What is the Order Planner?
The Order Planner is Stash's forecasting view. It looks at your sales velocity, current stock, supplier lead times, and incoming POs, then tells you what to order, from which supplier, and on which day. Instead of reacting to low-stock alerts after the fact, you plan ahead.
Open it from the sidebar under Order Planner.
What you see
The Order Planner shows a calendar-style view of the next few weeks. For each day, you'll see:
Suggested orders grouped by supplier — what to buy from whom
Total estimated cost per supplier card
Items with their suggested quantities
Why each item is suggested — current stock, projected runout date, lead time
Click any supplier card to see the full breakdown, then click Create PO to turn the suggestion into a real purchase order in one tap. See Creating a purchase order.
What's required for the Order Planner to work
For an item to show up in suggestions, it needs:
A primary supplier. See Adding a supplier.
A lead time on that supplier (in days)
Some consumption history — recent sales, transfers, or manual adjustments
A reorder quantity set on the item. See Setting low stock thresholds and reorder quantity.
Items missing any of the above are listed separately in a "Needs setup" section so you can fix them.
Who can use it
Both Admins and Members can view the Order Planner. Only Admins can convert suggestions into POs.
How it differs from low-stock alerts
Low-stock alerts | Order Planner |
Reactive — fire when stock drops below threshold | Proactive — suggests when to order before stock runs low |
Per-item | Grouped by supplier and date |
Tells you "you're running low now" | Tells you "order from X on Y to avoid running low on Z" |
Use both. Alerts catch surprises; the Order Planner prevents most of them. See Managing notifications.
What's not in the Order Planner
It doesn't predict demand spikes (holidays, promotions). It's based on recent history.
It doesn't pick between primary and secondary suppliers. Suggestions use the primary.
It doesn't account for items you only stock seasonally.
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