier to cover you until your next window.

Real Examples

Domestic supplier, weekly orders. You order every Monday. ReplenishRadar calculates you need 6 units of SKU-A, 12 of SKU-B, and 0 of SKU-C (you have enough). Monday morning, open the app, review the picklist, send it. Done until next Monday.

China supplier, quarterly orders. You place one large order every 3 months. ReplenishRadar calculates the quantities to last the full quarter, accounting for seasonal demand changes and the 45-day shipping lead time. For direct-to-FBA POs, the receiving plan stays connected to your FBA inbound workflow so the PO and Amazon replenishment plan do not drift apart.

FBA restocking, biweekly. You send inventory to Amazon on the 1st and 15th. ReplenishRadar tells you how many units to send based on FBA sell-through rates, current FBA stock, and in-transit shipments.

Why This Is Different

Most planning tools start with one question: "How much should I order?" ReplenishRadar answers the operational version: "How much should I order right now to last until the next order day for this supplier?" That requires knowing your schedule, not just your stock levels.

Related Features

• Purchase Orders - Generate and manage POs from your picklist
• Demand Forecasting - The forecasts that power your order quantities
• Action Center - Get alerted when you are trending to run out early