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Retailer POS Forecast Dashboard

Demand Sensing & Forward-Looking Weeks of Supply

Demand-Sensing POS Forecasts for CPG: See Risks Before They Hit

Alloy.ai’s POS Forecasts use high-frequency sales signals and channel inventory to generate short- and long-term outlooks you can trust. The result: proactive, forward-looking weeks of supply (WoS), smarter simulations and recommendations, and a clean baseline you can export into planning — to fill gaps when retailers don’t provide them.

Generate retailer forecasts based on POS data

Most teams still stitch together backward-looking reports or rely on uneven retailer forecasts. That leaves gaps for seasonal swings, sudden demand shifts, and phantom precision in shipment plans. You need a forecast that reflects what’s actually selling now, accounts for seasonality, and highlights risk before it becomes lost sales.

 

Retailer POS Forecast Dashboard Capabilities:

  • Choose the most accurate forecast per SKU / store / partner. Alloy runs multiple models weekly and backtests them so you can select the best signal for each item and location.

  • See forward-looking WoS. Anticipate shortages or excess by pairing forecasted demand with on-hand and in-transit inventory.

  • Stress-test plans. Powerful simulations and prescriptive recommendations with live POS-based forecasts to evaluate promo lifts, channel shifts, or price changes.

  • Export everywhere. Push Alloy POS forecasts to your planning system or data warehouse to form the baseline for demand plans.

  • Manage by exception. Subscribe to alerts and exception reports that flag emerging supply issues retailers may miss.

 

Benefits of Alloy.ai’s retailer Forecast Dashboards:

  • Higher forecast fidelity: Cross-channel, POS-driven forecasts reflect current reality, not just history.

  • Fewer stockouts and cleaner inventory: Forward-looking WoS surfaces risks early so supply can move before shelves go empty.

  • Aligned conversations: Compare Alloy’s signal to retailer and S&OP forecasts to reconcile differences and set one operating truth.

  • Faster decision cycles: Weekly model runs and backtesting keep accuracy tight as demand patterns shift.

 

Why Consumer Brands Trust Alloy.ai

  • Purpose-built for CPG retail: Metrics that matter—OOS, WoS, lost sales, phantom inventory—ready out of the box.

  • Harmonized, trustworthy data: One source of truth both sides can use.

  • Manage by exception: Rolling, near-real-time views surface the few actions that move the week.