Before more stock is sent
One store asks for more.
Another already has it.
The request might become a supplier order or another draw from the central warehouse. Either way, first ask whether the network already holds the right stock.
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Store 27 asks for
40
more units
To reach 20 days of cover.
Store 12 holds
40
above target
Beyond its own 20 days of cover.
A possible transfer.
Move the excess.
Keep both stores covered.
Not everything in the slower store should move. Here, it keeps 20 units and sends the other 40 to the store that needs them.
Store 12
1 unit sold per day*60 units
20 for its own cover. 40 above target.
Store 27
2 units sold per day*0 units
40 needed to reach twenty days of cover.
Each block = 5 units. Red blocks are the 40 units being considered for transfer.
What this example assumes
*Selling rates are daily sales when the item was available. The 20-day cover target, €20 unit cost and €50 selling price are illustrative, not StokSmart defaults or customer results. The stock is assumed saleable and available. Timing, reservations, transport costs and transfer restrictions still need checking.
€800stock value at cost
40 units × €20
€2,000estimated additional sales
40 units × €50
Cost value and sales opportunity are not the same.
The €2,000 is an illustrative ceiling if all 40 units sell at €50 after the transfer. It is not booked revenue, recovered cash or a customer result.
“But that store really does need more.”
Yes. The question is whether you need to buy or send more before balancing what is already there.
Finding the other store is the work.
This is inventory rebalancing: matching excess stock in one store with a shortage in another before buying more or drawing again from the central warehouse.
Some retailers set a fixed minimum and maximum for each store. Others adapt the target using sales, seasonality and store performance. StokSmart uses that operating context to propose where available stock could create more value.
Your team gets a transfer draft to review, not just a total to worry about.
- From
- Store 12
- To
- Store 27
- Units to consider
- 40
- Stock value at cost
- €800
- Target at destination
- 20 days
- Estimated sales opportunity
- €2,000*
- AI draft preparedIn the retailer's ERP format
- Edit or approveA person checks the proposal
- Send to ERPOnly the approved draft moves on
Proposed. Not moved.
Your team confirms the stock, timing, costs and restrictions before deciding. The decision arrives prepared, so the reviewer is not building the transfer line by line.
Worth a look before more stock is ordered or sent?
Start with the excess, its value at cost, the estimated sales opportunity and the proposed move. Then review what each store would keep.
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Bring whoever decides stock transfers. Finance and Operations should see the same picture.