Plan your reorders: velocity, runway and when to buy more stock

The Replenish page turns your sales history into a straightforward reordering plan. For each item it shows how fast it is selling, how many days of stock you have left, and when you should place your next order so you do not run out. This article walks through every figure on the page and where its limits are.

Sell-through velocity and runway

Sell-through velocity is how quickly DashVue has recorded an item actually selling recently, expressed as a sales rate. Runway takes that velocity together with the item’s current recorded stock level and turns it into an estimate of how many days of stock you have left at your recent selling pace. A short runway is a signal the item is on track to run out soon; a long runway means you have breathing room.

Order-by date, suggested reorder quantity and estimated restock cost

For each item, DashVue also works out an order-by date, the point by which you should place a new order so you do not run out before it arrives. Alongside it sits a suggested reorder quantity, a starting point for how many units to buy back in, and an estimated restock cost, worked out from that suggested quantity and the cost of goods you have recorded for the item. Treat all three as planning aids you can adjust to fit your own supplier terms, not as fixed purchase orders DashVue expects you to follow exactly.

Order Now and Order Soon status

Each item on the Replenish page carries a status badge so you can scan for what needs a decision first:

• Order Now: runway has dropped to the point where you risk running out before a new order could realistically arrive. Act on these first.
• Order Soon: runway is shortening and the item is approaching its order-by date, so it is worth planning a reorder.

Items with plenty of runway left do not carry either badge, so the badges do the sorting for you and you can focus on the items that actually need attention.

Why some items show No Data

Velocity, runway, order-by date, suggested reorder quantity and restock cost are all built from an item’s own sales history in DashVue. Items that are new, recently relisted, or have only sold a handful of times do not yet have enough history for DashVue to calculate a reliable rate. Rather than guess, DashVue shows these items as No Data instead of a number.

Using the Replenish page

1. Open Replenish and scan for items marked Order Now first, these are your most urgent reorders.
2. Check the order-by date and suggested reorder quantity for each item, then compare against your own supplier lead times and any minimum order quantities.
3. Use the estimated restock cost as a rough budget figure for the purchase, adjusting the quantity up or down if you want more or less cover than DashVue suggests.
4. Place your order with your supplier, then update the item’s recorded stock level in DashVue once the new stock arrives so future velocity and runway figures stay accurate.