The decision
Whether a demand change, a late supplier or a cost increase needs action now: order earlier, set aside cash, move a promise date or change a price.
Revenue scenario intelligence
See what a demand jump, a late supplier or a cost increase would do to revenue at risk, cash and margin.
The What-if tab in Analysis applies a demand change, a supplier delay and a cost change to your latest Restock plan and shows revenue at risk before and after, the extra cash you would need, your margin, and the products that newly fall short. It uses only your own plan data and says how many products it had to leave out for a missing input.
Real screen · sample data
Sample data. If inbound purchase orders land 7 days late, 9 open orders worth $59,866 are at risk and the tent stays 55 units short until Oct 21. Nothing is changed: the deck is marked "Simulated · not applied".
In plain words
The decision, the evidence, the outcome.
Teams can see today’s plan, but not what a late supplier, a demand spike or a cost increase would do to revenue, cash and margin across hundreds of products.
The evidence
- Revenue at risk before and after the change, worked out from days of cover, lead time, the review period, daily demand and price.
- Extra cash needed to cover the gap at the new cost, and weighted gross margin before and after.
- The products that newly fall short, with cover before and after, linked to the Restock plan.
- On the Sales orders deck (sample data): with inbound purchase orders 7 days late, 9 open orders are at risk, worth $59,866.
The outcome
A scenario you can read in one screen and save, plus a list of the products or orders to act on in the Restock plan or the Sales orders deck. Nothing is changed until you act.
The problem
Where it goes wrong today.
The cost of a late supplier or a demand jump is usually worked out in a side sheet after the order was placed, if at all.
The question comes before the data
A supplier warns of a delay or a cost increase, and someone has to estimate the damage by hand across every affected product.
Side-sheet maths drifts from the plan
A scenario built in a copy of last week’s export uses old stock, old demand and old lead times, so its answer does not match the plan people buy from.
Gaps make totals look better than they are
A product with no price or cost drops out of a spreadsheet total without anyone noticing, so the scenario understates the risk.
How it works
From your data to a decision you can check.
What it does
- Change demand (−50% to +200%), add a supplier delay (0 to 90 days) and change costs (−50% to +100%) in one scenario.
- Run it on the whole plan, or on one supplier or one category.
- Show revenue at risk before and after, extra cash needed, weighted gross margin before and after, and the products that newly fall short.
- When costs change, show the selling price that would hold each product’s current margin.
- Count the products left out for a missing lead time, demand, stock count, price or cost.
- Save a scenario by name and run it again on the latest plan.
- Open Analysis and choose the What-if tab.
- Set the change: demand, supplier delay, cost, or a mix, and pick a supplier or category if it applies to only some products.
- Read revenue at risk, extra cash and margin before and after, and the list of products that newly fall short.
- Open the newly at-risk products in the Restock plan, or save the scenario to run again next week.
Fit and trust
Who it is for, and what you can rely on.
Who it is for
Owners, buyers and finance-minded operators at retailers and distributors who need to know what a change in demand, supplier timing or cost would cost before it happens.
What you can rely on
- It does not change your Restock plan. The per-product reorder rule has its own what-if in Inventory policy.
- Every figure comes from your own plan. Products left out for a missing input are counted, not guessed.
- A scenario is a calculation on today’s data, not a forecast of what will happen.
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 revenue scenario intelligence.
What can I change in a scenario?
Three things, alone or together: demand, from −50% to +200%; supplier delay, from 0 to 90 extra days; and cost, from −50% to +100%. You can apply the change to the whole plan, to one supplier or to one category. The same change applies to every product in that scope.
How is revenue at risk worked out?
For each product, Zerqano compares days of cover (stock on hand plus inbound, divided by daily demand) with the lead time plus the review period. If cover is shorter, the days it falls short are multiplied by daily demand and the selling price. The scenario recalculates this with the new demand and the longer lead time, and adds it up across products that have every input.
What does "extra cash needed" mean?
It is the cost of the units you would need to cover the lead time plus review period at the new demand, minus the stock and inbound you already have, priced at the cost after any cost change. Products without a cost, stock count or lead time are left out of this figure and counted.
What is "price to hold margin"?
When you change costs, the What-if lists the selling price each product would need to keep its current margin percentage. It covers up to 50 products, those with the most sales value first. It is a reference point, not a price change; prices are set in pricing.
Does running a scenario change my Restock plan?
No. The plan stays as it is, and the What-if does not recompute reorder points or order quantities. To change one product’s reorder rule, use the what-if in Inventory policy, which shows the rule now and under the scenario side by side before you apply anything.
What if some products are missing a price, cost or lead time?
They are left out of each figure that needs the missing input, and the result says how many were left out for a lead time, demand estimate, stock count, price or cost. If no product can be used for a total, the total is shown as empty, not as $0.
Can I save and rerun scenarios?
Yes. You can save a scenario by name, such as a supplier delay you expect every spring, and run it again later. Each run uses the latest Restock plan, so the answer reflects current stock and demand.
Can I test what late deliveries would do to customer orders?
Yes, on the Sales orders deck. You can move every inbound purchase order 3 or 7 days later, and the stock ladder, at-risk orders and Needs attention queue are scored again under that delay. Inside one order you can also move the promised date or change its priority. These what-ifs save nothing and are marked "Simulated · not applied".
Can I test a price change?
Pricing has its own portfolio simulator: one price change across a category or a set of products, with an estimated change in revenue and profit over a period you choose (30 days by default), shown with a range. It needs sales at two different prices in the last 12 months to estimate a product, and it never changes a price on its own.
Does it replace finance planning tools?
No. It shows what a change would do to the products in your Restock plan and your open orders. It does not model supplier minimum orders or how demand reacts to price, and it is not a budgeting or cash-flow tool.
Try it on your own data.
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Sample data · a fictional outdoor-gear store · not a customer’s results