Restock to

Restock to is the number of days of stock you aim to have after a replenishment order arrives.

It decides how much Stockie suggests you order, not when. Lead time and safety stock decide when.

How the suggested quantity is worked out

1. Restock to is turned into units using sales velocity: restock to × sales velocity.
2. Lead time demand is added - what you expect to sell while you wait for the delivery: lead time × sales velocity. It is capped at the stock you hold or have on the way, since you cannot sell more than that.
3. Your current stock is taken off - available plus incoming, so stock already on order is counted.

suggested quantity = (restock to × velocity) + lead time demand − (available + incoming)

The result is never negative, and is rounded up to a whole unit.

Example

A variant selling 5 units a day, with a 14-day lead time, restock to of 90 days, and 200 units available with none on the way:

• Restock to in units: 90 × 5 = 450
• Lead time demand: 14 × 5 = 70
• Current stock: 200
• Suggested quantity: 450 + 70 − 200 = 320 units

Setting your default restock to

Go to Forecast & replenishment → Manage settings → Reordering  and edit Restock to on the Default settings card.

• It is a whole number of days, at least 1. The setup wizard starts it at 90 days, which covers about three months of stock.
• It has to be greater than lead time plus safety stock combined. At or below that, a delivery would land you back under your own reorder point, so Stockie asks you to raise it before saving.

How restock to affects ordering

A shorter restock to gives:

• Smaller, more frequent orders
• Less cash tied up in stock

A longer restock to gives:

• Larger, less frequent orders
• More cash committed to stock

The right setting depends on your cash flow, supplier minimum order quantities, storage space and how often you like to order.

Restock to per supplier or product

A supplier can carry its own restock to, and individual variants can too. These are set under product & supplier overrides. On a supplier or variant, Stockie lets you save a restock to at or below lead time plus safety stock, and shows a warning about the ordering pattern it will produce.

Where a variant has min/max levels, those levels decide how much to order instead. For how restock to works alongside lead time and safety stock, see Configuring reordering settings.