What is daily sales rate:

Daily sales rate is a calculated value of average units sold per day for a given period. For example, if 90 units are sold in a 30-day period, the average daily sales rate for 30 days would be 90/30=3 units/day. Daily sales rate is a feature for both RestockAMZ and Purchasing.

Where to find daily sales rate calculations:

Daily sales rate calculations can be found in RestockAMZ in a column under both Restock from Upload and Restock Recommendations. They are found in the "Supplier Restock Recommendation" and "Warehouse Restock Recommendation" calculations pop out. For Purchasing, daily sales rate calculations are found in a column called "Daily Sales Rate Recommendation". 

Where to find daily sales rate settings:

Daily sales rate, similar to lead time and order interval, can be set on company, supplier, or item level. You can find company-level settings for RestockAMZ in Settings, supplier-level settings under Address Book, and item-level settings under Manage Company > Items.

For Purchasing, daily sales rate settings are found in Manage Company. Company-level settings are found in Company Details, supplier-level settings are under Suppliers, and item-level settings are under Items. ForecastRx will provide a custom recommendation for setting your average weightings that will be selected by default. You have the ability to change these settings at any time.  

Daily sales rate rules - average vs. date range:

Daily sales rate can be set for either a date range or an average based on weighted percentages. 

Date range: You can set the date range for any period of time going back one year. Your average daily sales rate will then be calculated based on the sales per day for the chosen time period. The date range setting is useful when you believe upcoming sales will have a similar sales velocity as a previous period. For example, if you plan on running a promotion and expect similar sales as a previous promotion, you could set the daily sales rate to the date range from the past promotion. Date range settings are also useful for seasonal products. At the beginning of a seasonal period, it is beneficial to look at the daily sales rate of a past seasonal period, rather than previous weeks, to anticipate the coming growth of demand. 

Average: You will distribute percentage weights to each category for a total of 100%. Each category is a look back time frame from which your average daily sales rate will be calculated. In addition, you can assign a weight to the ForecastRx Demand. ForecastRx Demand will calculate a daily sales rate based on our forecast models shown in the Item Card.

Automatic Daily Sales Rate Settings: Your daily sales rate rules will be automatically set to predetermined weights based on your items' sales history. The reason for this is your forecast holds more value when it has more sales history to analyze. Our proprietary forecasting models are what make RestockAMZ more unique and intelligent than other restocking tools, as well as provide the most insight for spotting seasonality and trends compared to just using average daily sales rates.

For example, if an item has over 2 years of sales history, the automatic weight placed on ForecastRx Demand will be around 70% because the forecast has enough sales history to accurately predict future sales.

If an item has just over 1 year of sales history, around 20% weight will be placed on ForecastRx Demand because one complete year of history is helpful in identifying possible seasonality and trends.

Any items with less than 1 year of sales history have not completed a full sales cycle to identify trends that have not occurred yet and it is more reliable to use daily sales rate settings to pick up on sales trends. 

*Note: You can reallocate your daily sales rate weights at any time you choose to. 

What is the adjusted daily sales rate: 

Adjusted daily sales rate is your daily sales rate calculation excluding out-of-stock days. For example, if a product is out of stock for 2 out of 7 days, the adjusted daily sales rate calculation will be based on the 5 days in stock. If a product has no out-of-stock days, the adjusted daily sales rate will not change. RestockAMZ uses the adjusted daily sales rate to get the most accurate daily sales rate had your product been in stock. Not accounting for out-of-stock periods can skew your daily sales rate lower and prevent you from restocking enough to keep up with demand. If you would not like to use adjusted daily sales rates, you can toggle it off in Company Details settings or individually in the daily sales rate panels.

What is distributing weights to in-stock periods?

When you have this toggle on, your daily sales rate weightings will automatically reassign to a period when the item was previously in stock to determine your daily sales rate. For example, if your weights are set to analyze sales in the 2-day and 7-day range only, yet your product has been out of stock that whole time, you would end up with a daily sales rate of 0. This toggle will take away the manual work of readjusting those weights, and automatically assign them to a more suitable period to get an accurate daily sales rate had the product been in stock, to prevent future stockouts. 

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