Two warehouses: transfer before you buy

If you stock or sell a SKU out of more than one warehouse, Skuvelo's buy plan doesn't just tell you the total to order — it also breaks down what's happening at each warehouse on its own, and can recommend using stock you already own at one before it asks you to buy more.

When you'll see this

Open a SKU's row on Plan → Replenishment. If that SKU is stocked or has shipped from two or more of your warehouses, you'll see a By warehouse block under the plan. If you only have one warehouse, or a SKU only ever comes from one of them, nothing changes — you won't see this section at all.

What the By warehouse block shows

For each warehouse, you'll see:

• On hand — units available right now at that warehouse.
• Inbound — units already on the way there.
• Reorder point — this warehouse's own share of the SKU's overall reorder point.
• Share of the buy — how much of the recommended order quantity this warehouse would receive.

How the split is worked out

Skuvelo looks at the last 13 weeks of units shipped from each warehouse and gives each one a share proportional to what it actually sold. A warehouse that shipped 70% of the demand gets 70% of the reorder point and 70% of the buy. If a warehouse hasn't shipped anything in that window — brand new, or a slow mover — the split falls back to an even share across warehouses, and you'll see it labeled Estimated split so you know it isn't based on sales history.

This never changes the total order quantity Skuvelo recommends. It only decides how that same total is divided between warehouses.

Rebalance first, buy second

A warehouse is "short" when its on-hand plus inbound falls below its own reorder point. A warehouse has "spare" stock when what's on the shelf right now is above its own reorder point — inbound stock never counts as spare, because it isn't there yet.

When one warehouse is short and another has spare stock, the plan's top line is the rebalance, not the buy: "Move N from B to A." Only after that does it show "Then buy M" — and M is still Skuvelo's normal order quantity, unaffected by the rebalance. Next to it you'll see "Saves $X versus buying N more" — what using stock you already own saves against ordering that quantity fresh from a supplier.

Acting on the suggestion

• Create transfer pre-fills one for you with the suggested quantity. See Moving stock between locations for what happens after that.
• Releasing the buy works the same as always, with one difference: a buy split across warehouses becomes one draft per warehouse instead of a single order. See Creating and managing purchase orders for how drafts are grouped.

Where each order lands

Each purchase order shows its Receiving warehouse: on the PO list, on the order itself, and on the new-order form. It starts as the supplier's default ship-to warehouse (or your first warehouse), and you can change it when you create or revise the order. Received stock posts there.

Related guides

• Moving stock between locations
• Creating and managing purchase orders
• Understanding planning and replenishment