Most low-stock apps tell you you’re already out
That's too late. Reorder Point Alerts tells you "you'll be out in 8 days unless you order today." It accounts for:
- Your real demand, not catalog averages — every SKU has its own 30-day rolling velocity.
- Your incoming purchase orders, not just on-hand stock — when you have 4 on hand and 26 inbound, time-to-stockout is 30 days, not 4.
- Your supplier reality — set per-SKU target_days_for_reorder to 90 for overseas suppliers without inflating ordering everywhere else.
- The slow-movers you forget about — zero-velocity SKUs are excluded automatically, so the digest stays scannable.
What's in the digest
Every morning at 6 AM your time, a Slack digest grouped into three buckets:
- ORDER TODAY — SKUs with under 7 days of cover even accounting for inbound stock. Critical.
- ORDER THIS WEEK — SKUs with 7-14 days of cover. Action this week.
- PLAN AHEAD — SKUs with 14-30 days of cover. Get the PO drafted, no panic.
Each row shows: SKU, on-hand, on-order, recommended reorder qty (based on 30 days of velocity), and days to stockout. One scroll on your phone and you know what to do.
You also get:
- Per-SKU dashboard with override controls for lead time, safety factor, and target reorder window.
- An audit trail of every recommendation — useful for buying retrospectives.
- Optional inbound-PO feed via simple POST endpoint.
- Per-merchant kill switch — pause the digest in one click.
Who this is for
This app is for you if:
- You run a Shopify store with at least a few dozen SKUs that you actively manage.
- You've ever stocked out on a best-seller and watched the conversion rate crater for two weeks while you waited on the next container.
- You want a per-SKU view that respects your real lead times — not a "you're out" alert that fires after the damage is done.
It's not for you if:
- You sell mostly made-to-order or one-of-a-kind items where reorder quantity isn't a meaningful concept.
- You're already on a full-stack inventory ERP that handles this.