> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stockful.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Forecasting

> Stockful predicts future demand from your sales history, on every plan. Forecasts are available as soon as the initial 30-day sync completes.

Stockful uses your sales history to predict future demand. Forecasting is available on all plans.

<Note>
  Forecasting uses the 30 days of sales history synced during setup, so predictions are available as soon as your initial sync completes. Accuracy improves over time as more data accumulates.
</Note>

## What you get

For each variant at each location:

| Metric                         | What it tells you                                                                              |
| ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Velocity**                   | How many units sell per day                                                                    |
| **Days of supply**             | How long current stock will last at the current sales rate                                     |
| **Projected stockout date**    | When inventory will run out if nothing changes                                                 |
| **Reorder point**              | When you should place a reorder to avoid running out (accounts for lead time and safety stock) |
| **Recommended order quantity** | How much to order based on your restock strategy                                               |
| **Sell-through rate**          | What percentage of inventory has sold over the last 30 days                                    |
| **ABC classification**         | Whether a SKU is an A (top revenue), B, or C tier item                                         |
| **Forecast accuracy**          | How close past forecasts were to what actually sold, graded weekly                             |

## Where forecasts appear

| Surface                            | What you see                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Inventory list**                 | Sortable columns for days of supply, velocity, reorder point, projected stockout, and stock status            |
| **Inventory detail page**          | Full breakdown of forecast metrics for a variant at a location, plus the forecast chart and forecast accuracy |
| **Reorder Recommendations report** | Items that should be reordered based on velocity and lead time                                                |
| **ABC Analysis report**            | Revenue-based classification into A, B, and C tiers                                                           |

## Dig deeper

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  <Card title="Forecast models" href="/user-guide/forecasting/models">
    How Stockful picks the right demand model per SKU, grades its own accuracy, and handles warehouse locations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="New products" href="/user-guide/forecasting/new-products">
    Give a brand-new product a forecast from day one by telling Stockful what it sells like.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sales and promotions" href="/user-guide/forecasting/promotions">
    Automatic sale detection, plus the promotion calendar for declaring events before they happen.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Forecast settings" href="/user-guide/forecasting/settings">
    Global defaults for lead time, safety stock, velocity and restock strategy, and the low-stock threshold.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SKU overrides" href="/user-guide/forecasting/sku-overrides">
    Per-variant settings for products with their own supply chain, including AI-suggested values.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>