Inventory & Supply Chain

Know which buying decisions need attention today

Inventory & Supply Chain combines planning rules and supplier knowledge with agents that prepare buying priorities, purchase-order drafts and shortage warnings.

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Inventory & Supply Chain overview

The reasoning behind the planning report

Planning reports list suggested actions. Your buyer knows which lead times are wrong, which supplier needs a call and which exception could interrupt production or delay a shipment.

Planning rules and exceptions

The planning method and stock parameters for each item, including how buyers review and release suggested actions.

Suppliers and backup sources

Approved suppliers and their delivery history, with alternative sources and outside changes that could disrupt supply.

Delivered cost and tariffs

Freight, duties and tariff exposure by part, including the country-of-origin information behind the calculation.

Lots and expiration

Which stock needs lot or serial tracking, which lots are on hold and when shelf life limits use.

Stock accuracy and health

Location and counting rules, receiving discrepancies and options for excess or slow-moving inventory.

Worked example

Stock cover falling short of supplier lead time

Inventory records show stock and the job record shows demand. The purchasing manager’s lead-time note reveals that replenishment will arrive after stock runs out.

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Question · Purchasing

Do we need to reorder part 4410-B this week?

Proposed work

47 units at 15 per week provide just over three weeks of stock, short of the four-week delivery window. Prepare an expedited-delivery inquiry for the buyer to review. Ask the planning owner to review the recorded three-week lead time; a supplier must confirm any earlier delivery.

Sources used

Record or approved rule
Stock record INV-4410-B · Inventory
47 units on hand; reorder point 60; no open purchase orders; recorded planning lead time is three weeks.
Record or approved rule
Job WO-01247 · Manufacturing
The standing order consumes 15 units of 4410-B per week.
Captured team knowledge
Supplier note · Captured from the purchasing manager
Allow four weeks for delivery; the supplier’s quoted three weeks excludes dispatch time.

Prepared for review. The responsible person approves changes under your company’s authority rules.

A person scanning a label on boxed stock

Supplier knowledge gets lost in a long planning report

Buyers may spend the morning checking planning output against facts only they know. CompanyOS turns the connected planning run into a short list of exceptions, with the supplier context and proposed next steps needed for a buying decision.

Work your team can review and use

Review a prioritized buying list with stock-cover exceptions
Review purchase-order drafts before release
Approve supplier follow-ups and expedited-delivery inquiries
Flag missing or incorrect planning lead times for correction
Review shortage risks, delivered costs and inventory exceptions

Buying decisions affect delivery and cash

Explore all domains

OperationsConnects material availability to production and shipment commitments. Products & ServicesChecks approved components and substitutions before a purchasing recommendation. Finance & AccountingConnects delivered costs, inventory value and purchasing commitments to cash planning.

Let’s start with one recurring problem.

Bring a shortage or buying decision your planning report does not explain. We’ll trace the stock, demand and supplier assumptions.

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