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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