How to manage suppliers, create professional purchase orders, forecast demand from sales velocity, and keep Shopify inventory accurate — without spreadsheets.
Shopify has no native PO system. Here's the full step-by-step: add a supplier, create a PO, send it, and receive stock directly into Shopify inventory — in under 10 minutes.
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Stocky was retired with no direct replacement. Here's what merchants lost, what Shopify built in its place, and which apps actually fill the gap — compared honestly.
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Five apps compared across 12 features — purchase orders, demand forecasting, multi-location, and supplier management. Which one is right for your store size?
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EZStock vs. Prediko vs. Trunk vs. Shopventory — which app wins for POs, which for forecasting, and which for multi-channel sync. Plus: what to use after Stocky was retired.
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The real cost of spreadsheets: staff time, stockout revenue losses, receiving errors, and the ROI case for switching.
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The negotiation tactics, documentation, and supplier relationship strategies that give merchants better terms over time.
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Turnover, days of supply, stockout rate, fill rate, carrying cost, and reorder point accuracy — what each measures and how to improve it.
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The sales velocity formula, how to translate it into reorder quantities, seasonal adjustments, and how EZStock automates the forecast per SKU.
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How to calculate days of supply and inventory turnover rate, benchmarks by category, and the clearance sequence that recovers margin without destroying your brand.
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The simplified safety stock formula with worked examples, how to adjust by product type, and how to configure it in EZStock's reorder point system.
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BFCM is 6 months away. Most merchants order too late and run out of stock. Here's the exact planning timeline, formulas, and purchase order workflow to prepare now.
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Reorder points tell you exactly when to restock before you run out. Here's the formula, how to adjust it for BFCM and summer peaks, and how to set it up in Shopify.
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June is the best time to audit your Shopify inventory. Clear dead stock, recalculate reorder points, and lock in suppliers before BFCM orders go out.
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How to manage inventory across the full seasonal arc — summer clearance, back-to-school, BFCM stock build-up, holiday rush, and January reset.
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