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#reorder points

• October 10, 2026

  The Real Cost of a Stockout

  How to calculate the cost of a stockout: lost sales, lost margin, expedite costs, and customers who don't come back, with a worked example.

• September 26, 2026

  Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), Explained

  The EOQ formula, a worked example, and why it's a useful starting point for order sizing but a poor fit for demand that actually moves around.

• September 7, 2026

  Safety Stock: How Much Buffer You Actually Need

  How to calculate safety stock without a statistics degree: the practical formula, how lead time and demand variability change it, and common mistakes.

• August 18, 2026

  Confidence Thresholds in Automated Purchasing

  How to set budget caps, per-SKU limits, and new-vendor exceptions so automated purchasing knows what to approve alone and what needs you.

• August 5, 2026

  Purchase Order Approval Workflow

  What a PO approval workflow actually is, what it's checking, and how a one-person approval chain can automate the routine calls safely.

• August 4, 2026

  How to Reduce Rush Shipping Costs

  Rush shipping costs usually aren't a carrier problem. Here's the reorder timing failure behind most expedited shipments, and how to catch it earlier.

• July 26, 2026

  Reorder Point: The Formula, With Real Numbers

  What a reorder point is, the formula to calculate it, and how to handle variable lead times, multiple suppliers, and brand new SKUs with no sales history.