=== Inventory Management ===
Contributors: shelfplanner
Requires at least: 3.5.0
Tested up to: 6.3
Requires PHP: 8.0
Stable tag: 1.0.5
Tags: Inventory Management, Demand, Forecast
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==
Inventory Management, Demand Forecasting, Replenishment and Order Management for WooCommerce, all in one powerful tool. 

Shelf Planner solves a retailer’s costliest problem: accurately predicting customer's demand for hundreds of products every day.
Our forecasting engine analyses your store’s historical and daily sales, as well as external data sets that factor for local events, news trends, holidays, even school schedules and creates a live order recommendation for every product, every day of the week.

= How Does it Work? =
Shelf Planner is an automated forecasting and prediction engine for WooCommerce that recommends how much to order for all products for every day of the week. We use machine learning and advanced forecasting logics and create replenishment and order recommendations based on true demand from your customers.

= Sales Go Up =
Understock situations lead to missed sales opportunities.
Because Shelf Planner uses a so called ‘ideal stock’, based on a more accurate sales forecast, Out-of-Stock situations are reduced and sales increases.

= Profits Go Up = 
Overstock situation will ultimately lead to forced markdown and clearances, which is weighing heavy on your net margin and profitability.
By reducing overstock situations, sell through at full price increases and net margin improves.

== Main Features ==

= Demand & Sales Forecast =
* A Live Sales forecast and order proposals that helps you with a best-in-class re-ordering plan
* No more min/max stock, get a true demand automatically generated by our live sales forecast.
* Get order proposals per product and per supplier for every day of the week.
* See you sales forecast in our powerful retail insights reports.
* Shelf Planner generates a live Sales Forecast for every product, every day of the week.
* See your actual demand for each product based on Shelf Planner's advanced forecasting.
* Get real time order proposals so you never run out of stock again.
* Manage cost prices, margins and markups for your products.

= Advanced Inventory Management =
* All WooCommerce products on one screen with a smooth mouse wheel or touchpad scrolling.
* Purchase prices now included with direct edit from the Shelf Planner pages. WooCommerce inventory management has never been easier.
* Easily edit all Product data, such as Cost Price, Suppliers, and Product Sale Price including the date ranges of your sales.
* Change, edit or update the inventory of every WooCommerce product in your database. Changes immediately reflect the front-end of your site.
* Inventory / Stock filters, new product category filters, extra drop-down filters and new column sorting.
* Intelligent settings for easy inventory/stock management.
* Advanced WooCommerce inventory controlling and monitoring features.
* Full support for WooCommerce variable products.
* Bulk product Actions to activate or deactivate WooCommerce stock management at product level.
* See inventory count and stock value for all your products.
* Inbound stock easily tracked in our stock analyses pages – keep an eye on all your inbound WooCommerce products.

= Back Order Management = 
* Split Back orders to partially fulfil your customers orders
* Keep track of partially fulfilled orders

= Increase Store Performance = 
* WooCommerce business statistics of revenue and product sales. Easily filter for performance per period and choose from three graphical views.
* Powerful Reports for Sales, Lost Sales, Orders and Promo Sales.
* Stock Analyses reports for a better WooCommerce summary of In Stock, Incoming Stock and Out of Stock Products.
* Full feed of our YouTube channel and video Tutorials that can be viewed directly in your WP admin.
* Build for unlimited report additions. Our team will develop widgets for every feature, so the user has the full freedom.
* Inventory logs now allow you to increase or reduce WooCommerce stock.
* Multiple Warehouses – create custom storage places across various locations.
* Set default and assign users or locations to individual suppliers.
* Pair products with suppliers for quick selling stock re-ordering.
* Track profitability of your store, products and suppliers.

= Create & Track Purchase Orders =
* Set up Suppliers and create Purchase Orders directly from your store.
* Create Purchase orders with simple PDF exports.
* Create professional order forms with your own logo and company details.
* Add Supplier codes and Supplier ID's to your products and order forms.
* Direct Purchase Order editing from the Purchase Order pages.

= Manage Your Suppliers =
* Add Suppliers feature – add new suppliers and save their data for more natural inventory management and ordering.
* Suppliers column and fully filtered product list by Suppliers name.
* Add Purchase Orders – create purchase orders for your sellable WooCommerce inventory.
* Easy Supplier Reports – a quick search for products per supplier has never been easier.
* Add products to stock when you receive them at storage locations. Be notified if another user has already stocked selected WooCommerce products.
* Purchase Order notes to control the change log of each individual PO.
* Add Purchase Prices – add individual purchase prices and prepare your shop for monitoring of your gross profits.
* Purchase prices can be attached to the Purchase Orders directly. 


== Screenshots ==
1. Sales & Demand Forecasting. Simplified.
2. Order Proposals based on Sales Forecast and true Demand.
3. Create Purchase Orders and manage Incoming Stock across warehouses.
4. Manage Product Data in the WooCommerce pages or mass edit in the Shelf Planner Product Management.
5. Manage all your Supplier and vendor information.
6. Create Purchase Orders and send PDF's directly to your suppliers.
7. Mass edit your product data with simple import and export functions.

== Installation ==
Just a few steps are needed to unleash the power of Shelf Planning:
1. Install the plugin
2. Activate the plugin in the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. After activation, a set up guide will help you with the first steps to set up your store.
4. Use the *Shelf Planner >> Settings* screen to set parameters for your store and products.

== With ♥️ by Shelf Planner ==
We are working hard to bring more features and improvements to Shelf Planner all the time. Let us know your thoughts and ideas!


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How long before I start seeing my sales forecast? = 
Immediately, our dashboard provides real-time analytics. 

= Is there a live demo available? =
A live demo is freely accessible from the plugin.

= How Do You Calculate My Store's Sales Forecast? =
Our forecasting engine analyses your store’s historical and daily sales, as well as external data sets that factor for local events, news trends, weather, holidays, even school schedules. This is then translated into a daily sales forecast for all your products.

= Can I get help with setting the parameters for my store? =
Of course - we are friendly people, so don't hesitate to reach out to us and ask for support, or if you have any idea on how we can make our products better.
We also have a dedicated team for support and we'll try our best to answer any questions or solve any problem you encounter.
You can use our dedicated [support portal](https://shelfplanner.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals "support portal")- or simply drop us a line at [support@shelfplanner.com](mailto:support@shelfplanner.com "support@shelfplanner.com").
You will also find lots of tips and guides on our dedicated wiki site: [merchants.shelfplanner.com](https://merchants.shelfplanner.com "https://merchants.shelfplanner.com")

= Can I get more frequent updates on my sales forecast than a weekly sales forecast? =
Yes, you can. The Sales Forecast is calculated with live data, but we update the sales forecast for your store only once per week, every Monday morning.
However, if you want to update the forecast on demand, you can do this in the 'Integrations' and 'Update Forecast Data'.

= Why do I need to map my categories? =
Mapping your categories allows us to compare performance of your products to standardised categories and recognise certain patterns and trends.
Our plugin will work without mapping categories, but the forecast will be more accurate if they are.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.5 =
* Release 1.0.5 includes major fixes for compatibility with wordpress 6.3


= 1.0.4 =
* Release 1.0.4 includes minor fixes that increase efficiency in the forecast generation and improve overall product integration. These changes are not visible in your experience with the services. 

= 1.0.3 =
* General bug fixes

= 1.0.2 =
* Removed unused product settings from woocommerce page
* Removed unused product information on Product Management pages

= 1.0.1 =
* Add sorting functionalities to Product Management page
* Fixed product with multiple variation display
* Fixed minor bugs on undefined variables

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release

= 0.4.3 =
* Fixes an issue with the forecasting api
* Minor fix to data processing and storage.

== Upgrade Notice ==

Version 1.0 includes new report layouts for better Stock Control, shows Ideal Stock, Forecast for Next 4 Weeks and fixes minor bugs with Order Management processes.