Use caseBook a walkthrough.
Keep your distributor DCs in stock
Days of cover for each SKU in each DC, checked against what is already on order, with the reorder email drafted for each DC.
Days of cover by DCOat Drink 1L · target 4 weeks
Checking DCsStock on hand against run rateBy DC
Ridgeline · North DC34 days
Ridgeline · South DC12 days
Cedar Valley · East DC19 days
Cedar Valley · West DC31 days
Target: 28 days of cover
Reorder emails draftedSouth DC and East DC, after open POs are counted
A DC that stops ordering stays invisible until the shelf is empty
A missed PO at the distribution center shows up later as stores run out of your product.Sales report · last 4 weeks
Stores South DC suppliesOat Drink 1L selling as usual
On trackRidgeline · South DC · Oat Drink 1L
Stock on hand12 days of cover
Open POsNone
Cover target28 days
The stores still look fine. The DC that supplies them has stopped ordering.
Checked portal by portal
Inventory lives in each distributor portal. Someone pulls it, lines it up against run rate, then does the math by hand.No signal until stores run dry
A DC that stops ordering looks fine in sales reports until in-stock levels start falling across the stores it supplies.Every DC orders on its own
Each distribution center places its own POs, so a chain can be well stocked in one region and short in the next.How it runs on Corvera
Three steps, set up with the Corvera team when you start.STEP 1
Connect inventory and orders
DC-level inventory and sales from your distributor portals, plus the open POs in your ERP.Sources for DC reordersConnecting
Ridgeline Distribution portalInventory and sales by DC
Cedar Valley Distribution portalInventory and sales by DC
Your ERPOpen POs by DC
STEP 2
Set your cover target
Choose the run-rate window and the weeks of cover each DC should hold.Cover targetEditing
Run-rate window
4 weeks8 weeks13 weeks
Weeks of cover each DC should hold
Ridgeline · North DC4 weeks
Ridgeline · South DC4 weeks
Cedar Valley · East DC4 weeks
STEP 3
Get the reorder list
Every SKU still short of target once open POs are counted, grouped by DC, with the email for each DC drafted.2 DCs still short once open POs are counted
Ridgeline · South DCOat Drink 1L · 4 palletsBarista Oat 1L · 2 pallets
Cedar Valley · East DCOat Drink 1L · 3 pallets
Reorder emails drafted for both DCs
What Corvera flags
Each flag names the DC, the SKU and how much to order.01
Stock on hand against run rate, for every SKU in every DC your distributors report.Days of cover by DC
Days of cover · every SKU, every DCDaily
Oat DrinkBaristaChocolate
Ridgeline · North344130
Ridgeline · South121833
Cedar Valley · East193629
Cedar Valley · West313826
At or above target
Below 28 days
02
Whatever is already on order comes off the gap, so you only chase what the DC has not ordered yet.Open POs counted first
Cedar Valley · West DC · Chocolate Oat 1L
Short 1 palletOpen PO 4417 · 1 pallet
Checking open POs
Ridgeline · South DC · Oat Drink 1L
Short 4 palletsNo open PO
Checking open POs
03
The gap between cover and target, turned into the pallets the DC needs to order.Reorder quantities
Ridgeline · South DC · Oat Drink 1L
Cover target28 days
On hand, plus on order12 days
Gap to target16 days · 410 cases
Order 4 pallets
04
Every DC flag carries a dollar value, like Corvera's other actions.What each reorder is worth
Each DC reorder, with its valueValued
South DC · Oat Drink 1L$8.4K
East DC · Oat Drink 1L$6.1K
South DC · Barista Oat 1L$3.2K
05
Written for that DC, listing the SKUs and quantities. Copy it out and send it yourself, or approve it and it goes straight out.A drafted email per DC
Reorder email · Ridgeline · South DC
To: South DC buyer, Ridgeline DistributionReorder for South DC: two SKUs below four weeks of cover
Oat Drink 1L · 4 palletsBarista Oat 1L · 2 pallets
CopyApprove and send
06
DC reorders sit next to distribution gaps and unsold accounts in the daily action list, and can also get a dashboard and a scheduled email of their own.In the daily action list
Today's actions
DC reorderRidgeline · South DC · Oat Drink 1L
$8.4KDistribution gapHarborview Markets · 31 · Chocolate Oat 1L
$3.1KUnsold accountMarket St Grocery · 207
$2.0KDC reorders dashboardScheduled email · Mondays