Ecosystem · Nº 04 · Retail & Commerce

Inventory that,
for once, agrees with itself.

A DTC site, three marketplaces, two warehouses, one store POS, and a spreadsheet called sku_master_v11— all convinced they know what’s in stock, none of them agreeing. We make the systems tell the same story, automatically.

99.2%Stock accuracy
across channels
−38%Oversells & cancellations
vs. baseline
12 minFrom PO draft
to supplier sent
The habitat

Every channel is a customer. Every system thinks it’s the source of truth.

Retail is five pipes of truth, politely disagreeing. A sale on Shopify doesn’t tell Amazon. A return at the store takes three days to show up in the ERP. A promo runs hot on the DTC while the flagship quietly runs out. We don’t replace the stack. We coordinate it.

  • Stock that disagrees with itself

    Five systems, five numbers, all for the same SKU. The one the customer sees happens to be wrong right now.

  • Orders routed the hard way

    Fulfilment decisions made by the warehouse closest to the order, not the one with the right stock, or the lowest shipping cost.

  • Returns as a second inventory

    The returned hoodie sits on a shelf for six weeks while the website says “out of stock” and the marketplace sells it anyway.

Storefront

Four modules the customer experiences.

Inventory, pricing, orders, returns — the things the customer feels, coordinated so every channel tells the same story.

Storefront · Nº 01

Cross-channel Inventory Sync

Every sale, return, transfer, and cycle-count pushes a stock delta to every selling channel within seconds. Oversells caught at the virtual shelf, not at the pick face.

  • Stock levels synced across all channels in <15 seconds
  • Oversells reduced by 92%
  • Safety-stock buffers tuned per SKU and channel
Storefront · Nº 02

Dynamic Pricing & Promo Coordination

Competitor prices scanned hourly, margin floors respected, promo schedules coordinated across channels. The marketplace match flag gets flipped at the right time, not two weeks late.

  • Prices updated continuously, never cross the floor
  • Promo stacking prevented across channels
  • Competitor moves surfaced within the hour
Storefront · Nº 03

Order Orchestration & Fulfilment

Each order is routed to the node with the right stock, right cost, and right promise date. Split shipments decided automatically when it’s the cheaper path.

  • Fulfilment cost down 14% vs. fixed-rules routing
  • Order-to-ship cut from 26 h to 4 h average
  • Customer promise dates kept at 98%+
Storefront · Nº 04

Returns, Refunds & Re-stock

Return labels, refund approvals, grade & restock decisions — all driven by policy and condition photos, not by three customer-support agents learning the same policy over and over.

  • Returns back on the virtual shelf within 48 hours
  • Refund turnaround: under 24 hours for clean cases
  • Fraud patterns surfaced before loss accrues
Back of store

Four modules the customer never sees.

Purchasing, forecasting, supplier ops, and in-store operations — the plumbing that keeps the storefront running.

Back of store · Nº 01

Demand Forecasting & Replenishment

Historical sales, seasonality, promotions, local events — fed into a forecast per SKU per node. Replenishment POs drafted automatically, ready for the buyer to approve with context.

  • Out-of-stock rate down 40% vs. min/max rules
  • Over-stock capital freed up by 18% in first year
  • Buyer spends time on exceptions, not spreadsheets
Back of store · Nº 02

Supplier Orders & PO Lifecycle

POs drafted, sent, and tracked against supplier acknowledgements, ASN, and receiving. Exceptions — short ships, late deliveries, invoice mismatches — flagged with the context already attached.

  • PO draft-to-send in minutes, not days
  • Short-ship disputes evidenced automatically
  • Supplier scorecards refreshed weekly, without effort
Back of store · Nº 03

In-store Ops & Task Dispatch

Tasks dispatched by store, by role, by priority — restocks, cycle counts, visual merch checks, price tag refreshes. Manager gets a completion view, not a clipboard.

  • Task completion tracked per associate
  • Cycle-count cadence tuned per SKU velocity
  • Visual merch photos reviewed centrally, briefly
Back of store · Nº 04

Customer Support & Where-is-my-order

Tracking updates, delivery ETAs, return labels, address changes, promo resends — handled by an agent with context from the order system, the carrier, and the CRM.

  • 74% of contacts resolved without human agent
  • Proactive updates on delayed shipments
  • Escalations arrive with the full trail attached
Talk to us

Ask about your specific friction.

We’ll tell you which module applies to your stack and what a realistic first step looks like.

Cuero · RetailReplies in seconds
Tell us which channel, SKU, or stockroom is creating the most pain.

Tell us where the channels disagree.

We’ll come back with a concrete starting point — usually one channel, one workflow, running on your data within weeks.

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