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Using the Supply Planning tab (12-month supply plan)

This article explains the Supply tab in a way that makes a “number-heavy screen” feel intuitive and safe.

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Written by Amar Sujith
Updated over a week ago


What is the Supply tab for?

The Supply tab shows your 12-month supply plan based on:

  • Your Demand plan

  • Your current stock

  • Your incoming deliveries

  • Your lead times, safety stock and stock cover settings

It answers:

  • “How much can you actually sell each month with the stock we’ll have?”

  • “Where is our plan at risk?”

  • “What do we need to order, and when, to close the gap?”

Layout overview

The Supply tab is made up of three main areas:

  1. Top filters, sorting, locations, views, and grouping options

  2. Summary graph & popup (monthly view)

  3. Detailed table (stock, deliveries, recommended orders, etc)

1. Filters – focus on what matters

At the top of the page, you can filter the view by:

  • Product type/category

  • Supplier

  • Product / SKU

  • (Any other filters you expose: brand, warehouse, etc.)

Filters apply across Demand, Supply, and Replenish, so you can:

  • Filter for “Shoes” on Demand → then see only Shoes in Supply → and only Shoes in Replenish.

Similarly, you can apply sorting, select one of the preset views, select a location, and group the Supply table by product type, product, or SKU.
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2. Monthly summary graph – Plan vs what’s achievable

At the top, you’ll see a graph by month. When you hover over a month, a pop-up appears with key metrics.
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You’ll typically see:

  • Plan (Units) – total quantity of units planned to sell in that month (including the bundles)

  • Achievable plan – units you can sell with current + incoming stock

  • Achievable plan with Recommendations - How much of your demand plan you’ll be able to ship if you also place the recommended orders that Prediko suggests (and they arrive on time)

  • At-risk Plan – units that can only be sold if you use safety stock. In other words, “We can hit this part of the plan, but only by using our emergency buffer.”

  • Unachievable plan – units you cannot fulfil in time based on lead times. In other words, “We want to sell this, but there’s no realistic way to get the stock in time.”

  • Days Left EOM - The number of days of stock left at the end of the period/month

  • Stock EOM - The units of stock left at the end of the period/month

  • Recommended Order - The total recommended order quantity for the period to satisfy the plan until the next purchase order

  • Deliveries – units already ordered and expected to arrive (in transit units)

What do “Plan achievable”, “At risk”, and “Unachievable” actually mean?


Plan achievable

“With the stock you have + incoming deliveries, this is how much of your plan you can ship.”

  • Calculated from:

    • Current stock

    • Confirmed incoming deliveries

    • Lead times & timings

  • Expressed as units and often as % of the plan

If the Plan is achievable 95%, it means:

  • You can hit 95% of your demand plan

  • 5% will either be at risk or unachievable

At-risk plan

“The part of your plan that will eat into your safety stock.”


This is a demand that:

  • is technically fulfillable, but

  • requires using safety stock (the buffer you keep to protect against surprises)

It’s useful to know:

  • When your buffer is being consumed

  • Which months are more fragile if something goes wrong

Unachievable plan

“Demand you’ve planned for, but can’t fulfil in time because of lead times/constraints.”


This is a demand that:

  • Exceeds what can be covered by:

    • Existing stock

    • Incoming deliveries within the lead time window​

  • Cannot be fixed by placing a normal PO right now (ship time is too long)

Typical actions:

  • Discuss expedited shipping with suppliers (e.g., ship by air)

  • Adjust your plan if it’s unrealistic

  • Move demand to later months

3. Detailed table – stock, deliveries, and recommended orders

Below the graph, you’ll see a table with a monthly breakdown.

  • Plan (Units) – total quantity of units planned to sell in that month (including the bundles)

  • Days Left EOM - The number of days of stock left at the end of the period

  • Stock EOM - The units of stock at the end of the period

  • Deliveries – The total number of incoming units ordered and expected to arrive

  • Deliveries value - The total cost of the incoming units for the period

  • Recommended orders - The total recommended order quantity for the period to satisfy the plan until the next order

  • Order value - The total cost to satisfy the orders for the period

  • Plan achievable with Stock – Percentage of the plan that can be achieved by current stock, including confirmed (incoming) deliveries


You can manage your view either by enabling or disabling these metrics by clicking the "Manage View" button at the top:

You can use this table to:

  • See when you’ll need to place orders

  • Validate your budget for the next 12 months

  • Slice by supplier to check capacity.

Working with components and bundles

On the Supply tab, Prediko works at the component level, not at the bundle level.

  • If you sell a bundle made of multiple components:

    • The supply plan will show components, not the bundle SKU

    • Total plan units in Supply are the total number of components required to support your demand for bundles

This is expected: the Supply tab is focused on what you need to physically order from your suppliers, not just customer-facing SKUs.

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