Help suppliers improve availability and reduce waste with operational data.
Each card previews a live report a retailer shares with a supplier through FluxConnect. Suppliers open them interactively and filter by period, persona, product and more. Figures are illustrative sample data.
Frequency and duration of stockouts per SKU per store.
Chilled dairy · 210 stores
Out-of-stock rate
4.1%
Category average
3.2%
Worst SKU
Greek 1kg
Weekly out-of-stock rate
%Insight. Out-of-stock rates are improving but still run a point above the category average.
Action. Raise the safety-stock setting on Greek 1kg, the SKU driving most lost sales.
Fill rate, on-time delivery, and order accuracy metrics.
Frozen · DC deliveries
Fill rate
96.4%
On-time delivery
92.0%
Order accuracy
98.1%
Service metrics vs target
TargetInsight. Fill rate and accuracy beat target, but on-time delivery sits three points short.
Action. Review the DC booking windows that drive most of the late frozen deliveries.
Percentage of time products are available on shelf over time.
Packaged bread · 210 stores
Availability
97.2%
▲+1.4 pts
Worst daypart
Late afternoon
Phantom stock
1.1%
On-shelf availability by week
%Insight. Shelf availability improved 1.4 points but still dips every late afternoon.
Action. Add a mid-afternoon bake-off top-up in the 50 highest-traffic stores.
Comparison of predicted vs. actual sales to improve future forecasting.
Soft drinks · 210 stores
Forecast accuracy
84%
Bias
Over 6%
Most volatile
Promo weeks
Forecast vs actual units by week
ForecastInsight. Forecasts track well in normal weeks but understate promotional spikes.
Action. Feed the promotion calendar into the forecast model to cut promo-week error.
Retailer's ordering cadence, quantities, and lead-time requirements.
Chilled dairy · ordering
Order frequency
5 / week
Average lead time
38 hrs
Order spikes
Thu, Fri
Average order volume by weekday
casesInsight. Ordering concentrates on Thursday and Friday, straining end-of-week production.
Action. Smooth volume by shifting longer-life lines to Monday and Tuesday orders.
Products returned or wasted by reason: expired, damaged, quality, or overstock.
Fresh produce · 210 stores
Waste rate
7.2%
Top reason
Expiry
Cost of waste
€156k
Waste and returns by reason
Insight. Over half of produce waste is expiry, pointing to over-ordering of short-life lines.
Action. Tighten order multiples on short-life produce and shorten the replenishment cycle.
Whether current case pack sizes match actual store-level demand.
Salty snacks · case packs
Mismatched SKUs
5
Overstock risk
€41k
Right-sized SKUs
23
Case pack vs weekly store demand
MatchedInsight. Sharing-bag case packs are 68% larger than a typical store sells in a week.
Action. Move sharing bags and multipacks to a smaller case pack to cut back-room overstock.
Data-backed recommendations for pre-season inventory levels.
Chocolate · festive build
Recommended build
+38%
Build start
Week 42
Stockout risk if late
High
Recommended weekly stock cover into the festive peak
wks coverInsight. Festive demand needs a 38% stock build starting in week 42 to avoid week 50 stockouts.
Action. Lock the festive production and delivery schedule against this build curve now.
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