Overview
The Restocking Insights dashboard helps you identify which products need to be reordered — and how urgently. Rather than showing raw stock-on-hand levels, it calculates demand-driven metrics to tell you how long each product will last at its current rate of sale, and when you should place an order to avoid running out.
You can access the full Restocking Insights dashboard at wms.starshipit.com/dashboard/restocking. A summary card is also shown on the main Operations dashboard at wms.starshipit.com/dashboard/operations.
What Restocking Insights shows
For each product that is actively selling, the dashboard shows:
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| Status | A visual indicator of urgency — for example, critical, warning, or healthy. |
| Available stock | Current available quantity (on hand minus committed orders minus reserved stock). This is what is genuinely free, not just raw SOH. |
| Daily burn rate | How many units are being consumed per day, based on stock movement history over the last 30 days. |
| Days until stockout | At your current burn rate, how many days until available stock reaches zero. |
| Recommended order-by date | The latest date you should place a purchase order to receive stock before running out, based on your product's lead time. |
| Projected stockout date | The calendar date on which available stock is expected to reach zero. |
You can click into any product to see an expanded chart showing daily consumption trends and how the projection was calculated.
How the calculation works
Restocking Insights is a demand-driven view — it only includes products with a positive burn rate (products that are actually selling). Products with zero movement are excluded, so the focus stays on items that genuinely need attention.
The calculation uses:
- Available stock (on hand minus committed demand and reserved stock) — not raw SOH.
- 30-day stock movement history to establish a daily burn rate.
- Per-product lead times (configured on the product) to calculate the recommended order-by date.
Because it uses available stock rather than on-hand stock, the view accounts for stock that is already committed to pending orders — giving a more accurate picture of what is genuinely available to sell.
Exporting restocking data
Use the CSV export on the Restocking Insights dashboard to download current restocking data for all products. This is useful for:
- Sharing a reorder list with your procurement team or supplier
- Importing into a purchasing system
- Finance reviews of upcoming inventory spend
Setting product lead times
The Recommended order-by date calculation depends on lead times configured per product. To make this date accurate:
- Open the product in the Products section.
- Set the lead time (in days) — this is the usual number of days between placing an order and stock arriving in your warehouse.
- Save the product.
Products without a lead time configured will show a projected stockout date but may not show a meaningful recommended order-by date.
Using the Operations dashboard summary
The Operations dashboard at wms.starshipit.com/dashboard/operations includes a restocking summary card that shows a count of products needing attention. This gives a quick daily check without needing to open the full restocking view. Click through to see the full product-level detail when needed.
FAQ
Restocking Insights only includes products with a positive burn rate — products that have had stock movements (sales) over the last 30 days. Products with no recent demand, or products that are not currently available, will not appear. This keeps the view focused on active stock.
On hand is the total physical stock in your warehouse. Available is on hand minus stock that is already committed to pending orders and minus any reserved quantities. Restocking Insights uses available stock so the burn rate and stockout projection reflect genuine sellable inventory, not stock that is already spoken for.
Open the product record in the Products section and enter the lead time in days. This is the typical number of days from placing a purchase order to receiving the stock in your warehouse.
Not automatically. The dashboard gives you the information to make purchasing decisions and the CSV export lets you share that list with your procurement team. Purchase orders are created manually in the Inbound section.