Supply Chain Planning software you don't have to be a genius to use
StockIQ is a supply chain planning suite targeted at 3PL's and distributors. With over 15 years in the industry, we know what you need to improve service level, reduce inventory levels and improve forecast accuracy, so you can provide unmatched service to your customers.
StockIQ is built in the browser so that it is available anywhere, anytime, and on any platform. Avoid platform lock-in by taking advantage of the modern web.
More companies are seeing the benefit of managed, cloud hosted solutions. StockIQ is built from the ground up to efficiently and easily live in the cloud, letting you focus on your business.
Already have IT resources in house? StockIQ is also available for on premise installations, where you can enjoy the security and control of your own data center.
As a modern web application, StockIQ is at home on any form factor - Desktop, Tablet, Phone. In a BYOD world, StockIQ works wherever you are, and whatever you view it on.
Packaged with StockIQ are several WMS and ERP system connectors, so getting up and running is smooth and easy. StockIQ will work with you to make sure the integration is correct for your unique situation, and we'll do it in weeks, not months.
StockIQ uses a cloud-style continuous deployment, so that you always have the latest-and-greatest features to help you work, and it also means there is no load on your IT department to install or maintain StockIQ.
StockIQ provides system-wide alerts, so that when any factors are getting out of control, you will know about it immediately, and can drill in to find more detail
Configure different users with different roles, and even access to different sets of data. Configure external users that can see only the data that is appropriate for them to see.
StockIQ is configured with sensible defaults right out of the box, and easy point-and-click configuration screens control all aspects of its behavior. Plus, with our personal support, we'll be there every step of the way to help you extract the most out of the settings.
What challenges do you face in your supply chain planning that we can help you solve?
Are you even generating forecasts today? If so, are they coming out of a spreadsheet? StockIQ's powerful forecasting algorithm puts an end to wondering what tomorrow will bring.
Manual or spreadsheet based ordering means it can take days to get your ordering done. Turn that into mere minutes with StockIQ's Replenishment engine.
Do we have enough? Are we out? Will be be out? Wonder no more, as StockIQ's inventory analytics suite will ensure you know everything you want to about your inventory position
Is there ONE person that knows how the purchasing works? What happens if they retire? or quit? StockIQ helps reduce your risk by getting process out of people's heads and into a system that can be shared
Continue reading below to see the kinds of answers StockIQ can help you find.
The majority of solid supply chain planning starts with a good forecast. StockIQ's proprietary forecasting algorithm has been tested on over 1 billion time series to ensure it generates accurate, sensible forecasts.
Bottom up, top down, and middle out forecast are all possible with StockIQ's sophisticated forecast hierarchies.
Generate more accurate forecasts by informing the algorithm of special events like promotions, new customers, natural disasters, and any other unusual demand.
StockIQ will track historical promotion performance and automatically incorporate adjustments for planned future promotions.
StockIQ monitors performance of your forecast relative to actuals throughout your month, adjusting on-the-fly as necessary.
StockIQ contains special guided workflows and logic for handling new part planning.
Forecast at the item, group, channel, or individual customer level according to the needs of your business.
Generate Purchase Orders, Transfer Orders, and Work Orders with the click of a button in StockIQ's Purchasing module.
StockIQ generates an entire order schedule for every item you have, every day, each day, so when you're ready to order, so is StockIQ.
StockIQ can automatically adjust for real world factors like order cycle intervals, holidays, and order/delivery schedules from your suppliers. Special challenges like Chinese New Year are handled with special smoothing logic to make sure that you and your vendors make it through smoothly
StockIQ automatically handles supplier multiples and MOQ's, at the item, order, and product-line level, so you can be sure you're always ordering the right mix of products.
StockIQ's Order Wizard will automatically help you reach a target such as units, weight, minimums, pricebreaks, containers, and more, all with a few button clicks.
Importing from overseas? Moving trucks around the country? StockIQ will help you make sure you're never shipping air.
StockIQ will monitor the state of inventory in your warehouses, and if things are getting out of balance, we'll suggest grouped transfers to help you efficiently rebalance your inventory.
From kitting to full manufacturing, StockIQ includes a full MRP engine to handle bills of any depth, so that you can accurately represent dependencies between assemblies and components, and between hub and spoke warehouses
StockIQ's Available To Promise / Capable To Promise engine makes sure that you can always answer the question "When can I get it?"
Have too much demand to meet it all? StockIQ's allocation wizard will make sure the right items go to the right place first.
Inventory is the lifeblood, and the curse, of every distributor, manufacturer, and 3PL. StockIQ helps you make sure you know what you have, and make sure you have the right inventory in the right place.
StockIQ's Stock Out analysis provides everything you need to figure out not only what is stocked out, but why, so that you can make sure it doesn't happen again
StockIQ easily identifies excess inventory and suggests inventory balancing transfers to efficiently move the inventory to where it can do some good
Sometimes things just don't work out the way you planned, and if so, sometimes you need to just get dead inventory off the books, and out of the warehouse, so you can make space for the things that are working.
Key to knowing what you should have is knowing what the best items are. StockIQ's sophisticated inventory classing allows you to define precisely which items to stock, how much, and where
Define your service level targets and then monitor performance against them, and adjust as business and customer needs require, no guessing required!
Monitor your inventory turns to make sure stock levels are where they ought to be
From kitting to full manufacturing, StockIQ includes a full MRP engine to handle bills of any depth, so that you can accurately represent dependencies between assemblies and components, and between hub and spoke warehouses
StockIQ specially tracks new items and alerts you when they're taking off...or going nowhere
Do you have short-shelf-life or dated items? StockIQ can generate an expiration forecast to make sure you know about it before it's too late
StockIQ's supplier management module allows you to use lead times calculated from actual receipt history, instead of simple fixed numbers or averages in your ERP. Are they on time? What is late?
StockIQ generates an entire order schedule for every item you have, every day, each day, so when you're ready to order, so is StockIQ.
StockIQ tracks all the dates on your orders, before and after adjustments, so you can determine which suppliers are on time, and which ones are always late.
StockIQ tracks all of your open PO's and alerts when they are late, or are about to be, so that you can do something about it. Special alerts also warn you when an item is projected to run out of stock, so you can expedite an order before it's too late
StockIQ's Promotion Management tracks performance of all your sales and promotions, so you know how well you've done, and even better, how best to optimize the promotions you run in the future
StockIQ uses your promotion history to develop a complete picture of what factors are important to the promotion response, so you can accurately predict what effect the next promotions will have on demand.
Based on the pattern of past promotions, StockIQ can suggest promotions that optimize sales, revenue, margin, based on your requirements
Do your promotions come from your suppliers? StockIQ monitors for new promotions, changing promotion depth or frequency so you aren't surprised by any changes to your promotion patterns.
A S&OP process is only as good as the data going into it, and StockIQ's application and data provide everything you need for S&OP fundamentals
StockIQ's forecasting hierarchy gives you top-down product-group or category level data so you can reach general consensus on volumes and revenue
Drill in and make forecast modifications bottom-up as needs arise. In StockIQ, you can manage forecasts at any level of the hierarchy.
StockIQ allows for easy export of data either through the application, or via our SQL database.