Inventory planning for pet brands
Bring lead times, MOQs, shelf life and variants into the same SKU review.
Read the guide →Inventory planning resources
Useful guides for the next stock decision.
Practical operator resources for working from existing exports, reviewing inbound supply and setting a starting reorder point.
Prevent stockouts and overstock
Use the complete stock position before another purchase order is raised.
Read the guide →Inbound inventory planning
Count purchase orders already on the way before ordering again.
Read the guide →Reorder point calculator
Estimate a starting trigger from daily sales, lead time and safety stock.
Use the calculator →Inventory planning that counts what’s already on the way.
StockGuard helps brands and distributors decide what to ORDER, HOLD or CLEAR by bringing together on-hand inventory, incoming POs, sales velocity and expiry data. Start with the CSV and Excel exports you already use. No ERP migration required.
Inventory planning inputsCSV / XLSX
On-hand stockInbound / open POsSales velocityBatch / expiry
ORDERHOLDCLEAR
The inventory decision gap
Inventory is visible. The next move is not always clear.
A stock report can tell you what is there. A purchase-order report can tell you what is coming. Neither, alone, answers whether to buy, wait, or clear. StockGuard is being shaped to bring the decision signals into one view.
On-hand stock
See current quantity in the context of actual movement, not as an isolated number.
Explore Stock Watch →Inbound inventory
Account for open purchase orders, in-transit stock, ETAs and delays before ordering more.
Explore Inbound Watch →Sales velocity
Use recent sell-through to distinguish a real gap from a slow-moving shelf.
Explore Expiry Watch →Batch / expiry
Spot inventory that needs a clearance plan before it becomes dead stock or waste.
Explore PO Guard →One decision language
ORDER what is needed. HOLD what is already covered. CLEAR what needs a plan.
A stock report tells you what you have. A PO report tells you what is coming. StockGuard puts both next to movement and shelf life so the next purchasing decision has the context it needs.
ORDERCover is narrowing and inbound does not close the gap.
HOLDOn-hand and incoming supply suggest waiting before you reorder.
CLEARExpiry or slow movement makes a sales plan more urgent.
The product areas
A connected view of the moments that create inventory noise.
01 / STOCK WATCH
Know your real stock cover.
Reorder and stockout signals with a clear HOLD path when on-hand is not the whole story.
Explore →02 / INBOUND WATCHCount what is already coming.
Open POs, in-transit quantities, ETA changes and inbound collisions in the decision context.
Explore →03 / EXPIRY WATCHGive ageing stock a next move.
Compare expiry risk with sell-through to identify clearance and slow/dead stock priorities.
Explore →04 / PO GUARDChallenge the order before it lands.
Check proposed purchase orders for over-ordering, duplicate inbound and unnecessary cover.
Explore →CSV / Excel first
No new POS or ERP migration.
Start with the stock, purchase-order, sales and expiry exports your team already uses. The first conversation is about whether the data reveals stockout, overstock or inbound-risk decisions worth investigating.
See how StockGuard works →01Export
Use the stock, PO, sales, and expiry data already available.
02Map once
Make the fields and constraints visible without a systems project.
03Review
Read on-hand, inbound, velocity and shelf life together.
04Decide
Investigate ORDER, HOLD and CLEAR decisions with context.
Minimal-data architecture
Start with the inventory data already at hand.
The privacy concept does not require customer-level data. It focuses on operational fields that help explain what is on hand, what is moving, what is inbound, and what may expire.
Start with the decision
Begin with an Inventory Health Check.
The first step is a short inventory discussion. Where a deeper review is useful, Kintara can agree the next step toward a potential pilot.
Frequently asked questions
Built for inventory decisions, not an ERP replacement.
Does StockGuard replace a POS or ERP?
No. It starts with existing CSV or Excel exports and adds an inventory-planning view around the decision to order, hold or clear.
Who is it for?
StockGuard is built for brands and distributors managing physical inventory. It is initially being validated with pet-product businesses, where lead times, MOQs, inbound stock and shelf life make purchasing decisions consequential.
What happens in an Inventory Health Check?
We start with a short discussion about your stock, inbound POs and purchasing process. If there is a useful next step, we agree what inventory data to review.
StockGuard is currently being validated with a small group of brands and distributors.
Get a Free Inventory Health Check.
Tell us how you plan inventory today. We will review where stockout risk, excess stock, inbound conflicts or purchasing decisions may be worth investigating. No file upload is required at this stage.