Stockout Prediction + Epicor + Home Retail: Built for VP Supply Chain

Ward detects SKUs trending toward zero-on-hand and alerts your team with replenishment recommendations before customers notice. For Home retail specifically, Ward monitors 50,000+ SKUs across your stores and delivers automated insight cards with root cause analysis and recommended actions.

Ward tracks Project basket value, Seasonal accuracy, Long-tail turn, Pro customer share, Attachment rate at the store-category level. Ward analyzes sell-through velocity, current inventory levels, lead times, and supplier reliability to predict stockouts 24-72 hours before they occur.

Ward connects via Epicor REST API. Compatible with Epicor Prophet 21 and Epicor Eclipse. Data points include: Sales orders, Inventory, Purchase orders, Customer accounts, Pricing tiers, Vendor performance.

Yes. Ward reads Epicor data and combines it with contextual signals (weather, events, demographics) to generate Home-specific insight cards. No custom development required.

You find out about stockouts after customers do. Ward solves this with automated insight cards: Stockout prediction cards arrive 24-72 hours before empty shelves. Supplier fill rate tracking with automatic escalation. Dynamic safety stock recommendations based on current demand signals.

Ward delivers daily insight cards covering Project basket value, Seasonal accuracy, Long-tail turn — tailored for Supply Chain decision-making. Each card includes what changed, why it matters, and what to do next.

Ward accounts for project basket dependencies, seasonal demand curves, Pro customer bulk patterns, and the outsized revenue impact of missing a low-cost component that completes a high-value project.

Ward detects a popular deck stain trending toward stockout as spring project season peaks. The insight goes beyond the stain itself: project basket analysis shows customers buying this product also purchase brushes, drop cloths, and sandpaper. Ward issues a prediction card with full basket-impact context, and the DC team expedites replenishment to protect total project basket revenue across affected stores.

First insight cards arrive within 48 hours of data connection. Ward needs approximately 2 weeks to establish robust baselines for your specific operation.

No. Ward sits on top of your existing stack. It is the proactive intelligence layer that watches your data continuously and delivers insight cards — so your team acts on findings instead of hunting for them.