What this page is for
The Supply Planning page is a time-phased planning grid. It answers one question, period by period: is each product covered, about to run short, or overstocked — and it lets you act right there. Each product (SKU) is a row-group, each time bucket (day, week, or month) is a column, and under every product sit the metric rows you choose to see. Spherecast also generates replenishment recommendations — suggested orders that appear in the Supply row — so you can turn a gap into a real order without leaving the grid.What you see
The grid has a sticky left column showing each product’s SKU and title, then one cell per period stretching out to your time horizon. Above each product is a header row that can show status pills:| Pill | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Inactive | The product is not currently active. |
| Discontinued | The product is being phased out. |
| Phase-out date | The date the product is scheduled to stop. |
| Stockout risk | The product is projected to run short in the horizon. |
| Expiration risk | Stock is projected to expire before it can be used or sold. |
| Refreshing supply plan… | Recommendations are recomputing after an edit. |
Key terms
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Bucket / period | One time column (day, week, or month). |
| Granularity | How wide each bucket is. |
| Horizon | How far into the future the grid runs. |
| Recommendation | A suggested replenishment order Spherecast proposes in the Supply row. |
| Scenario | A saved what-if version of your plan. |
How it works
Out of the box the grid opens with Monthly granularity, a 1-year horizon, the metrics DOS - start and Supply shown, and Show recommendations turned on. You change any of this from Filter & display, and your choices persist across reloads. The grid respects the currently selected scenario. When a scenario is active, demand cells become editable so you can run what-if changes and watch supply respond. See Scenarios.The eight metrics
Each metric can be added as its own row. The pages below define them in depth:- DOS — Days of Supply: how many days your stock covers.
- WOS — Weeks of Supply: the same coverage read in weeks.
- Available — projected on-hand stock at the end of each period.
- Demand — expected outflow (sales and production draw).
- Supply — incoming stock, including recommendations.
- Transfers — stock moving between your warehouses.
- Expiration risk — stock likely to expire unused.
- Shortage — projected unmet demand.
Where to go next
- Filter & display — shape the grid.
- Finished-good planning — work sellable products.
- Raw-material planning — plan components by BOM.
- Scenarios — run what-if plans.
Tip: If a product’s numbers look stale right after you edit, watch for the Refreshing supply plan… pill — recommendations are recomputing in the background and will settle in a moment.