What it tells you
Supply is the inbound supply expected to settle in each period — the quantities arriving to replenish your inventory. It combines two things: your existing on-order quantities (orders already placed) plus Spherecast’s replenishment recommendations (suggested new orders), when Show recommendations is turned on. It appears as a row for each product on the Supply planning grid. This is the row you act on to accept or adjust replenishment.How to read it
Each Supply value carries a status, shown as a colored dot:| Status | Color |
|---|---|
| Recommended | Blue |
| Confirmed | Green |
| Draft or delayed | Orange |
What to do about it
Supply is interactive — this is where you turn recommendations into real orders and re-time planned supply:- Hover a Supply cell to reveal a ”+” that opens Create Purchase Order, prefilled with the product, quantity, supplier, and expected arrival (ETA). This is the quickest way to accept a recommendation.
- Click a cell to see the underlying orders that make up the number.
- Drag a supply quantity to another period to re-time planned supply — for example, pulling an arrival earlier to cover a shortage, or pushing it later to avoid excess.
Example
A product shows a Supply value of 2,000 with a blue dot — a recommendation, not yet a real order. You hover the cell, click the ”+”, and a purchase order opens already filled with the product, 2,000 units, the supplier, and the ETA. After you confirm it, the dot turns green. Later you notice the arrival lands a period too early, so you drag it one bucket to the right to better match demand.Tip: Supply feeds directly into your coverage and shortage picture. See Finished-good planning and Purchase orders for the ordering workflow, Work orders for manufactured supply, and Writing to your ERP to send confirmed orders to your system of record.