Forstock Blog

December 29, 2025

How Dead Stock Hurts Margins and How to Fix It

How dead stock drains cash and profit - causes, costs, and practical fixes including AI forecasting, automated inventory, supplier coordination, and audits.

Rami Farah

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December 29, 2025

Inventory Turnover Ratio: Guide for Shopify Brands

How to calculate inventory turnover for Shopify stores, benchmark rates by product, and use forecasting, pricing, and supplier strategies to improve cash flow.

Rami Farah

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December 25, 2025

AI Stockout Prediction for Shopify Brands

Predict and prevent stockouts using AI: clean sales data, track SKU and lead-time metrics, and automate reorder points to reduce lost sales and overstock.

Rami Farah

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December 28, 2025

How to Choose a Scalable Inventory Platform

Guide to choosing a scalable inventory platform: assess growth, Shopify integration, AI forecasting, automation, multi-location support, and total cost.

Rami Farah

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December 26, 2025

Checklist for Setting Up Automated Reorder Points

Step-by-step checklist to calculate reorder points, enable AI forecasts, automate purchase orders, and monitor inventory in Shopify.

Rami Farah

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December 23, 2025

5 Common Problems with Manual Inventory Tracking

Manual inventory tracking leads to errors, wasted labor, outdated stock data, scaling issues, and weak reporting—why automation fixes them.

Featured articles

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February 4, 2026

Reorder Points for Multi-Location Shopify Stores

Location-specific reorder points using (daily sales × lead time) + safety stock prevent stockouts and costly overstock across multiple stores.

How AI Improves Multi-Location Inventory Sync

AI forecasting and real-time automation sync stock across multiple Shopify locations to reduce stockouts, errors, and carrying costs.

The True Cost of Overstocked Inventory

How excess inventory ties up cash, raises storage and fulfillment costs, increases waste, and how AI forecasting and automated replenishment can prevent losses.

Top Challenges in Multi-Location Inventory

Explore multi-location inventory issues—overselling, sync delays, split shipments, bundle errors—and how AI-driven tools improve forecasting and real-time sync.

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