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Introduction
Introduction
Welcome to the Inventory Mate documentation.
Inventory Mate is an inventory management platform for Shopify stores. It helps you replenish stock, run purchase orders, work with suppliers, count inventory, and keep costs and buying plans aligned.
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Inventory
- Suggested Restock — Forecast-driven reorder targets, status badges, and suggested quantities.
- Stock takes — Count physical stock, apply variances, optionally push to Shopify.
- AI Forecasting — How demand forecasts are produced and used in planning.
Purchase orders
- Purchase Order Display — List columns, filters, and status badges.
- Purchase Order Management — Create, receive, and track POs.
- Automatic cost sync at PO receipt — Optional perpetual weighted average cost update when you receive.
Suppliers
- Suppliers — Inventory Mate suppliers vs Shopify vendors.
- Sync from Shopify — Vendor sync, auto-link, and reconciliation.
- Automated Supplier Interactions — Emails and supplier portal flows.
Costing & integrations
- SKU COGS & weighted average cost — Date-range suggested cost, landed-cost view, and push to Shopify (vs automatic cost sync at PO receipt).
- QuickBooks — Export and sync purchase orders to QuickBooks.
Reports
- ABC analysis — Classify SKUs by revenue contribution (Pareto).
- SKU analysis — Per-SKU demand forecast, stock zones, and supply planning.
- SKU COGS — Date-range suggested cost, landed-cost view, and push to Shopify.
- Inventory value — On-hand qty and cost value by SKU × location.
- Annual restock — 12-month restock simulation by product type.
- Cash Flow Planner — Cash timing around inventory and purchasing.
Planning
- Open to Buy — Six-month purchasing budgets.
Getting started
- Connect your Shopify store in the dashboard.
- Set planning defaults — lead times, days of stock, and supplier assignments.
- Use Suggested Restock and Purchase Orders as your day-to-day loop; add stock takes, costing, and reports as you need them.
Visit inventorymate.app for plans and trial details.