Industries · Textile & Apparel

Cut stockouts on core styles without over-buying slow sizes

Whitespace helps fabric and apparel wholesalers decide reorder quantities for every style, color and size and run purchasing with AI, timed to factory and mill lead times.

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Black crew tees in medium have 1.4 weeks of cover against a 12-week factory lead time. I've drafted 3,600 units in full cartons.

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The problem

What textile and apparel wholesalers tell us about replenishment.

Lead times measured in months

Overseas factories and mill re-dyes can take three months or more, so a core style sells out long before the next shipment lands.

Sizes and colors run out unevenly

One style in five colors and seven sizes is 35 SKUs. The mediums sell through while the XXLs sit, and the style total hides the gap.

Minimums per style, color and roll

Factories set MOQs per style and color, and mills sell in full rolls, so the quantity you need is rarely one you can order.

Seasonal lines next to carryover

Seasonal styles that won't repeat sit next to basics that sell all year, and a system that repeats history reorders both the same way.

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

TEE-CRW-BLK-M

Crew tee, Black, M

420

310

1.4 wk

3,600

top buyers · last 4 wks

customer	Aug 3	Aug 10	Aug 17	Aug 24
Hartley Retail	74		96	58
Northgate Uniforms	41	66		47
Marlow Boutiques	28		52
Fieldstone Workwear		35	21	30
Ashby Upholstery	15			22

POLO-NVY-L

Pique polo, Navy, L

260

140

1.9 wk

1,800

LIN-NAT-54

Linen, Natural, 54in

330 yd

104 yd

3.2 wk

1,300 yd

CHN-STN-34

Chino, Stone, 34/32

900

26 wk

Every number explains itself, fully traceable and auditable.

Demand to next shipment+4,020

Free stock + on order−420

AI order, rounded to pack3,600

80%

time saved on reordering

Fewer stockouts on core styles and the sizes that sell first.

Less cash tied up in slow sizes and colors sitting on the shelf.

01 · Lead times measured in months

Cover checked against each supplier's lead time

Every line's cover is compared with that factory or mill's own lead time, so reorders are flagged months ahead.

02 · Sizes and colors run out unevenly

Every size and color checked on its own

Each SKU gets its own sales rate from cleaned demand, so a selling-out medium shows up even when the style looks fine.

03 · Minimums per style, color and roll

Orders that clear the minimums

Quantities round to the MOQ, carton or roll, and each vendor's PO minimum is checked before sign-off.

04 · Seasonal lines next to carryover

Your buyers make the seasonal calls

The AI marks each line order or wait with a reason, and buyers drop or change seasonal styles before sign-off.

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