A Shopify brand has 21 days of inventory left. Inbound shipment hasn't arrived yet. A promotion is launching in 10 days. Most operators panic here. The smart ones already knew this was coming 3 weeks ago. Here's the difference: Panic = checking inventory when the promotion is already live. Intelligence = monitoring velocity daily so the 21 day warning surfaces before the promotion is even scheduled. By the time it becomes urgent it's already too late to fix without paying expedite fees or canceling the promo. The stockout doesn't happen on launch day. It was decided 30 days earlier when nobody was watching the numbers. What's your lead time for catching inventory risk before it becomes a crisis?

One of the first things I map when I come into a brand what's the gap between when a risk becomes visible and when a decision actually gets made. Most brands find out about a stockout risk when it's already a crisis. The 21-day window with an active promotion is one of the most common patterns I diagnose.

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