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Cut stockouts on breakdown parts without overstocking

Whitespace helps bearing and power transmission distributors decide reorder quantities and run purchasing with AI, sized to each supplier's lead time and box quantity.

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I've reviewed this week's bearing PO. 6 lines have less cover than their 10-week lead time, so I've added them, rounded to the box. Shall I send it for sign-off?

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The problem

What power transmission distributors tell us about replenishment.

Breakdown orders that distort the history

A plant goes down and orders ten of a bearing you sell once a month. Repeat that in the next PO and the extra sits on the shelf for a year.

Lead times from next day to 14 weeks

Belts arrive tomorrow, while some gearboxes and large bearings take months. One reorder rule can't cover both, and the long-lead line is the one that runs out.

Manufacturer minimums and box quantities

Bearing and belt makers set PO minimums and sell in boxes. Buyers either pad the order to hit them or hold the PO and run short.

Kits built from stock you also sell

Drive kits draw on bearings, belts and bushings you also sell loose, so kit demand never shows up on the parts inside them.

The solution

No more manual line-by-line ordering.

Every line reviewed and explained. Agents work out what each product needs and draft the order. Your buyers check it, sign off line by line and export the PO.

ReorderERP · updated 05:40 Export

Cover by product

SKU

Product

Stock

Sales/wk

Cover

AI order

6205-2RS

Ball bearing 6205-2RS

0.7 wk

200

UCP208-24

Pillow block UCP208-24

1.5 wk

top buyers · last 4 wks

customer	Aug 3	Aug 10	Aug 17	Aug 24
Brennan Foods	74		96	58
Tilbury Aggregates	41	66		47
Westfield Paper	28		52
Harrow Bottling		35	21	30
Kingsley Mills	15			22

B75

Classical V-belt B75

1.6 wk

120

40-1R-10

Roller chain #40, 10 ft

7.3 wk

Every number explains itself, fully traceable and auditable.

Demand to order horizon+30

Free stock + on order−6

AI order, rounded to pack24

80%

time saved on reordering

Fewer stockouts on the bearings and belts plants need in a breakdown.

Less cash tied up in slow lines that one big order made look busy.

01 · Breakdown orders that distort the history

Questions before a breakdown order is repeated

When a plant suddenly orders ten of a slow bearing, the AI asks your buyer whether it was a one-off before the next PO.

02 · Lead times from next day to 14 weeks

Cover checked against each line's lead time

Every line's cover is compared with its own supplier lead time, so a 14-week gearbox is flagged long before a next-day belt.

03 · Manufacturer minimums and box quantities

POs that meet the manufacturer's terms

Orders are rounded to the MOQ and box quantity, and each vendor's line and PO minimums are checked before sign-off.

04 · Kits built from stock you also sell

Kits ordered down to their parts

Kits are exploded into their components, so every kit sold counts toward the bearings, belts and bushings inside it.

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