Set up low-stock alerts

A stockout costs you a sale and a customer’s trust. Klovio’s reorder points flag a product as low before it hits zero, so you reorder in time.

What a reorder point is

A reorder point is the quantity at which a product is considered “low” — the level where it’s time to order more. Set it a little above your typical demand during a supplier’s lead time.

A rough starting formula:

reorder point ≈ (units sold per day) × (supplier lead time in days) + a small safety buffer

Set a reorder point

One product: open it under Inventory → Products → All products and enter a reorder point.

Many at once: include a reorder_point column in your CSV — see Import your products with a CSV.

How alerts show up

Once a product’s available quantity drops to or below its reorder point, Klovio:

• Marks it Low stock on the on-hand view
• Counts it in the Low stock figure on your dashboard
• Surfaces it in the dashboard’s Needs attention list

Catch these early and a stockout becomes a routine reorder instead of a fire.

Tuning over time

Reorder points aren’t set-and-forget. Review them when:

• A product’s sales speed changes (seasonal lines especially)
• A supplier’s lead time changes
• You keep getting alerts too late — or too early and over-ordering

Tip: start with reorder points on your top 20% of SKUs by volume. Those are the stockouts that actually hurt; the long tail can wait.