The decision
Which product gaps to fix first, so the next reorder and price decisions run on a real cost, category and lead time instead of a blank.
Product intelligence
Find the products missing a cost, a category or a lead time before a buy or price decision depends on them.
Zerqano checks every product for the five inputs a reorder or price decision needs: price, cost, category, stock count and lead time. A product that lacks one is marked as missing, never filled in with a guess, and links to where you add it. Fix it once and the Restock plan, pricing and product relationships all read the fix.
Real screen · sample data
Sample data. The sleeping bag has 9 units and 8 days of cover, but no supplier lead time, so Zerqano shows the gap and a link to fix it instead of guessing an order date.
In plain words
The decision, the evidence, the outcome.
A product without a cost, category or lead time cannot be planned or priced properly, and the gap is usually found only when an order or a price change is already waiting on it.
The evidence
- Data coverage in Analysis: the share of products with all five planning inputs, with a note when it falls below 80%.
- A warning when more than 5% of the Restock plan has no lead time, with a link to those products.
- Each product page says what is missing. In the sample, the Trailrest Sleeping Bag has 9 on hand and 8 days of cover but no lead time, so its reorder rule shows dashes.
- A catalog filter for products missing a price, cost, supplier, category or description.
The outcome
A worked list of product gaps, with each fix saved once on the product or supplier and read by the Restock plan, pricing and product relationships.
The problem
Where it goes wrong today.
Product data lives in catalog exports and side sheets, so a missing cost or lead time shows up late, inside a decision, instead of on a list you can work through.
Gaps hide inside totals
A product with no cost quietly drops out of a margin figure, and a product with no lead time gets a reorder date nobody can trust. Most tools fill the blank with a default and move on.
Nobody owns the fix list
Missing suppliers, costs and categories are spread across files. There is no single list of what is missing, for which products, and where to add it.
One fix has to reach every workflow
When the same product is copied into a buying sheet, a pricing sheet and a bundle list, a correction made in one never reaches the others.
How it works
From your data to a decision you can check.
What it does
- Analysis shows Data coverage: the share of products that have a price, cost, category, stock count and lead time.
- Filter the catalog to products missing a price, cost, supplier, category or description.
- Mark a product without a lead time as missing in the Restock plan, and let you add one for that product or for every product from its supplier.
- Learn lead times from your own purchase orders and receipts, and say where each lead time came from.
- Map the columns of a CSV or Excel file to Zerqano fields, and ask you to review any column it is not sure about.
- Show which products sell together and which can stand in for each other, from your own order history, in Product Relationships.
- Upload your catalog, or connect a source, and confirm the column mapping.
- Open Analysis to see Data coverage, or filter the catalog to one missing field.
- Add the missing cost, category or lead time. A lead time can be set for one product or for all products from a supplier.
- The Restock plan, pricing and product relationships read the same product record, so the fix shows up in each.
Fit and trust
Who it is for, and what you can rely on.
Who it is for
Buyers, merchandisers and catalog owners at retailers and distributors who plan from a catalog export and a few side sheets.
What you can rely on
- A missing input is shown as missing. Zerqano does not fill it with a default such as a 1-day lead time or a $0 cost.
- Competitor prices are the ones you upload or type in. Zerqano does not scrape other retailers.
The story page
See what’s in stock, at risk, and covered — then act from one Restock plan.
Review stock risk, reorder pressure, and inventory health in one operating workflow instead of scattered dashboards and spreadsheets.
Questions
What people ask about product intelligence.
What does Zerqano count as a complete product?
A product is complete when it has a price, a cost, a category, a stock count and a lead time. Analysis shows the share of your products that meet all five as Data coverage. When that share is below 80%, Analysis adds a note to fill in the missing prices, costs or lead times.
What happens to a product that has no lead time?
Zerqano first looks for a lead time someone entered for the product, then one entered for its supplier, then learns one from the gap between purchase orders and their receipts. If there are no deliveries, it falls back to the supplier’s average, the category’s average, or a category starting value that is labelled as assumed. If none of those exist, the product has no lead time: it gets no reorder quantity and the Restock plan shows it as missing a lead time. It is never given an assumed 1 day.
Can I fix a missing lead time without leaving the Restock plan?
Yes. The lead time editor sits next to the product, and you can apply the value to that product or to every product from the same supplier. The plan updates at once. Reorder quantities are worked out again at the next planning run.
How do I find products missing a cost, supplier or category?
The catalog has a filter for products missing a price, cost, supplier, category or description. It uses the same rules as the catalog summary counts, so the list and the count agree. From there you can edit the product or re-upload a corrected file.
How does Zerqano read my spreadsheet columns?
When you upload a CSV or Excel file, Zerqano suggests which column is the SKU, price, cost, supplier and so on. It recognises common header names in several languages and SAP field codes. It maps a column on its own only when the match is strong (a score of 0.85 or more and clearly ahead of the next candidate); anything less is left for you to confirm.
Does Zerqano fill in a missing price or cost?
No. A missing price or cost stays missing. Figures that need it, such as margin, revenue at risk or a bundle’s margin, leave that product out and say how many were left out, or show a dash with the reason. Nothing is shown as $0 because a value was not recorded.
Where does the product information come from?
From the catalog you upload or connect, and the sales, stock and purchase order data you add. Built-in connections include Shopify, QuickBooks Online and SAP, and you can upload CSV, Excel or JSON files. Zerqano does not look product details up on the web.
Can I see which products sell together?
Yes. Product Relationships reads your own order lines, by default from the last 90 days, and shows pairs bought together more often than chance, along with products that can stand in for each other. A pair needs to appear in at least 3 orders (2 when you have fewer than 50 orders in the window) before it is shown. The cross-sell page explains this in more detail.
Can I use competitor prices?
Yes, if you provide them. You can upload competitor prices as a CSV file or type them in, and pricing uses them next to your own price. Zerqano does not scrape competitor websites.
Which plans include this?
The catalog, Restock plan, pricing and product relationships are in every plan, including Free. Plans differ in how many products, users and months of history they cover; the limits are on the pricing page.
Try it on your own data.
Free for up to 150 SKUs · 14 days of full access · No card required
Sample data · a fictional outdoor-gear store · not a customer’s results