Smart Inventory Planing

Client

InventorylogIQ (YC S20)

Year

2023

InventoryLogIQ: Turning Inventory Complexity into Effortless Business Intelligence

● The Challenge

E-commerce businesses face critical inventory management challenges that directly impact profitability and growth:

Revenue Loss: Stockouts during peak demand cause missed sales opportunities.

Manual Inefficiency: 90% of inventory planning time spent on repetitive manual tasks.

Visibility Gaps: No real-time inventory monitoring across channels and warehouses limits problem detection.

● Discovery & Research

Interviewed 25 Shopify sellers, inventory managers, and e-commerce leaders across 12 industries and business sizes.
Analyzed usage data from 200+ daily users processing 50,000+ monthly inventory transactions.
  • AI can achieve 98% prediction accuracy with understanding of product lifecycle and trends.

  • Visual health indicators and real-time guidance reduce decision uncertainty by 65%.


● Brand Identity

Logo: Clean, professional wordmark emphasizing "LogIQ" to highlight the intelligence aspect of the platform.
Typography Choice: Modern sans-serif conveying technological sophistication and business credibility
Color Psychology: Blue communicates stability and professionalism crucial for B2B software credibility
Brand Consistency: Color applied systematically across all marketing materials and dashboard interfaces
Modular Design System: Flexible components that maintain brand integrity across different content types


● Core Screens Deep Dive

Home Dashboard: Command Center
Purpose: Provide at-a-glance visibility into overall inventory health and business performance
Key Design Decisions:
  • Hero Metrics: Four primary KPIs (Units, Orders Routed, SKUs In-stock, Revenue) with trend indicators
  • Geographic Intelligence: Shows the most important thing that is happening across his inventory
  • Risk Visualization: Immediate identification of out-of-stock impacts


● Core Screens Deep Dive

Detailed Product Page: SKU Intelligence
Purpose: Comprehensive SKU performance data with actionable insights.
Key Design Decisions:
  • Customer reviews linked to product insights.
  • Unified metrics for revenue, stock, and orders.
  • Highlights advanced product features


● Core Screens Deep Dive

Intelligent Health Monitoring System
Health score visualization: Comprehensive inventory health scoring (74/100) with visual gauge and trend analysis
Financial impact tracking: Revenue at risk analysis and working capital optimization recommendations

Predictive risk assessment: Early warning systems for potential stockout or overstock situations

● Core Screens Deep Dive

AI-Powered Demand Forecasting Engine

7-day rolling forecasts: Detailed predictions with confidence scoring and accuracy tracking

Warehouse-specific planning:
Location-based demand prediction with transfer recommendations

Variance analysis:
Continuous comparison of predicted vs. actual performance with algorithm refinement

● Core Screens Deep Dive

Stock Transfer Module: Intelligent Multi-Warehouse Optimization

Centralized Inventory Overview: Displays total SKUs , real-time counts of items needing transfer (348 units, representing 15% of inventory), and clear designation of warehouses flagged for deficit or surplus.

Automated Warehouse Assessment: Identifies deficit and surplus warehouses instantly, prioritizing locations for immediate action to restore optimal stock levels.

Reason Tagging: All transfer suggestions are tagged with root causes (Overstock, Demand Shift, etc.), providing immediate transparency and rationale
After-Transfer Health Distribution: Visual charts (pie/bar) depict projected inventory composition post-transfer, instantly signaling improvements in healthy inventory ratios and reductions in risk.

● The Launch